There are only two things a child will share willingly communicable diseases and its mother's age.
Every child senses, with all the horse sense that's in him, that any parent is angry inside when children misbehave and they dread more the anger that is rarely or never expressed openly, wondering how awful it might be.
What good mothers and fathers instinctively feel like doing for their babies is usually best after all.
I would say that the surest measure of a man's or a woman's maturity is the harmony, style, joy, and dignity he creates in his marriage, and the pleasure and inspiration he provides for his spouse.
There are only two things a child will share willingly communicable diseases and its mother's age.