Not wanting to rattle Scotts proverbial cage I’m going to use another analogy for this post, but before I do, I will mention that my friend Al the PGD (Postman Glorified Division I think it stands for, but he stands by that he’s firmly not a postman and gets mad if you call him one!) said he firmly didn’t want to strike. He lost about £60 for not working one day, and he most certainly wasn’t in favour of strike action and that by doing so he is going to be on catchup for that money for the next few months. By striking again he’s now £120 down and feels he will be no further forward.. it just reiterates the “toys out the pram” stance of the union.
Anyway… my own analogy…
When I was a child I would at times throw a tantrum because I couldn’t get my own way. This would lead to a slapped arse, or my parents would just let me go for it and when I was finished, kick me back into touch. 9/10, the results of my tantrum wouldn’t lead to me getting my own way so eventually you would learn that by doing so, it was a complete waste of time and energy, so you accept the things that have been bestowed on you and you learn that sometimes life isn’t fair and a repeat of the action wasn’t necessary - my parents got the message already, they just didn’t care and had the bigger picture in mind.
Moving forward twenty-something years, sometimes I see children having a tantrum in the street, and as a third party you stand at the side line and have to laugh at the idiocy of the child, and the stupidity of whatever it is they’re trying to achieve. I can comment on what the child is doing is stupid, and although I might not understand that families particular differences, you can usually trust the parent has the best interest of the child at heart and laugh at the childish actions of the infant.
You stand and hope that they’ll learn from their mistakes, but as a child it will take them time to learn these life lessons so they might repeat the futile actions again in the future, but again they will learn they are completely pointless. Learning young should see them in good stead for later life after all.
If they don’t learn, you might accuse the parents of mollycoddling the child too much in the past. You know the types of people that give too many gifts and buy their children too many toys, let them do what they want, when they want and how they want and generally turn a blind eye to their bad behaviour. This is never a good thing for a child and will just lead to further tantrums in later life. Unfortunately, they will turn into a spoilt little brat.
Thats all I have to say on this matter… learn from your mistakes people, learn from your mistakes!
Only joking, I’m not Brickhead… (sorry, private joke) 
