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It's time for Flurry Heart to start using the potty. Judging by her past behaviour though, this might be quite a dangerous proposition... Fortunately, like always, Auntie Twilight has a plan to make it work out. But will it work?
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It'll be a marvel if Flurry Heart doesn't end up destroying half of Equestria by the time she's a teenager.
I think you meant to have cadance and shinning armour not celestia.
7994415 I did... except for in one case. I got the Shining Armour part right, though.
They seem far too soft on Flurry. With her magical power they actually have to be fairly strict with her.
7994544 Maybe they were, after the ending credits rolled. Sequel?
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Well when Flurry was whining they went along with it. They didn't cut her off and demanded it.
7994555 Well, parenting is tougher than you think, and maybe Cadence and Shining Armour are a little too nice to really lay down the law. Just my headcanon, though...
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I know it's tough. Cadance and Shining should be tougher on her.
7994560 You expect them to be tough on a pony who's wails as a foal shattered the crystal heart? I'm pretty sure they don't want to end up like Twilight's parents and get turned into potted plants.
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That's exactly why they simply can't tolerate such behavior. A child will always find something to whine about so trying to keep that from happening is pointless. With how powerful Flurry is they have to keep her on a very short leash and not tolerate any tantrums.
This is pretty funny! Good job!
Twas worth my time.
Flurry Heart is Equestria's anti-christ! She will bring about a thousand years of darkness!
7994811 ...Interesting idea, but I can't really see Hasbro moving in that direction.
7994544 Dude, you're taking this story way too seriously.
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7994811
Yeah, that's true!
This was really cute and funny! Good job!
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The only problem I see with that is that it could potentially backfire and make Flurry rebel more, annoyed that her apparent freedoms are being trotted upon. With Flurry Heart, it would definitely be an extremely fine line of how far one does or does not go with parenting her, and I'd imagine it'd be insanely hard to find that "sweet spot" of not too soft but not too hard with Flurry...especially considering all the destruction and potential jeopardizing to lives she could do in said tantrum. It does make one rethink how to treat temper tantrums like that when said tantrum could have the potential of killing you, or at least risking severe bodily harm, in the process, intentionally or otherwise.
But that said, I would've at least intervened sooner on the beating poor Shining was getting in the end too.
Flurry Heart is going to be one deadly little bitch when she moves into her school years.
7994950 Well, we all go through those 'difficult' teenage years...
Though her problems might be a bit more intense than relationship difficulties and a few spots...
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I do think if you do it skillfully there is some wiggle room also there isn't really a choice. How else are you seriously going to control her?
7995011 Well, I wasn't expecting the comments section here to turn into a parenting seminar now... let's just hope real children are easier to control than their flying equine equivalents.
Spike and Flurry Heart.
Now they would make a interesting duo of awesomeness.
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True. But no two sets of parents do it the same way either. The "best" way to parent has been debated since the beginning of time without anybody all settling on just one straightforward answer, so I'm more inclined to let the individual parents just do what works for them. In Shining and Cadance's case, maybe they make more work for themselves doing it their way, but if that's what works for them, then I'm more inclined to leave them be.
Besides, when you really think about it, were they really too soft on Flurry in this instance? Because as I understand it, they basically potty trained her, not by gradually breaking her into it like most modern parents, but by sitting down and definitively stating to Flurry: "Today, you will be potty trained. We've taken away your nappy. You're not getting it back. You either pee in the potty or embarrass yourself by peeing on the floor in front of everybody." Then they proceeded to lock her into a hopefully Flurry-proof room with a potty and waited until Flurry caved into their wishes. They just used more soothing phrasing than me and Twilight to lure Flurry into the room, but that's about the jist of things when you get down to it. Not really a lot of wiggle room for Flurry in that instance.
The only exception was Twilight and Cadance just standing there and watching instead of doing something to intervene as Flurry proceeded to beat Shining's head with her potty...and given the context this was clearly done more for laughs than to be regarded too seriously so interpret that how you will.
And considering it worked and nothing was destroyed or damaged except for Shining's head getting knocked around a few times, I'd say that was effective enough parenting.
7995033 Coming from someone who's a uncle when I'm not on here: Nope, nope they aren't.
Ahh yes the horror of raising a infant demi-goddess. This is why the Greek Gods take their kids powers away untill they are in thier 20s and make mortals raise them
7995344 Well, so am I... but fortunately I see the little terrors infrequently (just kidding. I love them really... but I always keep one thumb on my pulse just to be safe)
7995490 You'd think they'd be given some governmental help to cope with such an unbelievable burden... but, nope. Honestly... there's just no recourse for immortal kids these days...
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I get what you mean but the thing here is that Flurry's upbringing affects more than just her.
They also are being stern in the wrong way. They should do it more gradually and with more of Flurry's own consent. They can't afford to provoke her or lose her trust in them. However they should immediately shut down any attempts at violence or resistance.
Though making her resistance futile is a good way of doing it.
7995524 Greek gods are also colossal dicks, they don't do any parenting until the kid is an adult at which point all the hard parts and all the property damage has been inflicted on the mortal surrogates who are expected to step aside and not complain, or get turned into stone or some horrible monster. Heck the bible even says Jesus was a little monster growing up and his real dad NEVER stepped in till he was an adult, most gods can't be bothered with raising their own kids. Say what you will about Cadance but at least she's involved in the raising of Flurry even if Shining is expected to do the heavy lifting.
I thought the whole point of the Fledgling's Forbearance Spell that Sunburst put on her was to keep shenanigans like this from happening, and as someone who personally loves working with children, I kind of find it a little uncomfortable when fiction skirts the line between poking fun at the difficulties of childcare and making children look like uncontrollable demons.
I know kids keep you on your toes, but I think that's what I love about working with them. 
You people think I'm crazy, don't you? 
Well, the story is still entertaining and well-written, so I'm going to give it a like.
8012698 I took a bit of artistic licence with my premise for this fic, because a quiet and docile Flurry wouldn't be half as much fun... amIright? It's a shame Ritalin doesn't exist in the pony world... they could have given her a dose or two of that and not had to bother with this whole silly 'convince Sunburst to save the day' scenario. (Just kidding: I LOATHE the use of that kind of drug on kids unless it's REALLY necessary. It shows lazy parenting)
It's great you work with kids, people like you are so undervalued in our society. My sister adopted a couple of girls from a pair of junkies (sorry, no politer term to describe them) so I know how difficult it can be to get them to open and up and monitor their behaviour, especially when they've been through a tough ordeal. Fortunately, in my sis's case, they were at an age where their negative background seemingly hasn't impacted their zest for life, so all is well (we hope).
Thanks for reading, and have a nice day.
8012698 To be fair, we don't know the limitations of that spell. Sunburst may need to constantly reapply it, or it might have only worked on Flurry Heart as a newborn, not whatever age she is now.