Originally Posted by Jire

I can keep him happy for some time by giving him everything he wants, but that won't result in long term happiness. We're now talking about times when the child is still so young he can be considered a blank slate. He must be encouraged to exceed in things that many children pick up when they are older; although never pushing them to excess. If I asked a child what he wanted to do would be eat candy and be the king of the world, but if that's what you want to teach your child to be then you're a bad parent.