The Mother of All Battles ; Strict or Spoilt: What Is the Best Way to Raise a Child? In a No Holds Barred Debate That Will Resonate with Many Parents, Joan Collins and Her Daughter Exchange Their Very Different Views ...

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A SURVEY has revealed that today's parents are far less strict than those of a generation ago. But nearly half of grandparents polled say their grandchildren lack discipline. Here, in surprisingly candid interviews, JOAN COLLINS and her daughter TARA NEWLEY, 42, mother of a daughter Miel, seven, and son Weston, two, almost come to blows over how the next generation should be raised. . .

JOAN COLLINS, 72, is married to Percy Gibson, her fifth husband. She has three children and three grandchildren. She says:

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The Mother of All Battles ; Strict or Spoilt: What Is the Best Way to Raise a Child? In a No Holds Barred Debate That Will Resonate with Many Parents, Joan Collins and Her Daughter Exchange Their Very Different Views ...

RECENTLY, while having a meal with my daughter Tara at a restaurant, we were interrupted by a badly behaved little boy. First, he smashed a glass down on the table so hard it broke.

He spent the rest of the meal lying under the table wearing my sunglasses that he'd pinched, or running around the restaurant. I watched with horror and anger as his exhausted mother ran after him.

Why was the simple matter of getting this small child to sit in his seat causing her so many problems? Why couldn't I just enjoy my meal in peace?

I could have asked the mother there and the...

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