Positive neglect - a parenting position

I just read this and found that I was blessed, as they put it, by being ignored by my mother. My brother & I used to amble out of the back door to go and play out and come back when we were hungry, or it got dark whichever came first.

I try very hard to ignore Little Miss as often as possible, while still of course listening to her every move; she is only 3, and she is a stuborn, strong minded little madam. Excellent, just what I have been working for.