Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26159109-20160508194735/@comment-24674051-20160511172228

I will disagree. Snow would have had no business taking Emma to task about the time change. I mean, WHY? The original shift in the timeline was an accident. (Emma accidently stepped on a twig, startling Snow, and thus changing events). Events after that were attempts by Emma and Killian to repair the damage.

You don't take someone to task for an accident. And you don't take someone to task for trying to fix a mistake. And in the end, everything worked out, at least on that story.

As for the other issue of rescuing Marian, that again is not a parental issue.

Now, if you want to slam Snow for being a lousy parent, the show itself pointed out one of Snow's biggest flaws, which was leaving Neal in the care of the Blue Fairy in order to go help Emma in the UW. THAT decision was definitely questionable, and the show even pointed that out as questionable.

As for the rest, the show has not been about indulging the child without discipline. Queen Eva disciplined Snow. We never saw it, but David's upbringing appears to have been one of discipline (Ruth did not seem like an indulging parent). Maurice never indulged his daughter (unless you call confining a child to their room indulging). Even Cora and Henry never indulged Regina. and Regina never indulged her step-daughter (try to kill her, yes. indulge, no).

As for the current group, you can't judge the Snow/David/Emma relationship, because while Snow and David are Emma's parents biologically, that type of family relationship simply does not exist. And both Regina and Emma do at least try to keep Henry in line, and definetly set boundries (which Henry, as a normal teenager, continues to push and cross).