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What did Mr. and Mrs. Hadley do after the children disobeyed them and broke into the nursery?

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George and Lydia Hadley are submissive parents, who allow their children to run the home, act disrespectful, and walk all over them. George and Lydia Hadley initially purchased the Happylife Home to make their lives significantly easier but allow the technology to completely consume their lives and replace them as the authority figures in the home. Essentially, the technologically advanced smart home has replaced George and Lydia as parents. On the night Wendy and Peter return from the plastic carnival, George insists that they change the scenery of the menacing African veldt in the nursery before locking the door. Later that evening, George and Lydia hear roaring lions in their home and realize that Wendy and Peter disobeyed them by breaking into the nursery. Instead of getting out of bed and punishing their children, George and Lydia Hadley remain in bed as they struggle to fall asleep. George and Lydia refuse to chastise or punish their children for disobeying them. They would rather avoid confrontation and allow their children to do as they please, which explains why Wendy and Peter do not respect them.

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What did Mr. and Mrs. Hadley do after the children disobeyed them and broke into the nursery?

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