RE: Beating Children
September 23, 2011 at 9:08 am
(This post was last modified: September 23, 2011 at 9:20 am by The Grand Nudger.)
Meh, I have a short list of actions that require my doling out a quick slap on the ass. A longer list of things that fall in the physical restraint camp. Mostly I just tell them no, or express dissatisfaction. I don't exactly swing my fists (or they'd be dead). But hitting each other with heavy objects, trying to push each other down the stairs, sticking things in light sockets, playing with the stove...I'm going to attach pain to those memories. It works. The pain from a slap on the ass is something to remember, and better than being bludgeoned on the back of the head, falling down the stairs, being electrocuted, or burning the house to ash. It's a rare day that you'll win a mental stare down with a three year old (at least mine anyway). I suppose if I spent more time spanking them than putting them in time out or explaining why "daddy isn't very happy/proud" of this or that I'd worry. I grew up in a household where heavy labor and switching were the punishments for just about everything. There was more dangerous shit around the place I grew up, and so my parents had to be a little more stern than I have to be with my girls, who live a pretty cozy life comparatively. Even so, I was physically disciplined about 100x more often than my children, and I still don't feel that my parents crossed the line at any point. With some things, if you fuck around, you're dead. If you won't respect that, you will respect the switch.
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