An open-palmed paddling on the backside is not a beating, or abusive. Luckie's point that once they can reason paddling is off the list of options is good. I may have paddled my son eight or ten times in his life, and never after age five, iirc.
As for the slippery slope, it's not hard to stop. I love my son and didn't want to hurt him; I wanted to punctuate the point, so to speak. Also, I made a rule for myself that I couldn't raise my hand to him if I was angry. Time-out it was, at that point.
As for the slippery slope, it's not hard to stop. I love my son and didn't want to hurt him; I wanted to punctuate the point, so to speak. Also, I made a rule for myself that I couldn't raise my hand to him if I was angry. Time-out it was, at that point.
