RE: Spare the rod, spoil the child
July 15, 2014 at 5:20 pm
(This post was last modified: July 15, 2014 at 5:29 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
Absolutely. But I only have so many eyes and hands, fewer than I have children. A little bit of menace, a little bit of learned avoidance, goes a looooong way for me. I work while I watch the kids. It's not an ideal situation but it is what it is. I'm also trying to teach my stubborn ass son a lesson about bullying (specifically that there's always a bigger bully). Thing is, he's harder than a gypsy boxer and built like a brick shithouse. When he swings his mitts into his sisters face he gets a swift pop on the ass - followed by a hefty stretch in solitary. If he wasn't capable of hurting her as much as he is, or if he responded to well reasoned explanations with regards to why you shouldn't hit your sister - then I'd have some options. If I can't impart that lesson on him then so be it, I'll settle for him not hitting his sister for no reason other than pain avoidance. Whatever doesn't end up with a broken nose and a trip to the ER. Been there, don't plan on going back. Poor MoMo had to have her eyebrows stitched up after getting a dresser dropped on her head doing things they shouldn't have been doing. I had to hold her down. Hellions I say!
I've explained to my kids, more times than I can count, about all the things that might seriously hurt them, but you know kids...sometimes they've just gotta test that, eh? All of this shit falls squarely on my shoulders, my wife has never raised a hand to our children, and rarely raises her voice. Somebodies gotta be the dick, and I guess I picked the short straw on that count.
12 slaps on the ass? What do you have to say to a kid that 1 slap won't handle? Fuck......
I've explained to my kids, more times than I can count, about all the things that might seriously hurt them, but you know kids...sometimes they've just gotta test that, eh? All of this shit falls squarely on my shoulders, my wife has never raised a hand to our children, and rarely raises her voice. Somebodies gotta be the dick, and I guess I picked the short straw on that count.
12 slaps on the ass? What do you have to say to a kid that 1 slap won't handle? Fuck......
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