(July 16, 2014 at 12:21 pm)Losty Wrote: I wouldn't do the same. Every time someone brings this kind of situation up, I fail to understand why a person wouldn't just grab their son's hand instead of slapping it.
Perhaps you're right. I review everything I do as a parent, and I don't always live up to what I think is the optimal solution. It was what I did, in the moment, and this is the sort of corporal punishment I've inflicted on my son, in most instances -- again, never required very often. I suppose I reacted as I did for speed's sake.