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Jessica21Completely 100% agree - Actually had a long drawn out debate on this, this weekend.
Violence is never ok. If you teach your child from a young age the difference between right and wrong behavior, you should never get to a place where it is necessary to spank.
I think spanking shows lack of control on the part of parents.
Violence is never ok. If you teach your child from a young age the difference between right and wrong behavior, you should never get to a place where it is necessary to spank.
I think spanking shows lack of control on the part of parents.
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Parenting /is/ lack of control. You should try it. Before you vote on this one.
DingIt is this attitude that is flushing our country down the toilet. I truly belive that. What do your children have to base respect for authority on if this isn't instilled early. Clearly I am not talking about a beatdown here...but even a light smack on the rear...and my son now KNOWS without question that what he did was wrong. He also knows that he cannot ignore me or my wife, and that the same applies to all of the people of authrotiy. It doesn't have to continue long, just long enough to instill that Pavlovian "cause and effect" response that he has been conditioned to expect.
Punishment, and negative feedback for negative behavior is a fundamental responsibility as a parent. Not every action has an automated negative feedback (like touching a hot stove...they'll only try THAT once) so parents have to fill the void and TEACH their kids about right and wrong.
I'm all ears to someone who can give me a better way to communicate to a 2 year old that throwing his food on the floor repeatedly after being told 'NO' and being yelled at...that he was wrong.
Punishment, and negative feedback for negative behavior is a fundamental responsibility as a parent. Not every action has an automated negative feedback (like touching a hot stove...they'll only try THAT once) so parents have to fill the void and TEACH their kids about right and wrong.
I'm all ears to someone who can give me a better way to communicate to a 2 year old that throwing his food on the floor repeatedly after being told 'NO' and being yelled at...that he was wrong.
squant
Smacking the kid doesn't communicate that he was wrong. It just communicates that he'll get smacked if he does it. At that age, right and wrong don't really exist, they don't come until later.There are plenty of other better punishments. Isolation is popular and effective.
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