Presvias wrote:@Pants-of-dog
Some of the proof says kids grow up to be more successful if they get hit. It is in OP.
I don't agree that it's a good idea but what do you say to that?
Like the Kray brothers? They were successful for a long time.
Also, shouting is surely necessary when kids are being bad, don't you think?
It just sounds like BLAH BLAH BLAH YADDAH YADDAH YADDAH to them.
They shut their ears and wait until the parent/authority figure has run out of steam.
PS: Jeez, the mere mention of spanking and females gets folks on here giddy.. <sigh>
Always. They're like puppies who need to see the vet.
I didn't like being hit by my father, so I lied.
Or I cried and acted my socks off . And when that didn't work, I put up with the thumping knowing Dad would regret it almost immediately and I might even get some sweeties out of it.
I certainly never thought about behaving myself in future.
I just thought of more devious ways of not being found out.
I loved my Dad very much, but he was an idiot.
I still miss him dreadfully.
The boy who lived next door to us was very badly beaten by his father and grew up to be an absolute delinquent. It got so that a beating him did nothing, he was so used to it.
He both hated and feared his father and when he got big enough, started hitting back.
I always knew that hitting children wasn't a good way to punish bad behaviour.
Praise good behaviour and ignore bad behaviour when your kids are little and when they get older withdraw treats.
And never, ever let them off.
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