Originally posted by: ergeorge
**shrug** And myself and my siblings and cousins got a swat on occasion when we screwed up bad enough. And we all turned out fine also. Mean nothing.
FWIW, the title of this thread is disturbing. There is a big difference between an occasional spanking and "beating" your kids
Originally posted by: datalink7
Originally posted by: ergeorge
**shrug** And myself and my siblings and cousins got a swat on occasion when we screwed up bad enough. And we all turned out fine also. Mean nothing.
FWIW, the title of this thread is disturbing. There is a big difference between an occasional spanking and "beating" your kids
Yes, well, I was just pointing out that spanking isn't neccesary. Some people seem to think that if you don't spank your kids they will automatically turn into spoiled brats.
Originally posted by: ergeorge
Originally posted by: datalink7
Originally posted by: ergeorge
**shrug** And myself and my siblings and cousins got a swat on occasion when we screwed up bad enough. And we all turned out fine also. Mean nothing.
FWIW, the title of this thread is disturbing. There is a big difference between an occasional spanking and "beating" your kids
Yes, well, I was just pointing out that spanking isn't neccesary. Some people seem to think that if you don't spank your kids they will automatically turn into spoiled brats.
I think it depends on the kid ... my daughter is very headstrong. That was often the only way to get through to her at all, and we tried everything including parenting classes, etc.
My son, on the other hand, all you have to to is give him a cross look. If you raise your voice, it'll almost bring him to tears.
:|Originally posted by: CPA
I just wanna know how the hell my 6 year old ended up in a French commercial for condoms?
Seriously, though, I spank my kids, but when my 6-year old recently spawned into a convulsing demon from hell the other night, I just stood by and watched (fortunately he was in his bedroom). It was funny and scary at the same time. He went ballistic just because I told him he would not be getting any ice cream this coming weekend due to his behavior. The lesson I learned: never take ice cream from a little kid.
You should have placed her in the overhead baggage compartment!Originally posted by: ergeorge
Ok, I haven't actually read this book, but I'll slam on the title anyway
Parenting With Love and Logic
IME, with very young children, logic doesn't even enter the picture. Ok, war story time
Was flying cross-country with my daughter. She was almost three. We're on the leg from Chicago to Denver, about 30 minutes into the flight. She suddenlty announces that she wants a banana. This is completly out of the blue ... I don't think she's even seen a banana for days, and doesn't care to much for them to begin with. I don't have a banana, but I have bags of her favorite snacks, games, books, etc. But she is fixated on this banana thing now, and is screaming here head off about this banana. I tried everything, but she screamed her head off, thrashed, kicked etc. for the rest of the flight (probably about 2 hours) for this banana. I guarentee there were no bananas anywhere on that aircraft! We got off in Denver, and she finally calmed down. I saw some bananas on a cart, so I got one. "Papa, I don't like bananas."
And if I recall my side of some teenage arguments with my dad correctly, logic isn't a strong point in teens either
Originally posted by: Red Dawn
You should have placed her in the overhead baggage compartment!Originally posted by: ergeorge
Ok, I haven't actually read this book, but I'll slam on the title anyway
Parenting With Love and Logic
IME, with very young children, logic doesn't even enter the picture. Ok, war story time
Was flying cross-country with my daughter. She was almost three. We're on the leg from Chicago to Denver, about 30 minutes into the flight. She suddenlty announces that she wants a banana. This is completly out of the blue ... I don't think she's even seen a banana for days, and doesn't care to much for them to begin with. I don't have a banana, but I have bags of her favorite snacks, games, books, etc. But she is fixated on this banana thing now, and is screaming here head off about this banana. I tried everything, but she screamed her head off, thrashed, kicked etc. for the rest of the flight (probably about 2 hours) for this banana. I guarentee there were no bananas anywhere on that aircraft! We got off in Denver, and she finally calmed down. I saw some bananas on a cart, so I got one. "Papa, I don't like bananas."
And if I recall my side of some teenage arguments with my dad correctly, logic isn't a strong point in teens either
Originally posted by: Red Dawn
You should have ordered yourself a couple of Airline Bottles of booze and mixed it with her juice. I'm sure that would have calmed her down. I bet the other passengers on that flight would have appreciated it!
Of course I'm kidding
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