Tell me more about this stifling of development. I was spanked and slapped (and let me tell you deservedly so) every so often when I was little and I developed early and just fine. I have absolutely nothing against a slap here or there and spankings. Obviously no one should be leaving any bruises but some minor corporal punishment here and there .. eh.
Tell me more about this stifling of development. I was spanked and slapped (and let me tell you deservedly so) every so often when I was little and I developed early and just fine. I have absolutely nothing against a slap here or there and spankings. Obviously no one should be leaving any bruises but some minor corporal punishment here and there .. eh.
i'm glad your 61st and 62nd post in the last 800 days have been these outstanding contributions.
Zenmervolt
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Because walking away and leaving the child unattended in the car would have been a much better idea. :roll:
He wasn't "still yelling at her", he was letting her have her tantrum in a safe place that didn't interfere with other people's ability to enjoy the pool while staying nearby to make sure nothing happened to her.
ZV
Throckmorton
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Maybe the person thought you were going to leave your child in the car... You know a lot of kids die that way right? That makes it a reasonable concern.
Throckmorton
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- Aug 23, 2007
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Welcome to the New World Order.
The State knows what is best for your child.
and you are expendable.
Your line forms to the right. It is a de- lousing shower. You will not need those clothes.
move along.....
The State knows what is best for your child.
and you are expendable.
Your line forms to the right. It is a de- lousing shower. You will not need those clothes.
move along.....
I saw this BS and was reminded of a XFiles episode where some guy keeps getting this subliminal messages- 'Kill them, kill them all'. That's what should happen to those who don't think you should reprimand your children.
jonks
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- Feb 7, 2005
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Well I'm glad you were there to confirm his story. All I said was we're taking him at his word, and looking at the vitriol aimed at the tattler we're assuming it wasn't warranted.
What if someone posted the following:
I was at a pool this weekend and saw some guy go apeshit on his 3 year old. He hauled her out of the pool by her arm, carried her dangling by the arm to his car where he put her in the backseat and rolled down the windows a couple inches (it was 90 and sunny out) and told her to think about what she'd done. He then stood outside the car yelling at her through the window for 10 minutes. I would have said something about how the interior of the car could get into the 100s but the guy was standing there yelling at a 3 year old baking inside a car. Someone actually called the cops just to make sure the kid didn't die.
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Based solely on the OP it seems no police involvement was warranted, but people often aren't the best observers of their own behavior especially when frustrated, nor are they necessarily perfectly honest when posting in internet forums. So to wish death and destruction upon someone who honestly felt a 3 year old was in some danger, took a precaution by calling the police just to be safe, with the worst case scenario being nothing illegal was going on and the cops would take a peek and let the guy go, vs taking the risk that the kid dies and no one does anything or reports it to anyone when it could have been prevented, seems like going a little overboard to me.
When someone goes into a lawyers office and starts telling their story, the lawyer has to be skeptical and can't accept every word they say as the god's honest. People have a tendency to paint themselves in the best light, so take that into consideration before deciding who was in the right when you've only heard one person's version of the story.
Every story has 3 sides: mine, yours, and the truth.
MagnusTheBrewer
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LOL, wait til yer kid calls the cops on you!
When my oldest was a teenager, she fell asleep on the couch. Normally, she sleeps like a rock. I got up to check the kennels in the attached garage because our 5 Great Pyrs were making a racket. Evidently, my daughter saw a shadowy figure moving through the living room and out to the garage. Upon hearing the dogs go silent, in her half asleep state she thought the evil shadowy figure had done something awful to 5 dogs, ranging from 135 lbs. to 180 lbs, and called the police.
I returned to bed and had just gotten back to sleep, when I awoke to a knock on my bedroom door! The police apparently thought either A: I was a burglar in my own house or B: I was abusing my kids. I told them after the night's events, I was seriously considering starting to abuse my daughter but, they didn't think it amusing. Ah well, it's hard to be amusing at 3 am! After 45 minutes of explaining, I wasn't going to abuse my idiot teenage daughter, I finally got them to leave and let me go back to sleep. Perchance to dream...of new ways to make my daughter's life hell.
She's a good kid and it only took 30 years to get her there!
When my oldest was a teenager, she fell asleep on the couch. Normally, she sleeps like a rock. I got up to check the kennels in the attached garage because our 5 Great Pyrs were making a racket. Evidently, my daughter saw a shadowy figure moving through the living room and out to the garage. Upon hearing the dogs go silent, in her half asleep state she thought the evil shadowy figure had done something awful to 5 dogs, ranging from 135 lbs. to 180 lbs, and called the police.
I returned to bed and had just gotten back to sleep, when I awoke to a knock on my bedroom door! The police apparently thought either A: I was a burglar in my own house or B: I was abusing my kids. I told them after the night's events, I was seriously considering starting to abuse my daughter but, they didn't think it amusing. Ah well, it's hard to be amusing at 3 am! After 45 minutes of explaining, I wasn't going to abuse my idiot teenage daughter, I finally got them to leave and let me go back to sleep. Perchance to dream...of new ways to make my daughter's life hell.
She's a good kid and it only took 30 years to get her there!
I wholeheartedly agree - in fact that is my saying.
Two things to say about this:
1) I really want to know her/his side of the story so I can figure out what they think I did that warranted calling the cops. I already know what the cop thinks is the truth.
2) I posted this more to get it off my chest than to get a bunch of people telling me I did nothing wrong. I know I am a great dad because it is an effort everyday to do the right things. Disappointing and upsetting my children is among the hardest things I ever do, but I constantly remind the older one that I am her dad first and her friend second.
moshquerade
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Let it go before it drives you insane. 
Nothing bothers me more than being accused of a wrongdoing when there was no wrongdoing whatsoever. You just have to forget it because nothing is going to change what happened.
Nothing bothers me more than being accused of a wrongdoing when there was no wrongdoing whatsoever. You just have to forget it because nothing is going to change what happened.
GTaudiophile
Lifer
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moshquerade
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Bignate603
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I can completely understand, my father had the cops show up once but it was my SISTER that called them.
Basically my sister who was an angsty teenager at the time told him that she was going to run away. He said oh no you aren't and grabbed her ankle (he had been sitting on the floor working on something) and held on so she couldn't leave. She freaked out and claimed that this was child abuse and that she was going to call the cops, so he had my mother bring her the phone and call.
The cops showed up to find my sister sitting in a chair in our front room with my dad sitting on the ground still holding on to her ankle. They almost cracked up, but then had to explain to my sister that he wasn't hurting her and that he was within his rights (and actually within his legal duty) to physically prevent her from running away as long it was in a non-harmful way.
Basically my sister who was an angsty teenager at the time told him that she was going to run away. He said oh no you aren't and grabbed her ankle (he had been sitting on the floor working on something) and held on so she couldn't leave. She freaked out and claimed that this was child abuse and that she was going to call the cops, so he had my mother bring her the phone and call.
The cops showed up to find my sister sitting in a chair in our front room with my dad sitting on the ground still holding on to her ankle. They almost cracked up, but then had to explain to my sister that he wasn't hurting her and that he was within his rights (and actually within his legal duty) to physically prevent her from running away as long it was in a non-harmful way.
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