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Spare the rod and spoil the child.
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Although technically wrong, don't others agree that this young man will take more notice of his Dad's actions than anything the police and the authorities would be prepared to punish him with?
Although technically wrong, don't others agree that this young man will take more notice of his Dad's actions than anything the police and the authorities would be prepared to punish him with?
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Sqad - from personal experience, I doubt it!
Lottie - I have only smacked my children in temper - and that was rarely, and never hard - and i have regretted each incident. I used the power of my position as their dad to instill proper respect and behaviour, which largely worked - no child, or parent is ever perfect.
However, this father is probably following the example set by his father - my reaction was to do the exact opposite, because of how it made me feel when it was done to me.
Lottie - I have only smacked my children in temper - and that was rarely, and never hard - and i have regretted each incident. I used the power of my position as their dad to instill proper respect and behaviour, which largely worked - no child, or parent is ever perfect.
However, this father is probably following the example set by his father - my reaction was to do the exact opposite, because of how it made me feel when it was done to me.
I smacked - I didn't clip or cuff around the head or ear. I get so upset at parents that you see cuffing their kids round the head.
I can understand him feeling angry though. Perhaps arresting him was a bit to heavy handed. Perhaps a stern caution.
No, having said that if he had clipped anybody else around the ear in a police station he would have got arrested, so the same should apply in this case. He deserved it.
I can understand him feeling angry though. Perhaps arresting him was a bit to heavy handed. Perhaps a stern caution.
No, having said that if he had clipped anybody else around the ear in a police station he would have got arrested, so the same should apply in this case. He deserved it.
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They do - but physical violence against a child by an adult is not the appropriate way to teach it.
In my view, a protracted and dispassionate legal process would have demonstrated that adult crimes carry adult punishments - whereas this child still sees his childish misdemeanours punished by has father's violent temper - which has clearly failed to teach him right from wrong.
In my view, a protracted and dispassionate legal process would have demonstrated that adult crimes carry adult punishments - whereas this child still sees his childish misdemeanours punished by has father's violent temper - which has clearly failed to teach him right from wrong.
My Mum used to smack me Andy enough to humiliate me and make me angry. She left red marks on my legs and I hated it. Personally I think it achieved nothing except me feeling angry and hating her - it certainly didn't make me see the error of my ways in any way. I vowed I would never hit any child of mine. I did on a few occasions (my son says he cannot ever remember me hitting him) and as I said, I regret those few occasions.
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If the gist of this thread is...
why do we have a lot of ill behaved, violent kids roaming around?
I suspect it isn't because their parents didn't hit them.
Quite the opposite in many cases.
It could well be because they have learned that the judicial system is ultimately impotent and ineffective.
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why do we have a lot of ill behaved, violent kids roaming around?
I suspect it isn't because their parents didn't hit them.
Quite the opposite in many cases.
It could well be because they have learned that the judicial system is ultimately impotent and ineffective.
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