Thread: Punishment for your children

well done, Koojo

you get the slap on the wrist

Originally Posted by Koojo

Dear Abbey.
I slapped my boys hand yesterday when i noticed his finger was up his nose to the first knuckle, will I be accused of beating my child?

could quite easily be blow out of proportion on this board.

give it a while and you could be accused of beating your child to within an inch of his life.

anyone hitting a child is a bully and it is wrong

my opinion but others differ

Originally Posted by DrAndy

damn, the thread got derailed by Eggplant before it reached 500

back on track anyone?

Shameful self bump after the thread had died on the final straight of a 5 century run. Can't blame the egg-beater for a de-rail as he must have contributed a 100 posts.

Anyway back on topic, I have been practising being more patient with my GFs daughter over the past few days and it is quite rewarding I will admit. She does respond to patient repeated verbal insistence that she behaves correctly so I am glad for the opportunity to have been made to think more about it more through this thread. But I am only a part-time tourist in the role of looking after a kid. I do not hold it against any real parent who occasionally gets frustrated enough with a child to smack them to stop their incorrect behaviour. In my view it is entirely understandable and the role of parenting involves so much sacrifice that the parent can be excused the occasional lapse in resorting to a smack.