Is this how to parent?

[JCricket]

Originally Posted by noonereal

You may want to rethink your position, you are the first person that has agreed with me on this!

On a serious note, to me I find it interesting how deep rooted accepted practice (as it were) is as opposed to objective analysis,
this is equally obvious in folks political beliefs.

Gun laws, legalizing drugs, even healthcare reform
Interesting species us humans.

We are creatures of habit and tradition - good, bad or other.

I think mom here is trying and means well, but I think she completely missed the mark.

Mark

[noonereal]

easy to understand why

it's in our DNA.

A child replicates the behavior of it's parents just like cells replicate themselves

[d-ray657]

Maybe I was traumatized as a child when my third grade teacher sent me to the principal's office because my handwriting was so bad. He gave me a stern talking to, and then told my mom not to worry about it because I would have a secretary to take care of that someday. None of us had a clue what would happen in the future with word processing.

Regards,

D-Ray

[piece-itpete]

Originally Posted by d-ray657

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I just wouldn't be so quick to judge a mother who was obviously actively engaged in in raising the child and was attempting to resolve a difficult situation without violence to him. I would not call a mother that would take those steps a failure as a parent.

Regards,

D-Ray

I agree. Even if one disagrees with the mother's actions it's still 8 thousand times better than screaming at him as many do.

It seems very similar to a kid being busted shoplifting - give him/her a good scare. Of course the consequences of fires are far worse.

Originally Posted by merrylander

If lieing were to become a crime 90% of the country would be incarcerated.

Hear hear!

Pete

[d-ray657]

When one of our sons was close to kindergarten age, he stuck a pack of gum in his pocket. My wife discovered it in the car, and made him come with her and made him tell the grocery store manager what he had done. She said the store manager played it very well, and gave the situation just the right amount of seriousness before thanking him for doing the right thing by bringing it back.

Regards,

D-Ray