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What pisses me off is when people think that they can just sit down a kid and "talk to them" about why what they are doing is wrong, or other BS in every situation. Talking works perfectly well when two rational parties are involved, but kids...like animals, aren't rational (at least some of the time).
If I had a baby and I saw it was reaching for a hot burner on the stove, I'm going to slap its hand (lightly) to show a negative consequence for that action. No amount of talking is going to stop what they're doing. If I had a kid that was throwing a hysterical fit, I'm not going to try to sit down and have a face to face with an them, I'm going to instill a "negative consequence."
Now, don't me wrong, physical punishment should be a last resort, but is sometimes necessary. I wasn't the best kid growing up and I got my fair share of spankings and "time outs," and as said before, kids are smart. I learned that a "time out" meant going to my room, or somewhere else, and after a while my parents just ran out of patience and I usually was out of there in a few minutes. Or, I got a "stern talking to" during which I didn't pay attention and usually ended up laughing about it later. The fear, or threat, of a spank was much more of a deterrent than being sent to my room or being yelled at ever was. All that being said, I don't feel like I was abused or mistreated while I was growing up. I was a kid and I was treated like one.
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