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Originally Posted by jdm05
I'll tell you what, at one church I was at, I saw a lot of mom' with wooden spoons. LOL!!! Those kids were the most well behaved at church. Then you had those bratty kids who were having tantrums on time outs. I'm sorry but that doesn't work. My siblings and I just got the look from my mom and that was enough for us to behave. Not to mention a pinch at church. You can spank to ge the message across, but beating is another thing. That's not right.
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It all depends on the child. A astute parent will know what's called for when. Some kids do very well with time outs...others don't. My experience is that parent's don't have time to enforce time outs. It takes a lot of time to get your child disciplined enough to sit in time out. It takes picking them up and physically putting them back every time they move until it breaks their will. After enough times of being consistent...the child learns when they are told that they are in time out...they aren't going to move plain and simple. Too many parents in my opinion don't want to take that kind of time with their kids. They find it easier to resort to spanking immediately, and all too often they spank out of anger more than authority. Also parents have this impression that their kid shouldn't cry when disciplined. If I put my son in time out...he'll cry. I just let him cry. But here's the deal...he isn't moving and he knows this. So he waits until I take him out. I don't expect him to be quiet. Too many parents allow the crying to become a factor, they repeat, "Hush or you'll get worse." yadda, yadda, yadda. Kids cry. Parents need to just let them cry. They'll live. lol
And if people don't like your kid's crying, take them out of the sancturary. Or if you're in an environment where you can't remove the child...I say let the heathen rage....discipline your kid. lol
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