If a kid complains about how much they want pizza when you can't afford it and you're having pork chops. What do you do? The kid bitches up a storm about how much they want pizza. I know what my parent did, they said screw it you don't want to eat so you don't, go to bed without food. A day with out food isn't going to starve you either. And after a couple of times of that happening, I freaking ate what was given to me.
What the heck would people do? Give into your kids? Do any of you even have children?
I feel kind of offended with Devo's accusations that a parent has failed if they hit their kids. Like what the heck does she know? But I also know I'm unable to actually argue this point so I wont.
But no going to bed without dinner or even desert is'nt starving a child, thats a bit of an extreme.
Eh I don't see the problem with hitting your kids. Call it abuse fine, but no I don't see it. Sometimes a kid needs to be smacked. Yes, I hate to use the old excuse, but no I did not come out a violent fuck, nor do I know anyone else who did. How else are you supposed to punish kids? Take their stuff away? Time out? It's all pretty useless, because even as a kid I knew those things were temporary, I was going to get that shit back or be un-grounded pretty soon anyway. The most effective things were physical punishment. Not just getting hit, but also not being feed and whatnot. Well whatever, I know this opinion is incorrect these days, but I don't see the problem and I never will. Now around my nieces I don't like to slap them crazy or go after them with a built, but yes sometimes they need to be hit on their behind or something to get them to listen.
It's pretty funny that you would defend how your parents treated you considering what you've said on this forum about your interpersonal life, dude. I mean really.
IMy parent's treated me fantastically and did a damn good job. Any faults I have are on me for not attempting to be better person. And besides I don't know what you're talking about or what this has to do with what I assume is the main problem which is using violence will breed more violence. I don't see that kind of discipline as abuse much less violence and whatever the number of faults I have, being a violent person is not among them. I'm not a super intelligent person, nor have a done any research on this subject beyond whats been said in a Psych 101 class, but going on anecdotal information I don't see it.
But whatever, this is why I should just stay out of this thread. It's just bad news for me.