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Old 04-10-2009, 01:43 PM   #1 (permalink)
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I'm curious to know why "light spanking" is seeming like the preferred method to deal with an uppity child. Taking the above example for instance (seeing as it's one we've all seen) don't you think the spoiled child's behavior isn't something spontaneous but rooted in a rather taught attitude (e.g. there was no real strict argument of any sort against that behavior in the household prior to that therefore the child think it's acceptable behavior?) Basically what I'm getting at here is no child is naturally spoiled and selfish, that is something they learn in the household so the best way to deal with it is to not tolerate that sort of behavior early on and raise them with a sense of humility and respect; which isn't something you can teach with spanking.
It would seem like that would work in theory but it doesn't exactly work....as the child grows and learns to think for themself....even if you are trying to raise them with humility and respect they will test the waters and see how far they can rebel against what you are trying to teach them.
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