Yukon Cornelius

Thats not a big deal, Its natural.. "Daddys little girl" I have a 3 year old and she is the same way still. She is awesome, and yes she will fall asleep in my arms if shes tired. I dont mind her being independant though. Which you will find yours doing eventually. Sometimes it can be a pain in the butt, for the most part they need that.

My boys are older ones 8 the other is 6 and they are both awesome as well. They are yes sir no sir children (including my daughter(very very cute i might add)). Very very respectful. They are good, they rarley lie, and if they do it a simple lie. They get themselfs into trouble only when they lie, I do give them a chance to come clean and most times it involves no spanking.

Now that the oldest one is 8 i really never spank him anymore, since i feel he is to old for that now.. Basically I think its to humiliating for him and I dont want that to jack his head up.
So he will usually get something taken away or put in a corner.

My little girl, well shes a girl, I have spanked her before but I felt wrong for doing that. Her mom takes care of the disipline for her now. I handle the boys when I am not at work like I currently am now. I have used the spank and I feel that is has served its purpose as a last resort method of getting the point across. Thats the only way there going to get into spank worthy trouble is if they lie (and get caught at it).

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Whatsitoosit

Abuse: use (something) to bad effect or for a bad purpose; misuse

Discipline: the practice of training people to obey rules or a code of behavior, using punishment to correct disobedience

see the difference? with Discipline you are using whatever methods necessary to correct the situation and as you cleverly pointed out...

I see you understand.

also, mind your f*cking business if you see a parent disciplining their child... you don't know anything about that parents situation and/or how bad that child is being. Billy... don't be a hero.

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Thrice

Can you not ****ing read? Key word, hit, not disciplining. Thanks, but **** off. Get off the comp, go have kids and comeback.

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Thrice

Nice post homes, I plan on having a boy later in life, and I will be tougher on him, but Im totally guilty of 'Daddy's little girl' syndrome. I love when my daughter is independant, shes real attached. I feel you cant spank a child in anger as well, it takes away from the discipline aspect.

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adidasss

Sadists should be excluded from this topic. Thank you.

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Whatsitoosit

can you not comprehend your own words? disciplining may sometimes constitute hitting. How about you wait until your child is old enough to start talking back to you and you realize you may have to discipline her in a way you judge others for... then comeback.

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Thrice

Not in the least bit. The line isnt even fine between hitting and disciplining, hitting is physical abuse, and physical discipline constitutes spanking. I guarentee i'll never need to hit my daughter for her to comprehend the word 'no'.

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333

I hope you were joking because I laughed. I'm no sadist, and when I said that, I didn't mean anything terrible like blood involved.

Whatsitoosit

more power to you then... I'll never know this guarantee is being honored as this is only an internet forum primarily made up of strangers but if you NEVER in your career as a parent have to resort to physical discipline (this means even a minor smack on the butt) because you truly feel it wouldn't be necessary given the current situation, congrats. The true test really isn't whether or not you ever lay a hand on your child... it's whether or not your child truly develops completely and more properly then say, another child who was smacked a few times for being bad. Not saying one is better then the other... I think it's, as you put it, to each their own.

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Thrice

Not at all what I was saying, youre gettin your verbs all mixed up, but Im exhausted of this damn topic for the moment, and the family is going to the beach, so im out. Maybe we can pick this up later. You'll be the first to know if I resort to physical discipline.

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Lew Harrison, who looked like an anarchist with his red eyes and fierce black beard, had been writing furiously in one corner of the room. "That's good—happiness by the kilowatt," he said. "Buy your happiness the way you buy light."