A Place for Corporal Punishment in Child Rearing?

[jeyf]

Yes, ignoring the issue is one way to handle it and I am not in a position to insert myself, but it’s an error to assert that 3 year olds are incapable of learning.

i bet my Irish Setter has more better critical thinking than a 3year old?
Smile and play ignorant

 

[Huntn]

This is what I here every time we travel in the car, from her brothers, therecare time periods where every minute to 5 minutes it is: Susie, stop it! She messes with them, even hit them. This is a 3 year old versus an 11 and 13 year old. They never hit her back, but I think that might solve the Stop it issue quickly.

 

[jeyf]

i would never travel with my Irish Setter.

 

[Huntn]

i would never travel with my Irish Setter.

Ha! We made a trip from Texas to California middle of summer 1980, in an un-air conditioned Fiat Spider with the windows open and a long hair dachshund leaning and drooling on my shoulder from the back seat, trying to get his face in the wind, quite memorable.

 

[willmtaylor]

a 3year old child will have zero critical thinking ability and limited language skills. They functionally can not remember the previous day.

Use the ear plugs and be happy.

If you think a 3-year-old doesn’t have critical thinking skills, you’re fooling yourself.

IMHO, a large portion of disciplinary issues stem from underestimating the cognitive abilities of children. It certainly must be brought to their level, but even 2-year-olds can absolutely make judgement calls about right/wrong, good/bad, etc.

 

[0388631]

If you think a 3-year-old doesn’t have critical thinking skills, you’re fooling yourself.

Yeah. Maybe we weren't so bright at 3 back in the day but today's kids certainly can begin pulling fast ones on their parents at 3. Unless you let your kid watch garbage all day long.
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Ha! We made a trip from Texas to California middle of summer 1980, in an un-air conditioned Fiat Spider with the windows open and a long hair dachshund leaning and drooling on my shoulder from the back seat, trying to get his face in the wind, quite memorable.

Must have reminded you of the days where the third officer or flight engineer on deck doing the same after inhaling the near-toxic fumes of bean dip bowls your FO had and the cooked fish in garlic sauce you had, eh?

 

[rhett7660]

I too saw the wooden spoon on a couple of occasions.

Yup... My mom's favorite was her flip flop. She always had one and from I have been told, I was a little terror. My father would start to reach for his belt and that was good enough for me. Only once did I get it and that was I all I needed.

 

[Huntn]

Yup... My mom's favorite was her flip flop. She always had one and from I have been told, I was a little terror. My father would start to reach for his belt and that was good enough for me. Only once did I get it and that was I all I needed.

Yes, I view this (not to include beating) as an effective, economy of effort that I don’t believe is harmful. Some might argue that it even prepares you for facing the world.

On the other hand, in my current situation I get to hear “STOP IT!” repeatedly, because words just don’t register with 3 year olds like a flip flop.