Posted by Alan on 9/11/2009, 5:43 pm, in reply to "Re: From the WTH department"
: And p.s., if anyone else, ESPECIALLY a
: stranger, EVER laid a hand on either of my
: children, he would have more than the law to
: deal with.
It used to go on all the time and was perfectly legal. It's called Corporal Punishment in the schools but in your state, I know such behavior is illegal but down south it goes on all the time.
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: I think physical discipline is the wrong way
: to go about things (of course I say this not
: actually being a parent myself). But having
: been a teaching parent, physical discipline
: was always verboten. Teaching to the
: behavior was the way we dealt with
: disciplinary issues (my wife and I worked at
: a therapeutic foster home while in grad
: school). Hitting a child is a sign of a bad
: temper, and teaches a child to fear the
: person who is supposed to love and care for
: him/her.
:
: Just my two cents.
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: JR
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