LdyApxr
Well-Known Member
I agree. I don't mind corporeal punishment, I used it raising my kids, but never in anger.... And never in public. That shames the kid and hurts it's self image. Not to mention making everyone else uncomfortable.
I agree too but my sons were also very aware that I had no problem with taking them into a bathroom to make a point. All it would take was a simple "Do we need to go to the bathroom?" and all shenanigans would stop. My husband was sure that it would frighten our son(my older son was 9 when my second son was born) into refusing to use a public bathroom but then he also found it very effective once he realized(he was a 48yr old bachelor with no children and no experience being around children, I was a 33yr old single mom who had a dozen nieces and nephews and had babysat since I was 12 LOL)