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Originally Posted by epchick
This is where spankings always worked for our family. Seriously.
Just telling Maddie to go to a different room or not participate in things isn't teaching her much. If she's sooo intent on whining about not getting her way, it isn't going to help if you tell her that she's not gonna be allow to make cookies (or whatever little activity they are involved in).
Her attitude isn't going to get any better, and she's going to start influencing some of the younger kids.
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Amen. My momma was old school-- she'd say "if you don't stop whining, I'm going to give you something to really cry about." (Of course that was only if there really wasn't something wrong. She wasn't the devil.) I knew she wasn't playing-- that she'd whoop my little behind in a heartbeat.
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