I feel there are other ways of disciplining a child without hitting him/her! I see that parents are so quick to lash out on their child(ren) without even asking them what happen or why did he/she did what ever they did. You can punish them by taking away the things they like the most (toys, tv, videogames, etc.)If that doesn't work you can send them to their room for awhile and tell them when they realize what they've done then they can come out and explain to you what was the 'cause for their wrong doing. Also when a child see other kids are having fun outside and they're home on punishment, they are more likely to apologize (I don't know how sincere it would be) but nevertheless they'll tell you they're sorry and promise they wont ever do that again and ask if they can go out and play, I would probably tell them no, so they can really see how serious I was and next time they would think twice about acting out.
Now, I do not have any kids yet, so I'm not basing these techniques on experience. If and when I do have kids, I would have to see if that will work but as for now I don't think hitting kids would help the situation any better.
[This message has been edited by Cream Puff (edited August 17, 2000).]
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