I spanked my daughter for running into the road. A neighbor said “do you want her to fear you”, meaning that I was making myself a monster to her. I answered yes, I wanted to fear the hell out of me. I can show I’m not a monster later when the punishment/lesson is over.
Father first, friend second.
I spanked my daughter for running into the road. A neighbor said “do you want her to fear you”
Similar is the parent who would smack a kid so they DON’T go out in the road. To which I’d reply, “Do you want her to get run over?”
People need to read Bill Koehler’s old dog-training book, who used similar replies to ninnies. They’d get the idea on discipline from that now-hated dog book.