Hitting a kid who's not even TWO??? That's barbaric. As much as I despise the child welfare state, this woman did a horrible thing and is probably on her way to worse.
“Hitting a kid who’s not even TWO??? That’s barbaric.”
That might be true if she had punched her in the face...
A red ass isnt abuse....it’s an attention getter...
It's called body learning. 2 y.o. kids don't understand 'don't touch the stove' but they can be conditioned with whacks to the butt to leave the damn thing alone.
Failing to discipline childen and world-proof them is the real barbarity.
/johnny
“Hitting a kid who’s not even TWO??? That’s barbaric. As much as I despise the child welfare state, this woman did a horrible thing and is probably on her way to worse. “
I guess you could try to negotiate with a two year old, but spanking worked JUST FINE with my kids at age two (and much younger).
But it’s a free world, and you’re welcome to apply your advanced diplomatic skills on the little twerps, if that is what you wish.
She didn’t hit anyone, she spanked a two year old.
She didn’t hit anyone, she spanked a two year old. Maybe she should have just reasoned with the child.
If you spank them before they are two properly, then you won't HAVE to discipline them nearly as much for the next 15-20 years. But if you let things go at this age, I can promise you much more trouble afterwards because you will have a much harder time correcting the bad behaviors that will have set in place.
There's a website/book, something like Raising Godly Tomatoes, that makes this common sense point in great detail.
4 kids and they all got their butts whooped by the age of two. A child knows what "No" means before the age of one, unless your kids are slow. I guess you have a right to called it "barbaric", but I call BS on your reasoning.
Spanking a nearly two year-old is an entirely apropriate method of disclipline.
Oh, get real. Where do you people come from? Do you even have children? If so I hope I never have the misfortune of being anywhere around your two year old.
I have seen the damage done to young children by parents who feel like any corporal punishment is wrong, but psychological manipulation and making excuses for their behavior is OK.