Did the brawl in paradise actually happen?
in Psychology ·
There is absolutely no excuse for hitting children with objects—belts, sticks, hairbrushes, you name it—but I don't see any harm in an occasional swat on the backside or behind the ear when necessary.
Talking things through is all well and good, but sometimes logic just doesn't cut it. Take this situation, for example:
What else was her mother supposed to do? Sit her down for the five-hundredth lecture? Children simply haven't developed the capacity for complex reasoning—you know, understanding cause and effect—that a rational adult possesses. That comes with age.
And looking at how many kids act these days... the screaming, the flailing, the sheer disrespect... honestly, good luck trying to reason with a little monster like that.
Talking things through is all well and good, but sometimes logic just doesn't cut it. Take this situation, for example:
I remember getting disciplined for the first time after I swiped candy from a convenience store for the fourth time in a row. I was four years old. For the first three times, my mom tried the gentle approach—"Sweetie, that isn't right, we don't do that." But honestly, if she hadn't finally laid down the law on that fourth attempt, I probably would have kept stealing.
What else was her mother supposed to do? Sit her down for the five-hundredth lecture? Children simply haven't developed the capacity for complex reasoning—you know, understanding cause and effect—that a rational adult possesses. That comes with age.
And looking at how many kids act these days... the screaming, the flailing, the sheer disrespect... honestly, good luck trying to reason with a little monster like that.