Posts by Matthew Moore13

Honestly, you wouldn't believe some of the nonsense being typed out here. It’s just a chaotic mess of people talking without a lick of sense. First off, the sheer amount of weirdness coming from people—and yeah, I'm talking about kids too. Look, I’ve been working with children for 20 years now, and I’m a mother of two boys myself. My oldest? He never once had to deal with a smack, a tug on the ear, or even a hair pull. There was just never a need for it. We talked through everything from the time he could barely walk, and even now at 11, we still handle things by finding the right way to explain things for his age. My other son, though... well, he took a spanking more times than I can count. It was the only language that actually registered with him, until he hit about 13 or 14. That’s when he finally started listening to reason and taking criticism when it mattered. In my professional career, I’ve never laid a hand on a kid because, obviously, that’s against the rules. But I'll be real with you—I’ve definitely felt the urge. Again, I’m saying we’re all different. Violence breeds violence, sure, but there’s a nuance here: giving a child a quick swat isn't the same thing as abuse. And if we're being honest, psychological abuse is a thousand times worse. People could write books about this, but let's be clear: someone who hasn't raised their own kids has absolutely no business drawing conclusions. You see so many people acting like crusaders against "violence," but then they go home and beat their own kids senseless. Never say never, because life has a funny way of throwing things at you that you never saw coming.