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God, this younger generation culture is so thick headed? I'm not talking about punching the kid in the mouth, either.
Oh. My. God...you think we're thick-headed? You won't even bother to take a look at the massive reams of medical research showing the dangers of hitting a kid in the face. You are singularly the most thick-headed person in this thread (and I'm not a youngster, anyway!). I don't care how hard or how soft you think you'd smack a kid in the mouth, YOU SHOULDN'T.
If you wonder why (though I'm beginning to see that you are dead-set to enjoy your ignorance forever) talk to your dentist and your family doctor about it. Ask them the dangers of disciplining a child by hitting them in the face.
Oh. My. God...you think we're thick-headed? You won't even bother to take a look at the massive reams of medical research showing the dangers of hitting a kid in the face. You are singularly the most thick-headed person in this thread (and I'm not a youngster, anyway!). I don't care how hard or how soft you think you'd smack a kid in the mouth, YOU SHOULDN'T.
If you wonder why (though I'm beginning to see that you are dead-set to enjoy your ignorance forever) talk to your dentist and your family doctor about it. Ask them the dangers of disciplining a child by hitting them in the face.
OK, fine, your right and I'm wrong,
Now, does that make you feel better? I'll go research what you've suggested to do...
Again...I don't know anyone, while growing up who had any damage done by getting a smack in the mouth...no teeth were uprooted or knocked out...ever...there was no danger of that happening when I was growing up with thousands of other kids...and if it would have happened, back then, the parent would have been arrested immediately...period. You are taking this to the complete opposite end of the spectrum and making it a beating issue. There is a difference.
and by the way, I am far from ignorant...so stop with the insults to prove your point please.
rules are, no personal attacks...
When very young, my brother swore and got his mouth washed out with soap. The rest of us didn't think that was what we wanted, so we never said cuss words.
HOWEVER, we knew someone who had 4 little girls. Their mother NEVER cussed. She was the sweetest, quietest thing you ever saw. Their father did swear, but tried to keep the reigns tight around the girls. Well, when the oldest was about 4 (they were all very close in age), she decided she liked swearing, so she would do it all day long.
Of course we kids thought she was very brave for cussing constantly and tried to encourage it as much as possible. We got into trouble for that.
Her younger sister couldn't say TRUCK, and we made her say her version of it over and over again.
Anyway, eventually we stopped encouraging and she stopped cussing and grew up to be a respectable woman.
Moral: So the kid cussed. So what. With the exception of a couple over-sensitive ears, I'm sure people understand things like that happen from time to time.
Hahahah! Too funny! I have a story with my own two youngest doing that. I overheard my son when he was about 5 trying to get my 2 year old to say something very bad!! He heard the expression on the bus and knew he shouldn't repeat but he just had to know what would happen to his baby brother if he said it
and by the way, I am far from ignorant...so stop with the insults to prove your point please.
rules are, no personal attacks...
"Ignorant" does not mean stupid. Ignorant means that you are misinformed or unaware of something. It's not an insult, it's a perfectly acceptable descriptive word for the situation.
People can't allow others their opinions...and if one disagrees, they're the most God awful person.
Sorry I even started this thread
Kind of like how others aren't allowed to handle their own kids the way they see fit without somebody in the next aisle over disagreeing with their methods and making judgements on the type of parent/human they must be...
Kind of like how others aren't allowed to handle their own kids the way they see fit without somebody in the next aisle over disagreeing with their methods and making judgements on the type of parent/human they must be...
yeah, and yanno what...I have bought this question to work, and not one person feels the way you do...or the other gals in here...
so, live and learn...if it were me, my child would never hear that word in our house...but he was not my child, and I was indeed shocked...and will never deem this as acceptable behavior...and if a toddler uses that word, then he heard it from home. He didn't just make it up and it wasn't a mistake of misuse...and yeah, I don't have much respect for the parents, but, you could be right, perhaps there is a whole other reason for it? Who knows...
I'm not talking about hitting the kid in the head with brute force? Sheeesh?????
God, this younger generation culture is so thick headed? I'm not talking about punching the kid in the mouth, either.
You guys take it to a whole other side of the spectrum. This is ridiculous...we got slapped across the mouth as kids...all of us, all of us...and it never disfigured or harmed us? If we would have ever said words as such...we would have gotten it across the mouth...no it didn't knock our teeth out, no, it didn't disfigure us, or disjoint anything? What in the world can you guys be thinking? I just don't understand your logic...
and, we would have had to say something pretty darn bad to get our mouths slapped. We very rarely got spanked...
yanno, the difference then, is, that we knew there was a consequence for our actions, so we didn't dare even as much as test our parents. Today, there is none, therefore, with the kids, anything goes, and parents then, find a reason not to spank their kids...like, it may marr them for life...Sheesh...
You need to get a grip on the fact that spanking isn't beating a child...and there is a big big difference.
I DID say that swatting/spanking was NOT beating your kid in the head!
And it doesn't make it right if parents of past generations did it or not. It just means that those children have a better chance of growing up to HIT their children.
Check this link out of crazy things people said and did in the 30's. Doesn't make it right
yeah, and yanno what...I have bought this question to work, and not one person feels the way you do...or the other gals in here...
so, live and learn...if it were me, my child would never hear that word in our house...but he was not my child, and I was indeed shocked...and will never deem this as acceptable behavior...and if a toddler uses that word, then he heard it from home. He didn't just make it up and it wasn't a mistake of misuse...and yeah, I don't have much respect for the parents, but, you could be right, perhaps there is a whole other reason for it? Who knows...
yeah, and yanno what...I have bought this question to work, and not one person feels the way you do...or the other gals in here...
so, live and learn...if it were me, my child would never hear that word in our house...but he was not my child, and I was indeed shocked...and will never deem this as acceptable behavior...and if a toddler uses that word, then he heard it from home. He didn't just make it up and it wasn't a mistake of misuse...and yeah, I don't have much respect for the parents, but, you could be right, perhaps there is a whole other reason for it? Who knows...
That's great your child wouldn't hear it in your house, but would your child hear you speaking poorly about that other kid's parents who you know nothing about? Would they hear you calling a perfect stranger trash based on a 60 second snippit of their life you witnessed in a store? In my opinion, that sends a stronger message then hearing somebody in their family drop the F-bomb.
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