Okay this story is not your normal “disciplining someone else’s kid.” More like abusing someone else’s kid. That was my launching point for this vid. But, like I’ve told you, I’m not always that rested, and honestly, this is not one of my strongest ones. It’s like I forgot to end it. Instead, I just ended it.
Help me out: write an ending to this video. I’ll try to be more with it on the next one.
Daphne, for some reason, I can’t watch this…
Horrifying! I can’t even believe it … assault, pure and simple, IMO.
Alexandra – click on ‘this story’ in Daphne’s blurb above.
Same Alexandra – i can link to the story, but can’t see Daphne’s video related to it.
yeah, something is amiss. sorry. will get the elves working on this.
Now it’s working…and I’m more confused. Maybe you look cuter with your layered shag…oh, I don’t know…you look really cute with your hair up, too.
Must be the magic of that teaser cleavage top.
Don’t know what I”d do if someone hit my child. I know what I’d do that could get me in trouble, though..but legally? I don’t know…
well I’m growing it out so I can have more options.
I would have to inflict a slow and painful death on someone punishing my child. A “please apologize for throwing sand in her eyes” or a timeout when I’m not around to handle things on my own (like a play date) is totally fine. Just because I’m not there, doesn’t mean the child gets to run wild.
Where do these people get the idea that hitting someone else’s child is at all acceptable? What runs through their mind.
I had to put a friend’s child in timeout for biting my daughter when her parents were on a date. That broke my heart and made me feel awful.
First I have to say your little ones legs are so adorable. Im ok with people disciplining my child if he needs it but to ever spank is totally wrong. If my kid is acting crazy when Im not around then go ahead and tell him to calm down but dont spank him.
I wouldn’t classify this as ‘reprimanding someone else’s child’, I would classify it as ‘bat-crazy cranky-old-man goes nuts on someone else’s child’. This is just plain violence and lunacy at work. Yuck!
I find myself parenting other people’s kids all the time when I’m out and about. I guess I ‘reprimand’ them as well when I tell them to stop hitting each other with plastic shovels, not take toys away from other kids, or not run into the street. Usually the care-give (parent or nanny) is on the phone yapping away or is just completely AWOL.
Yes, yes, I hear you on that Jojo. Sometimes I want to narc on a nanny, harder to narc when it’s the parent.
“hello, Satan jr. is causing havoc.” that’s when I just pick my kid up and leave.
and of course, this guy was totally nuts. Love that after he a was arrested he thought he should get off because he apologized to the mother. How about a long “time out ” in a cell. talk about problems with impulse control.
Renee, biting is pretty bad, I wouldn’t feel bad about that. You would have to discuss that with the parents anyway.
i’m sorry, i couldn’t focus on anything you were saying – BECAUSE OF THOSE LEGS. how do you get anything done with those suckers around? cute cute cute cute. cuuute.
Daphne, haven’t you ever mediated a sibling conflict in the sand lot that did not involve any of YOUR kids? I dunno… I don’t feel insecure about someone calling me out when I flake as a parent. It’s happened. I’m not perfect. Aren’t we all out to help each other? I guess not. I’ll continue to err on the side of helping each other out, though.
Jojo — not much. philosophically you are correct.
yes, I love them and his little feet so much. and I don’t get much done.
No video is showing up…..
erm, nevermind, it is now!!
Child buttock-battering vs. DISCIPLINE:
Child buttock-battering for the purpose of gaining compliance is nothing more than an inherited bad habit.
Its a good idea for people to take a look at what they are doing, and learn how to DISCIPLINE instead of hit.
I think the reason why television shows like “Supernanny” and “Dr. Phil” are so popular is because that is precisely what many (not all) people are trying to do.
There are several reasons why child bottom-slapping isn’t a good idea. Here are some good, quick reads recommended by professionals:
Plain Talk About Spanking
by Jordan Riak,
The Sexual Dangers of Spanking Children
by Tom Johnson,
NO VITAL ORGANS THERE, So They Say
by Lesli Taylor M.D. and Adah Maurer Ph.D.
Most compelling of all reasons to abandon this worst of all bad habits is the fact that buttock-battering can be unintentional sexual abuse for some children. There is an abundance of educational resources, testimony, documentation, etc available on the subject that can easily be found by doing a little research with the recommended reads-visit http://www.nospank.net.
Just a handful of those helping to raise awareness of why child bottom-slapping isn’t a good idea:
American Academy of Pediatrics,
American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry,
Center For Effective Discipline,
PsycHealth Ltd Behavioral Health Professionals,
Churches’ Network For Non-Violence,
Nobel Peace Prize recipient Archbishop Desmond Tutu,
Parenting In Jesus’ Footsteps,
Global Initiative To End All Corporal Punishment of Children,
United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.
In 26 countries, child corporal punishment is prohibited by law (with more in process). In fact, the US was the only UN member that did not ratify the Convention on the Rights of the Child.
leave it to the US. Lot’s of good info. Thank you for sharing it.