Are you going to spank your future children?

[Angrist]

Originally Posted by Typhoid

I also wouldn't argue the points with my child. Your child is not your equal, they are your child. You are not to raise them thinking that yelling and arguing are the proper ways of communicating a point.

I for one did not mean argue with or yell at your kid. I meant explaining why the behavior is bad. Of course it depends on the age how much you're going to say. If he hits his sister when he's 5, he doens't need a lecture about how it hurts his sister and he doesn't want that... but that speech will probably help when he's 10.

[KillerGremlin]

This thread is full of so much anecdotal evidence that it has actually seeped out of this thread, rode the jet stream a few miles, and what is this? Yes, I do believe one of the thousands of authors who has wrote a book on how to raise children has caught wind of the anecdotal overflow, and yes I do believe he is banging his head on a table. And what is that?!?! He is reaching for his gun? OH MY GOD DON'T KILL YOURSELF YOU HAVE A PHD IN CHILD PSYCHOLOGY AND YEARS OF PARENTING EXPERIENCE AND OH MY GOD HE....oh the horror. We are going to need some bleach.