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03 February 2013 1:45pmLink to this comment

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@BuckHucklebuck -

First, that story paints you as a little mental.

Excellent example of passive aggression, which is still aggression. It's possible to be passive-violent too, which sends mixed-messages to developing minds. I hope that you do not have children.

Second, discipline is good. But assuming it has to be physical is not. You could have achieved the same results with 'naughty stepping' and rewarding good behaviour with positive attention. Which would have taught the child to chase carrots as well as fear the stick of being isolated, and not taught the violence is an acceptable method of shaping there's behaviour.

'Naughtystepping' is a violence in itself, and a punishment which I consider far, far worse than a smack. It is a text-book passive-violent punishment with profound psychologically damaging effects. I consider forced isolation of children to be a far worse punishment than smacking, and although I do very rarely confine one of my sister's children to a room or a cupboard alone, it is explicit as a punishment beyond a light smack.

I feel you have despotic tendencies and need to reevaluate your disciplinary approach to parenthood