Mum’s the Word: To Spank or Not to Spank
Friday, April 24, 2015
Then, my daughter turned two.
The angelic eighteen-month old had vanished, and in her place stood a miniature villain. I’d look down at a book for one second only to look up and see my tottering child sucking on a knife she had found or putting together a Molotov cocktail.
Possessing the logic skills of a psychopath, I couldn’t just explain to my toddler things like why touching a stove isn’t the greatest idea. I also couldn’t say, “Don’t sit on the bunny - that will kill it.” I couldn’t reason with her because no matter what I said, she’d do the exact opposite.
Spanking was rapidly becoming more appealing.
Unfortunately, I happen to have stopped growing at the age of twelve. So being that I have the muscle mass and strength of a Cabbage Patch doll, spanking her doesn’t really do very much except inspire her to yell, “Naughty, Mama!” and go about her nefarious business.
So for these last couple years, I have explored and experimented with other forms of discipline that don’t require any strong reasoning skills on her end or physical contact on mine.
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