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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm late to the party, but ... isn't it hard to teach a child not to hit when you're hitting them?

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I'm frankly astonished at the number of parents on here who are advocating for spanking.  I really don't get it.  Set aside the fact that it's HITTING, no matter how "softly" you do it, it's extremely lazy parenting.

In OP's case, the stuff at school sounds like that particular classroom and teacher is a bad fit  - at age 3 the teacher should be working with the kids on how to react appropriately, and redirecting them when problems arise.  It doesn't sound like that's happening.  OP should be using similar strategies (modeling behavior, telling child behavior isn't appropriate, redirecting) at home.  Yes it can be time consuming and frustrating, but that's parenting.  It takes time for small children to learn.[/quote]

Why do people always say it's "lazy parenting"? Is that a tacit admission of its effectiveness? And since when is the purpose of parenting to find the most difficult route possible? In and of itself, there's nothing wrong with "easy." In a different light, that just means "it works."[/quote]

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