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[quote=Anonymous]I have two teenagers and a 10 year old. Oldest and youngest were very mild mannered little kids. Dd2 was a different story. We actually thought about spanking her even though it wasn't anything we ever wanted to do. Decided that it wasn't the most effective punishment for her long term along with other reasons. I'm glad we worked through it and didn't resort to spanking her. I don't feel like it would've helped her to self regulate in addition to any other issues it might have caused.

She's now an amazingly well behaved teenager who laughs when she sees videos of her strong willed self as a toddler. No entitlement here either. Just a confident, straight A honors student with a great heart who can stick up for herself and others if needed. She probably would've been fine even if she was spanked but who knows. I think it was a lot more work for us and I'm not going to lie, it was hard, really difficult at times but now I don't feel guilty and have to second guess our choices.

My mom gave me the best advice when DD was younger and we were struggling. She said that our daughter "was going to be an amazing woman one day. Getting her to that point isn't going to be easy but it will be worth all of the work" couldn't have been more true! [/quote]

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