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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you're spanking more than once, clearly it's NOT working long-term.  It only shocks the child out of the behavior in the moment.

I had a willful, high energy runner of a child who I never spanked.  It was hard and frustrating and I had to think (and move) fast and creatively.  But I am really proud of myself for breaking the pattern and never hitting her.

This is a good explanation of why I don't hit:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TyaMaDw5p8
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So you never had to employ any form of discipline more than once?  That's pretty impressive.[/quote]

I am very into restorative justice.  You threw a fit and knocked over a glass of water? What are you going to do to make things better?  You lied? What will you do to make it up and restore my trust in you?

But you know what?  One of the times I thought about spanking DD was when she was almost 3, and ran into oncoming traffic.  I ran after her, caught her, and told her she just lost the freedom to walk, now she had to be strapped into her stroller because she couldn't be trusted to walk safely.  She never did that again.  Many would say running into a busy street is the type of thing they'd spank over.  [/quote]

We didn't always use a stroller, and we have multiple children. [/quote]

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