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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]How do you explain to your child that it's not ok for them to hit others and it's not ok for you to hit others but it's totally ok for you to hit your kid? So much for parents modeling correct behavior for their kids. [/b]

I was raised by a spanker and it was clearly because they lacked good communication and were overwhelmed (single parent) and used it as an excuse to lash out when feeling helpless. When I was spanked as a kid, I definitely became MORE likely to then lash out as others. Same for my sibling. Both of us grew up to not spank our kids (who turned out fine. Why spank when alternative discipline works just fine? It doesn't mean you don't give your kids repercussions for poor behavior).

People also make vague claims about kids today having worse behavior. It's all utter BS anecdotal crap, and my own anecdotal analysis is that the same people I know of who make such claims (often poor/less educated) did some sh*t and sometimes violent things as kids in the 80s to 90s. [/quote]

How do you explain to your kid that it's not ok for them to take other kids' phones away but it's ok for you to take their phone/screen time away?  How can parents model correct behavior when parents do things that kids cannot do?

What a dilemma.  [/quote]

Utter BS. I actually tell me kids they can hold me accountable for my behavior. So if I do something I tell them is not ok, they can put me in time out or take away something. The difference is I as a parent never do something that I tell my kid is not ok to do to others so they don't get to enact this privilege.

Spanking is lazy parenting.[/quote]

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