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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]People on here calling a swat on the arm abuse and calling a 15 year old girl a crap person are psychotic drama llamas who are probably raising spoiled, entitled monsters.  FWIW.[/quote]

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You guys are nuts. It was a seat on the arm. And no I don’t hit my kids but I also don’t view something like that as “hitting kids”. He was probably reaching again for something she told him not to touch so she smacked his arm away. This seems like regular kid stuff among families. [/quote]

First of all, hitting someone on the arm is hitting someone.  I can not fathom how you can convince yourself otherwise.

As a parent of teenagers and a 4 year old, I agree that this kind of thing happens sometimes between siblings.  In my household the older sibling would have significant consequences, and we'd increase supervision of both kids, and a reminder of boundaries for both kids. I certainly wouldn't respond by taking the older kid shopping!

But hitting a kid who isn't in your family?  That's a different thing.  Especially in a supervised setting with adults that the older kid could have called on.

Having said that, OP seems to be arguing that both the preschooler's behavior was repeated and so egregious that hitting him was justified, but she also seems to have sat and watched the behavior, without intervening.

Finally, screaming at each other isn't the solution, whichever parent didn't live there should have left.  If I was the parent of younger child, my child would never be around those people (aunt who justified this, boyfriend, teen) again, without me in the room supervising.  People who justify this kind of behavior don't get a second chance with my kid.

I will also note that even among parents who spank, "did not cause an injury" is a terrible standard for what's appropriate.  [/quote]

ALL OF THIS[/quote]

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