It’s what I was trying to say with the title – really, letting them do whatever they want, despite the way the punishers try to frame it – IS NOT EASY. And that’s not why I do it, or anyone should do it. It’s doing it the hard way, the long way, and the right way.
.Beating your kids into always letting YOU have YOUR WAY, always – that’s the easy way, the fast way, and the wrong way.
It’s not comfortable either. It was scary, uncharted territory. But it worked.
I see what people say about how things are all going to Hell as the result of half measures, the result of confusion. The chaos we have going on today in our kids and our teenagers is because of the force we are still using, not because of the gentleness we’re starting to use more.
A lot of thought went into it. I hope you will read my blog. I’m afraid a plan just to “not spank” can’t really work, there will be more decisions to make, or you are likely to end up there despite the best of intentions.
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