I guess like other laws,this one didn't prevent some to beat the living crap out of their kids.
A little tap on the a$$,will not make an emotionally disturbed kid,most of us were spanked when we were kids,did we turn into what these "experts claimed"?
Man, I got the belt, the open handed punches, the slamming up against the wall.... the whole nine yards with sprinkles.
Most of the time it was well deserved.
However, times have changed and so have I..... the only time I'd think of giving my son a good crack would be if they first hit myself or his mother.... or if he attacked someone else / another child..... or perhaps if he did something that could have killed him.
In every other situation, I have a nice long list of things I can do that'll provide many lessons in what consequences are. :twisted:
• Cleaning out his room with a garbage bag & saying goodbye to his toys
• Burning the garbage bag if that doesn't work
• If he gets a computer, a game or phone and does something very very wrong, I won't just parental lock those things, or password/restrict them.... I won't just take them away..... they will be either destroyed with a hammer, my boot or dismantled into several pieces and those pieces sent to the four corners of the world (or just hidden away somewhere, like my desk at work) until he learns what he did was wrong.
• Later on in life, Facebook, Hotmail/Email accounts and other online details will be removed or heavily restricted.
Among many many other ideas I have been thinking about for a few years now..... And I've never.... ever been one of those people who say
"This is your first warning..... this is your second warning..... this is your third and last warning.... did you not hear my 3rd & last warning? This is your final warning....."
Oh no no.... that sh*t don't fly with me.... you get one warning at best.... after that, look the hell out. I say what I mean and I do what I say. You've been warned once, you heard me loud and clear.... I said once and very clear to your face that if you didn't stop doing that, I wouldn't just take your Wii away and lock it in the closet to give back to you later, I would hammer the b-jesus out of it so it would never work again and I won't be buying you a second one...... you tried to call my bluff, now say goodbye to your Wii.
Keep this crap up and I'll find something else you love to destroy.
If I run out of things you care about and you still haven't learned anything about consequences for your actions..... maybe military school will set you straight.
If that doesn't work, maybe I'll have a little chat with your grandfather's buddies in the RCMP to see if they have an extra bed in a cell during March Break for you to stay in for a week, while all your friends are outside playing without a care in the world.
Want to test me further??
We can move to stage 2 in my punishment list if you like.....
One thing I learned growing up in my family, is that you don't fk around testing your parent's tolerance.
My dad had it good as a child growing up in the 50's/60's.... he had a BB Gun that was designed like a Daisy Peacemaker Revolver... he shot my aunt in the head through a mesh screen which she still has the scar, he shot my uncle while riding his bike and made him wipe out down a hill.... and later when my grandfather was setting up targets in the back yard, he bent down and got shot in the ass by my dad, just because it was right there..... so my grandfather chased him around the house several times before he caught him and then shot him in the ass with the bb gun.
Funny thing was that my Grandfather didn't know anything about the other incidences until we were all sitting around talking about it a few years back..... I could see my grandfather just glaring at dad, thinking about giving him a good crack.... even though it was like 30-40 some years later. :lol: