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Originally Posted by zzz
Don't get in trouble then. If they don't want it, they'll stay out of trouble and the physical discipline will have done it's job. Punishment is a message: "don't do it again".
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But it's normal for a child, out of ignorance and curiosity to get in some trouble and if the trouble stems from a snotty behavior then that's the parent's fault for letting them get away with it previously. I have a hard time believing that most bad behavior isn't a simple case of bad nurturing. That's why I think it's lazy for a parent to start spanking their child at 8 for acting the way they've been allowed to act since they were first allowed to speak. Many people here having been drawing example similar to that spoiled whiny kid we all see in stores complaining they didn't get a toy - I think that's a prime example of a parent having done a bad job. They don't act that way because of a lack of spanking; it's because it's been tolerated before.