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Old 05-03-2009, 03:21 PM   #238 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by toretorden View Post
There's a lot of things shaping us. For example children mimic the behaviour of their parents so you could say that one way to help raise children to be nice is to be nice yourself. Put forward a good example. This is not an alternative to punishment of course, just saying more things shape us than the way we are punished.

Violence teaches violence.
I believe this to be true...couldn't agree more.
The danger with kids is learned behaviour, the big obstacle is keeping your patience. Not always easy.
The way children react to a parent is usually a mirror image of how a parent treats a child.
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