Originally Posted by jcountry

Total BS!

I submit that at an early age, kids only understand ass beatings.

I’m not saying you have to hurt them, but they simply do not understand what words like “please,” and “time out” and choices like “do this now and you will get rewarded later.”

Those are adult concepts applied to small kids who don’t understand them.

If they don’t see consequences as kids, they won’t see consequences as an adult. And ever since all this “don’t ever smack your kids” crap got started, we have seen one Hell of a lot higher % of awful adults