#1 Rule: Do not threaten to do something w/o following through.
See so many parents that ,especially moms.(sorry ladies it's true) that threatin a spanking or some form of punishment and dont follow up . After a while the child knows that he / she can pretty much do what they want cause mom is all bark and no bite.
Look around at couples who are your friends w/ kids .You will find a couple or 2 like this. Dad can just look at the kids and they stop doing whatever it is that they were doing . But mom sits there and says over and over stop , dont, quit that ,hush etc, Because the child knows there's no consequinces to ignoring mom. And yes , there are some dads and sometimes both parents that are guilty of the same behavior. we have one son ,25 yo that only got 3 whippings in his life.
1 w/ a paddle at 14 for skipping school. 1 at 16 w/ my fist for balling up his fist at his mom. 1 at 18 again w/ my fist when he decided to try dad on for size.
Now i'm older and so is he. Hope i don't have to do it again but i will. But the main point is ,HE KNOWS I WILL
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