I’m with this way of thinking. Don’t hit your kids. Don’t spank them. Don’t pop their hands. Just don’t hit them. You teach your children not to hit others, but then you hit them? It doesn’t make any sense.
“Nobody gives a shit about how they raise their kids. People put minimal effort into it. They’re like consumers of their kids like they want to call customer service, ‘why does he play video games all day? I don’t understand—,’ Maybe because you bought him a fucking video game, you idiot! Throw it away! who told you that was a good idea?”
“I really think it’s crazy that we hit our kids. Here’s the crazy part about it; kids are the only people in the world that you’re allowed to hit. Do you realize that? They’re the most vulnerable and the most desroyed by being hit but it’s totally OK to hit them. And they’re the only ones! if you hit a dog they will put you in jail for that shit. You can’t hit a person unless you can prove that they were trying to kill you. But a little tiny person with a head this big who trusts you implicitly: ‘FUCK ‘EM, WHO GIVES A SHIT! LET’S ALL HIT THEM!’ People want you to hit your kid. If your kid is making noise: ‘HIT HIM!!!! HIT ‘EM!!!! GRRRRRR’”
The man speaks the truth.
Just needed to reblog this. I know firsthand that the easiest thing to do is to hit, but it’s the least effective. What works is sitting with the kids, working through the issue, talking about it, helping them make a better choice next time or make amends, identifying their feelings. Raising competent, feeling, caring adults takes time, not the easy way out.
(Source: myworldmytrue, via sillymommysillybaby)
