Reprimanding a 4 year old....

[OleTomTalker]

Were tearing up some Oreo's now... watching SpongeBob....

Yep! When I whip my middle boy it takes about 30 mins and then he's so clingy on me I can't scrape him off.

[keep]

Honestly it doesn't matter what the GS thinks. What matters is that you and your wife are in concert as to how they are disciplined. It's no one's business except yours.


All that said, it's similar to how I handle my kids but i used my had because I felt like there is potential to over do it since the belt, switch or what ever doesn't feel the sting like my hand would.

[Mertzon Man]

That's what mine got growing up, as I did too!

[Shane]

The part of this post I really like is you standing up for your wife and your child learning that lesson first hand. Kids need to know that we love them with all our heart but not even they will come between us and our wives. This is REALLY big in my house since I got 3 boys. I prob let em run a lil wild for some peoples taste but you can see absolute fear in their eyes if they know I found out they disrespected my wife!

My dad spanked me lots of times, but he never did anything physical other than that, except for once. I was about 17 or 18. My mom asked me a question about something, and I popped off to her about how I had it covered and didn't need her butting in, etc....

NOT the way to treat my dad's wife.

He's about 5" shorter than me, but before I finished my comments to my mom my dad shot across the room and had me picked up off the floor and pinned up against the kitchen cabinets. He was shaking mad. He made it clear that talking to my mother like that would not be tolerated. Somehow, he was able to keep himself from punching me in the mouth. Now that I'm a dad, I have an even bigger appreciation for the amount of restraint that probably took.

But I dang sure NEVER spoke to my mom disrespectfully again after that day.

[lovemylegacy]

Absolutely! You done well.

[Uncle Saggy]

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[one66stang]

You did what I would have done almost.

I am a fan of very swift punishment. I would have snatched the child and swatted her before she had a chance to get her tongue back in her mouth. No real difference but hopefully will yield the same result.

[IowaHunter]

CPS is on the way. That's what today's PC'ers would do.

[Drycreek3189]

My daddy used a belt for that.............never heard him call it repremanding though.........didn't much feel like a reprimand either..........felt like an *** whoopin' ! Made me a better person. At least while he was close.....

[Cuz]

From 2 to about 15, they don't respect or respond well to "a stern talking to". I know I didn't! Lol

[Kurdawg]

Love it, if more parents raised their kids like you are, and how I was raised this country wouldn't be in the position we are in. Thank you!

[BBRU]

If more parents handled their kids like this, the world probably wouldn't be in the shape its in.

[MBV77]

My dad used to grab me by one arm swinging a belt while I danced around in circles, jumping up and down. Dang belt made most of its contact with the back of the upper legs!! I never was smart enough to just stand still and take a couple of good licks on the rear! It always took a long long time after one of those before I messed up again bad enough to get another one! It worked a heck of a lot better than "time out". He never watched cartoons and ate cookies with me afterwards either, I was too busy trying to sleep off the burn!

[RascalArms]

Spot on dad!

[curtintex]

I spanked my kid in an Academy restroom with a belt I borrowed off their rack & some on here were chastising me for it.... Smh

I once spanked one of our girls in the middle of Baskin's Western Wear, with a belt off the rack, in front of God and everybody.....and anyone that don't like it can kiss my lily-white ***.

I've raised some pretty awesome kids with equal parts, Love and Discipline.