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From: dimare@ucla-cs.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.kids
Subject: Hit your kids: An alternative
Message-ID: <4588@ucla-cs.ARPA>
Date: Sat, 30-Mar-85 01:42:30 EST
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Posted: Sat Mar 30 01:42:30 1985
Date-Received: Mon, 1-Apr-85 03:37:49 EST
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We never hit our daugther (4 years). The reason is very simple:
I'm way too strong for her, and I'm so clumsy that I can't
control my own strenght. My wife is just too smart. The last
thing I want is my daughter in the hospital because of my wrath.

Besides, we have found a better method: whenever she misbehaves,
we take away one of her dolls. And we hide it.

As she loves her dolls very much, she has learned that this is
capital punishment. But we don't over do it, as otherwise she
would get use to it.

We talk a lot to her and whenever we punish her, we also explain the
reasons for the punishment. This forces us to clearly delimit the
amount of the punishment, and at the same time we teach her why her
behaviour was wrong. It also helps to take the hit out of our heads.

Of course, we assume kids can understand. And they do.

	Adolfo
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