Some Things Aren’t Parenting “Choices”
Posted By Daisy on August 24, 2010
As much as I am about staying even-handed, and respecting different opinions when it comes to the murky territory of how best to parent our children, there are a few areas where it just does not make sense to say that it’s in the parents’ discretion. Hitting your kids is one of them. Thank goodness Code Name Mama posted on this the other day and lit a fire under me to post here. The arguments outlined in that article don’t need to be repeated here, and they should simply be OBVIOUS at this stage in our evolution. That it is not, to some, baffles me.
My son occasionally hits. He is three. He is testing the limits of his strength, learning about cause and effect, testing boundaries, divining human relationships. By the time we have our own children, we don’t have those excuses any more. As I work with my guy to help him understand why hitting is not an appropriate strategy for displaying anger or frustration, I wonder how in the world I would be able to make that important message clear if I myself were ever to hit him, or anyone else.
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Amen! I’ve heard at least 3 mothers in public smack their child and then say “we! do! not! hit!”
(Head/hand)
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