I do respect my folks and still do. If I can be half the man my father is, I'm doing well.
I grew up just fine and my kids are terrific.
I grew up just fine and my kids are terrific.
Don't say anything you can't/won't enforce, same as with dogs. Don't give commands you can't follow through with.
As far as the soap thing, it's outdated and a bit more dangerous these days because of all the perfumes, dyes, crap, etc that are in them but it's not something to call CPS on.
Does anyone else ever wonder if this upswing of over-reporting "abuse" stems from childhood angry promises of "when i have kids, i won't treat them like this!" after they got punished? Seriously, for generations things were just going along and then suddenly in the last generation, EVERYTHING is abuse now.
This is not to downplay actual abuse, but a light swat on the butt, washing mouths out, removing privledges/doors, etc...those are harmless. But they're getting the attention that a full-out beating used to get.
As far as the soap thing, it's outdated and a bit more dangerous these days because of all the perfumes, dyes, crap, etc that are in them but it's not something to call CPS on.
Does anyone else ever wonder if this upswing of over-reporting "abuse" stems from childhood angry promises of "when i have kids, i won't treat them like this!" after they got punished? Seriously, for generations things were just going along and then suddenly in the last generation, EVERYTHING is abuse now.
This is not to downplay actual abuse, but a light swat on the butt, washing mouths out, removing privledges/doors, etc...those are harmless. But they're getting the attention that a full-out beating used to get.