by Marcia | Oct 13, 2015 | Childrearing
Back in the Dark Ages when I was about five years old, I can remember lying on my bed and sobbing, then hearing my father’s angry voice—“I’m not going to put up with this!”—and his footsteps coming swiftly down the hall toward my room. I got a spanking that day and on...
by Marcia | Aug 21, 2015 | Childrearing
When a child breaks household rules, many parents invoke consequences. “Okay, that’s it,” they say. “No cell phone. No computer. No iPad. No Wii.” Sometimes kids are grounded for months. Consequences of this sort are really just ordinary punishment, which usually...
