Reply #24: These responses show a problem that's endemic

[Donkeyboy75]

to trying to be a parent in the U.S. - There is no cookie cutter solution for anything. Every child is different, and making sweeping statements like "A child will ACT violent if he or she sees violences" doesn't help the discussion. I may believe that there is a tendency involved...but that's it. I was hit by a belt twice growing up, and was spanked probably weekly by my mother (although never beaten). I am today the most nonviolent, pacifist person you could ever meet. That being said, some children do not respond well to this form of discipline, and good parents will realize this. I read somewhere on the thread that someone would take possessions away from their child, and that this tactic worked...it didn't on me (neither did grounding). I was a master at self-entertainment, and needed absolutely no toys to enjoy myself. My parents went with what worked. That's what good parents do...oh yeah...they also let you know that they love you every single day.