11-17-2005, 01:24 AM
Hi,
As to appropriate corporal punishment -- pain is nature's way of telling you you screwed up. It's an ancient and subtle mechanism that should neither be abused nor ignored. See RAH for more.
--Pete
Doc,Nov 15 2005, 09:43 PM Wrote:And if she does something that she knows she shouldn't, she knows it's going to mean hours of horrible boring awful punishment. It means sitting on the back steps polishing the silverware for hours. Or scrubbing the stove. Washing the dishes. Washing the windows. Cleaning the cat boxes. Dusting.[right][snapback]95005[/snapback][/right]How clever of you to identify to a young child honest work with punishment. I hope she has the means to become what they used to call 'a lady of leisure', or the talent to aspire in to a position where she will be well rewarded for doing nothing, for that is the course that you are preparing for her.
As to appropriate corporal punishment -- pain is nature's way of telling you you screwed up. It's an ancient and subtle mechanism that should neither be abused nor ignored. See RAH for more.
--Pete
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