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minus-squarethegr8goldfish@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkarrow-up14·edit-22 days agoI am pretty sure my Mom have me a copy of Dare to Discipline when my kids were preschool age. I never actually considered reading it though.
minus-squareTipRing@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 days agoIt says if you really loved your kids you should beat them.
minus-squarephutatorius@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 hours agoConservatives are far more likely than the baseline population to have been beaten as children. It’s a definite risk factor that should be eliminated.
minus-squarekreskin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·2 days agoIf your mom is still alive and relying on you in her old age, you should read it and apply the lessons to her care.
minus-squareTrackinDaKraken@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 days agoOr, at least read it to her and suggest ways it might be applied to her care.
I am pretty sure my Mom have me a copy of Dare to Discipline when my kids were preschool age. I never actually considered reading it though.
It says if you really loved your kids you should beat them.
Conservatives are far more likely than the baseline population to have been beaten as children. It’s a definite risk factor that should be eliminated.
If your mom is still alive and relying on you in her old age, you should read it and apply the lessons to her care.
Or, at least read it to her and suggest ways it might be applied to her care.