Canada: Man decapitated on bus

[Schneed10]

I will add that spanking teenagers is completely inappropriate. By this point their brains are developed to understand consequences.

With a 2 year old, you can ask them why they pulled the dog's tail, and they'll say "I don't know." That's because they really didn't understand that it was wrong.

With teenagers, they understand the rules and they understand consequences. They just make an economic decision. I'm going to stay out past curfew tonight because sneaking into the Pearl Jam concert is worth taking a risk that I'll get punished. They figure there's a chance I could get away with it, and if I get caught then a consequence is coming (assuming you instilled that in them when they were younger). You just have to make the consequence of said action not worthwhile, and reduce the chances that they'll get away with it. In other words, the punishment has to suck more than the Pearl Jam concert was fun. You have to tailor the punishment to the child, hit them where it hurts. If they're social, ground them. If they play video games, take it away. Whatever. But spanking is ineffective. They just get pissed off and resent you (and may even fight back) and withdraw from you.

Spanking is intended to create the link between action and consequence. Once that link has been established though, you have to go to other means or the child will withdraw.

[hesscl34]

Wowy.. ... that was just too much to read, so I didn't bother.

[mredskins]

Originally Posted by hesscl34

Wowy.. ... that was just too much to read, so I didn't bother.

Might have learned something.

[RedskinRat]

Originally Posted by Schneed10

Spanking is intended to create the link between action and consequence. Once that link has been established though, you have to go to other means or the child will withdraw.

Excellent point, I didn't find it at all hard to read your post.

[mredskins]

Originally Posted by RedskinRat

Excellent point, I didn't find it at all hard to read your post.

Ok with that said don't you agree that is something you would want to decide for your child? Not your neighbor.

I apologize if I offended you in these thread. I just finally read through all the post. I was simply just trying to pull your chain. Plus, you are 47 and I am 35 we are not worlds apart in age.

[hesscl34]

Originally Posted by RedskinRat

Excellent point, I didn't find it at all hard to read your post.

It's not hard to read... it just feels like a waste of time.. becuase it's off topic.

[mredskins]

Originally Posted by hesscl34

It's not hard to read... it just feels like a waste of time.. becuase it's off topic.

If you didn't read it how do you know it is off topic? hmmmmm....

[hesscl34]

Originally Posted by mredskins

If you didn't read it how do you know it is off topic? hmmmmm....

.. you know as well as I do that all I needed to read was the first few sentences...

You guys get back to your talk now... I leave it alone.. ;-)

[DynamiteRave]

Originally Posted by hesscl34

.. you know as well as I do that all I needed to read was the first few sentences...

You guys get back to your talk now... I leave it alone.. ;-)

To sum it all up, basically if the crazy beheading dude had gotten a few whacks when he was a kid, he wouldn't have ended up as crazy.

The end.

(Note the sarcasm)

[saden1]

Originally Posted by DynamiteRave

To sum it all up, basically if the crazy beheading dude had gotten a few whacks when he was a kid, he wouldn't have ended up as crazy.

The end.

(Note the sarcasm)

I thought it was "You can't fix crazy."

[RedskinRat]

Originally Posted by DynamiteRave

To sum it all up, basically if the crazy beheading dude had gotten a few whacks when he was a kid, he wouldn't have ended up as crazy.

The end.

(Note the sarcasm)

No, no, no! If the other riders on the bus had been beaten senseless as kids then they would all have been packing heat and crazy dude would have been toast, possibly at the bus station as he was buying a ticket.


Please note: Brown font for sarc.