Parenting

I saw the most ill behaved child while in a crowded tram today.

She was probably about five and was kicking, hitting and shouting at her mother.

Mind you, in a packed tram with nowhere to go, this can be really nerve-grating...

And all the mother did was say:



"Please don't do that"

"Tell me, are you angry or sad? You seem to be very frustrated"


That style of parenting might work on some children. Not all.

Some children need to be smacked. This was one of them.



Come to think of it, that mother deserved the smacking more than the child.

What kind of lousy parent would ask their brat of a child "Tell me, are you angry or sad? You seem to be very frustrated"?

It just sounds so... textbook-ish.