Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site uwmacc.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!bellcore!decvax!genrad!teddy!panda!talcott!harvard!seismo!uwvax!uwmacc!dubois From: dubois@uwmacc.UUCP (Paul DuBois) Newsgroups: net.kids Subject: Re: How to discipline short of spanking Message-ID: <667@uwmacc.UUCP> Date: Mon, 14-Jan-85 17:47:45 EST Article-I.D.: uwmacc.667 Posted: Mon Jan 14 17:47:45 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 17-Jan-85 03:44:00 EST References: <286@ho95b.UUCP> <858@amdahl.UUCP> Organization: UW-Madison Primate Center Lines: 25 > Your other problem seems to be that you are trying to reason with > a two year old. This only works in favor of the child! > An example: > Me: Do good boys do XXXXX? > Adam: No. > Me: Did you do XXXXX? > Adam: Yes. > Me: Are you a good boy? > Adam: Yes. This is a good example of why exclusive reason/rationality with a child doesn't work. Sure, it's nice to be able to explain to the child why to do something, and then have him do it. But their logic isn't ours! "You mean Daddy can buy all the lollipops he wants to, and he doesn't buy any?" Daddy must be nuts, right? And when they grow up, they aren't always going to be given a logical reason why they should do such-and-such anyway. Best to learn that sometimes you just have to do it. -- Paul DuBois {allegra,ihnp4,seismo}!uwvax!uwmacc!dubois | "And the streets shall be full of boys and girls playing --+-- in the streets thereof..." | Zechariah 8:5 |