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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington
My daughter leaves both of her children in my care. She knows that I will enforce discipline in the way that I did when she was a child......which MAY be a smack if the need arises......she has no problems with that because she knows that I do not vent my anger/frustration/tiredness etc. on the children.
And I know that reasoning with a 3 year old having a tantrum is almost impossible.
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I could not enforce discipline of that nature to any child certainly not to those that arn't my own - even with permission, i have no such right to do so no matter how i feel or whatever, its just a no no, thats the childs parents rightful job to do so, i just cant do it whereas my own is my responsiblility & rules applied. There are times where i need a backup to enforce discipline - hey im outnumbered & kids dont have f/t male role model - so therefore have called upon my dad & my bro for help with disciplinary matters certainly with the eldest, they have not smacked my children & have respected my way as a parent, also re-inforcing alternative methods even when child has gone out of hand - its tother way in here sometimes, & soon calms down whereas alternatively it could make the situ worse, as a responsible adult the main thing with discipline is maintaining the moral high ground.
Gee perfect im far from but do my utmost as a parent to do whats right by my children & people around us as best i can.