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Originally Posted by Yorkiemom1  My extended family is very close...all us cousins grew up together and all the anunts and uncles were always around with their kids...it was understood, if one did something inappropriate or STUPID, and he did it to another cousin or around anyone of the aunts, we knew we would get swatted....or at the VERY least, have your a$$ chewed out!!! It all depends on YOUR family dynamics if that is acceptable in your family....you dont want to start a Hatfield/McCoy situation over some slap a 4 year old brat gave your baby.....or maybe you would!! I am not fond of small children, and I like them even less around animals for this very reason....I am very confrontational, and if it was ME, I would have gone to the kid, (where did he hit your baby?)told him what he did was very ugle and uncalled for, and how do YOU like it????and with THAT, I would have popped him, right where he hit my baby! OMG!!! I CAN HEAR THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE HITTING THE FLOOR, GASPING IN STUNNED AMAZEMENT AND HORRIFIED EXPRESSIONS ON THEIR FACES!!! Sorry! Kids need to be corrected! |
Okay...sounds like how I grew up. It is still this way with each generation. I know it sounds bad but you know...."It takes a village" and all.
I don't smack my kids. Because they know better. My nieces and nephews on the other hand.(The ones which the parents aren't parenting) Will get swatted from me or my hubby if they are completely out of control. The parents just look at them and tell them "see...you better listen" Somebody has to do it. But honestly.....they listen better to me and my hubby then they do to their mommy and daddy.
Sadly we also pay more attention to them. They come to us instead of their parents when they need something if we are around.