Wow that could have hurt your baby seriously but I am so glad it didn't and everything turned out ok. As for your nephew, his parents must be doing something wrong for him to be acting like that even at 16. My mom spanked me when I was little, it's normal in hispanic families but my dad never did and my dad would only have to tell me something once and I would listen, just because I respected him and liked him more for not spanking me lol But I guess every child is different...IDK I don't think I will spank my kids when I have them, I mean I will try not to but if they do something as horrible as punching a pregnant woman's belly they would have to get it to make sure they know what they did was completely wrong, if it were little things, or things that aren't that serious I would just let them know what they did wrong and punish them, away from their toys, and everything. As for my bf's neice we had to take her with us because we were outside on the street and she wouldn't let go of my bf 'cause he had the dog carrier and her mom was walking away,s o we had no choice. She told us to take her with us so since my bf is her uncle he was like fine. If she weren't related to him or me I would not have taken her and told her mom to. Her mom is wrong for not disciplining her well, and when she does she just fits her but she still doesn't listen. I think with kids like that you need to talk to them eye to eye. Everyone raises their children differently though, and whatever works for them yay just no child abusing, hitting hard and I'm ok with it. Me and my brother got hit constantly with the belt to the point where we got used to it and would stuff our clothes with pillows, etc then just laugh when my mom was done. I would listen to not get hit, but that's only because I was scared and I don't think that's how to get a child to understand what they did wrong. Unless of couse they did something that could jeopardize someone else's life. |