And the "OUCH! THAT HURT!" that has no effect because the brain concentrates entirely on the pain. Well, if the offense deserves an "OUCH! THAT HURT!" kind of smack, and some do, then the parent has to reinforce the reason behind it. Tell the child exactly WHY they got that reaction. <TABLE cel
Our debate over on drmiler's post seems to have a bit more fire. We agree too much here.+ +
and when a child is focused on pain, they are far less likely to actually connect it to what they actually did. If they were doing something they knew they shouldn't have been doing and got smacked for it, I'm sure they can connect the dots. And what good is spanking without pain? Pain (phyisical d
While I agree that a Centrist government is probably the ideal one, can a nation truly exist without the "pulling" of Right and Left? It seems to me, perhaps wrongly, that the Right and Left ideals and the debates they engender in our society are necessary to its vitality. It keeps our politics "honest"....or as honest as politics can be, anyway. maybe I'm not completely understanding you, though. People, especially younger voters, need t
And...... there's something wrong with academic book-learning? It seems to diminish one's ability to use common sense. It often comes from being exposed to left-leaning professors who indoctrinate young, impressionable minds with their idiotic, mushy-headed leftist bullshit. I read a lot, myself,
Look, when I see parents get mad at their kids for acting up and smack them hard, often out of anger, I see something wrong with that. In my opinion, parents should NEVER take out their anger on children, I agree completely, but a child's bad behavior has to be answered, so they know where the line is a
You spelled it wrong twice, actually. You must be one of those liberal intellectuals who've had all their common sense pushed out by academic book-learning. I've met people like you before. ( Makes cross with fingers and backs away, slowly, wide-eyed )
apparently youre correct. if--when drmiler, as a small child, persisted in repeating something he knew to be a lie after being informed it was exactly that, blaming it on a cranky but clever kid named andy who denied having anything to do with such crappy racist bombast--a guiding hand had zapped his ass a couple times with a s
Well then, you can go on hitting kids, and I'll go on using methods proven to actually work. Tell me how a life with no negative reinforcement at all teaches kids respect for others and other's property and I'll go along with you. Most kids today (and I manage a fast-food place, so I know teen
It's spelled P-S-Y-C-H-O-L-O-G-Y, brainiac. Maybe that's the problem, you got hit too much as a kid and it gave you brain damage.
Its hard to imagine Hip-Hop without O.D.B. I can't imagine the Clan without O.D.B. He always seemed to be in prison......when did he have time to make m
My wife and I have a bisexual neighbor who wants it from both of us. She keeps slugging away, trying to find ways work it around and get us to go along. She'll never get it, of course, but I have to admit, from a purely egotistical standpoint, that I find it a bit flattering. Also, flirting with her and leading her on is like our own little in-joke, just my wife and me. Now, if I were single, I'd be on i
I think you will find yourself in the minority on this. There is nothing wrong in smacking their butt when needed. Notice I did NOT say to *beat* them, I said *smack* their butt. So I do NOT believe it was an idiotic thing to say.I must also t
The conversation you've recounted is very similar to any conversation I've heard or had with many of the "working poor" while on break or on the jobsite. I don't believe this to be exclusive to the black population. I've been white for a long time, and I've been working for a long time, at many di
Andy Rooney didn't write this.....I remember reading in the local paper some time ago that he was pissed off, and rightly so, I believe, that someone would write something so against his personal belief system and put his name to it. I do agree with virtually everything in the article, though (I've recieved both versions, "Carlin" and "Rooney", in my inbox many times. I just delete it when I get it, now). I personally think some smar
This really happened....I swear on the memories of both my parents and on the life of my son that I did not make any of this up. I don't remember EXACT wording, of course, but the general gist will be clear. I recently started a new job, and was killing my break time with some fellow non-smoking co-workers gathered by the Pepsi machine. Two of them were blacks, and I mentioned that my wife and I were new to the area. One of the blacks asked me
Not so. Most churches have a doctrine and/or look for instruction from other books, people, or councils of one sort or another. Most churches I've attended derive their teachings from the Bible.....or so they believe, anyway. They do indeed have councils and such, to decide how to deliver those teachi
I'm a Baptist, myself. Everyone "goes by the Bible"......or so they think. They all read it and worship accordingly, and they all think they've got it right., yet they all get something different out of it. Who's right? God knows......but we don't. Oops...I'm hijacking my own post here.Well, whatever works for you, I guess.</font
I get it, but it seems to me that celebrating Christmas without Christ is kind of pointless. I know that He wasn't really born on that day, but that's the day that was picked by the Church to celebrate it. Do you put up a Nativity or anything, or is it just Santa Claus and Rudolph?
Yes, the Holidays are coming, but I personally think that, within 50 years or so, we'll be getting ready for Christmas all year long. I mean, if they keep pushing it back any more, we'll soon be buying Christmas decorations on July fourth. Big Lots had a few things out in August, for cryin' out loud. Stores here had whole aisles of Christmas stuff out a week or two before Halloween. I think it's a shame. The day we celebrate as Jesus' bi
I used to have the original versions on VHS, purchased inthe early 90s, and I don't remember a silver leg. Hmmmm......a dilemma for sure.
I'm wondering about something here just lately.....ever since Star Wars: Episode 2 came out, I've been hearing about this "silver leg" that C3PO has "always" had. See, as a 37 year old, I can proudly claim to be one of the ORIGINAL Star Wars fans. Three times (much to the ire of my dad, who couldn't understand why I'd want to pay to see the same movie three times) in the summer of 1977, I eagerly plopped down my $1.50 for a matinee, $4.00 for
Last summer, the liberal Left seized on a movie entitled "The Day After Tomorrow"(which always sounded like a James Bond title to me), in which the effects of global warming caused rampant destruction all over the world. They saw this, it would seem to me, as this generation's "1984" as a story predicting terrible things in the future if events continue unaltered.<b
No, I meant what I said. And I'll go one step further, I've been on-line for years and I can tell you for a fact that if Wisefawn weren't female, she would not get the free pass on some of the nutty things she says. BINGO! + +
Manya: My, but you do know how to make enemies, don't you? I thought I was good at it, but holy shit! You know, a friend of my wife's often writes for a site called Literotica.com.......I'd think your stuff would be much more welcome and, well, more appropriate, there. Or maybe the Penthouse magazine forum. Not here. A nickel's worth of free advice: If you're going to write articles that you know for a fact will piss pe
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