I read the book "The Natural Child:Parenting From the Heart" and learned about peaceful parenting, which is something I want to do. I was parented the opposite way, but know I can change things.
Anyways, one of the points in the book that resonated with me was about spanking. And it said something like you wouldn't hit your friend if they did something you didn't like, so why is a child different? It helped me see that children are more vulnerable than adults, yet they are often treated differently.
Someone asked me what I thought about nicely washing your child's mouth out with soap. I said I didn't like that idea because it happened to me, and was done meanly so I would not do it. And you wouldn't wash your friend's mouth out with soap if they swore, so why is a child different?
They said they don't dress their friend, or brush their teeth or feed them. And their child needs consequences.
I didn't know how else to reason on this, so I let it go because we all parent different and I must have offended her.
Was there anything else I could have said? Or maybe said differently?
Anyways, one of the points in the book that resonated with me was about spanking. And it said something like you wouldn't hit your friend if they did something you didn't like, so why is a child different? It helped me see that children are more vulnerable than adults, yet they are often treated differently.
Someone asked me what I thought about nicely washing your child's mouth out with soap. I said I didn't like that idea because it happened to me, and was done meanly so I would not do it. And you wouldn't wash your friend's mouth out with soap if they swore, so why is a child different?
They said they don't dress their friend, or brush their teeth or feed them. And their child needs consequences.
I didn't know how else to reason on this, so I let it go because we all parent different and I must have offended her.
Was there anything else I could have said? Or maybe said differently?
