I bought Dobson's Dare to Discipline - Page 5

[Finch]

Whew. My instant response when I read the thread title was, "um, why??!!??" LOL. Good. One less piece of trash cluttering up perfectly good bookshelves.

[MomToKandE]

Originally Posted by peacelovingmama

Dobson’s wife whipped their 15 month old daughter for going onto the patio in the rain. Dobson says to show “parental warmth after such discipline” and to have a “Loving conclusion to the disciplinary encounter.” (p. 38, Dobson)

I tried to read this book once... I'd gone to the library and selected a range of books hoping to find ideas. I made it exactly as far as this story and closed the book. My dd was only about a year old and I was still trying to find my parenting "style" but I knew that this was just plain wrong.

If I remember right the wife had gone out the front door to do something (get firewood maybe?) and the 15 month old kept trying to follow her. Well duh! A young toddler wants to follow her mom and you punish her?!? I just remember thinking that the wife was at fault for causing this situation, the daughter was just being 15 months old.

[TripMom]

Originally Posted by MomToKandE

I tried to read this book once... I'd gone to the library and selected a range of books hoping to find ideas. I made it exactly as far as this story and closed the book. My dd was only about a year old and I was still trying to find my parenting "style" but I knew that this was just plain wrong.

If I remember right the wife had gone out the front door to do something (get firewood maybe?) and the 15 month old kept trying to follow her. Well duh! A young toddler wants to follow her mom and you punish her?!? I just remember thinking that the wife was at fault for causing this situation, the daughter was just being 15 months old.

OMG! That poor baby . . . .

[pookel]

Originally Posted by MomToKandE

If I remember right the wife had gone out the front door to do something (get firewood maybe?) and the 15 month old kept trying to follow her. Well duh! A young toddler wants to follow her mom and you punish her?!? I just remember thinking that the wife was at fault for causing this situation, the daughter was just being 15 months old.

Wow, that is horrible. I can't imagine *punishing* my 15mo for going out into the rain! Splashing, giggling, getting some cute pictures, and then coming inside for a warm bath, maybe ...