Do you approve of hitting children to punish them, under certain conditions?

[laundry_queen]

32. wow. Weird.

Especially because of the age. That seems a bit, um, old for that.

My dad tickled me as a small child and never stopped when I told him to. Once he tickled me so much that I couldn't breathe and could feel myself start to black out. My body forced a breath in and as soon as I could I let out a blood curdling scream and started crying. My dad was PISSED at me for ruining 'his fun' and called me a baby. When I was older, he said he did it because he liked to hear me laugh. No thought as to how it made me feel. He 'teased' (I put that in quotes because it was more like torture) my brother and I often until we cried. He thought it was great fun.

I do tickle my kids, but it goes something like this. I say, "I'm going to tickle you!" if they yell no, I don't. If they start giggling, I'll do it for a very small amount of time and stop. I never let them lose their breath. Mostly they beg me to keep tickling them. I always stop when they tell me to. I don't know why this is so hard for people to get.