4 Good Reasons For A Man To Hit A Woman

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44. Another things a real man does not hit.

A real man does not hit children.

I was strongly disciplined by my father. I'm sure others, far more than me, have disciplinary experiences that exceed mine. I know that mine are less that what my father had; the objective here is to make every generation better than the last. I have on only one occasion, when my son was 2, spanked him, and I was miserable afterwards, but I was at the end of my emotional rope at the time. Never before and never after. He's now 18 and gives me hugs every day and tells me he loved me. I was very angry with my father when I was 18. I did not want to repeat that.

Children should never, ever, ever be hit. And that doesn't mean emotional damage doesn't leave scars either. Treat them with respect early on, and to respect others. It's impossible to retrofit later. Do it from the beginning and it'll make your child raising so much easier.

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