24 September 2009 ~ 2 Comments

When Parenting Hurts

When Parenting Hurts

photo credit: openDemocracy
Arwyn wrote a post about toddlers and triggers. Ouch, but it’s true. Sometimes the biggest trigger in our lives are our own kids.
What I’ve realized is that toddlers are triggering. They have almost no sense of body-boundary, feel free to climb and touch and grab whatever part of us they please, they [...]

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13 June 2008 ~ 9 Comments

Discipline and Abuse

Discipline and Abuse

Maybe I’m too sensitive, but this just made me sick. Via Post-Tribune:
INDIANAPOLIS – The Indiana Supreme Court has reversed a woman’s 2006 battery conviction for whipping her 11-year-old son with a belt or extension cord, holding that she was reasonably exercising parental discipline.
In a 4-1 decision, the court ruled that Sophia Willis’ use of discipline [...]

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