tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post8773573834411388341..comments2024-02-13T02:39:22.756-05:00Comments on EconomicPolicyJournal.com: A Comment on "Libertarian Socialist" MoyerRobert Wenzelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14296920597416905488noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-57306639093031388702014-06-23T14:59:23.643-04:002014-06-23T14:59:23.643-04:00"I think you might be projecting, you haven&#..."I think you might be projecting, you haven't considered that there isn't anger."<br /><br />I was just raising the question. In any case I wouldn't know unless you said so. <br />In my case there usually was.<br /><br />"We'll have to agree to disagree" <br /><br />Agreed.<br /><br />DesertBunnyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07073629890058475829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-19154029505732339972014-06-21T13:44:41.891-04:002014-06-21T13:44:41.891-04:00"In any case they pay for your mental lapse.&..."In any case they pay for your mental lapse."<br />"Why not accept that this is the way three and four year olds are, that they will grow out of it." "<br /><br />Because even in a moment of my own struggles there are two issues that take precedence:<br /><br />1. When my child is unable to be reasoned with, she needs to understand that she has to obey me in her current Nick Badalamentihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14015961786370759940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-78653716335807143792014-06-21T09:54:27.051-04:002014-06-21T09:54:27.051-04:00Obviously you don't like hitting your children...Obviously you don't like hitting your children even once. You're a good deal bigger than your children. Why do you need to hit them? They're innocent, having fun and laughing, as you say.<br />But you're angry, at them, or at yourself? In any case they pay for your mental lapse. And I sympathize with you. But why make them pay. Why not accept that this is the way three and four DesertBunnyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07073629890058475829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-56503886006207262982014-06-21T09:21:28.015-04:002014-06-21T09:21:28.015-04:00"This hurts me more than it hurts you" s..."This hurts me more than it hurts you" strikes me as a way for the parent to absolve himself of the guilt he feels for intentionally harming his child(no matter how slight the harm) and lay it on the child: "I wouldn't be hurting if you behaved." It's adding insult to injury, in my opinion.DesertBunnyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07073629890058475829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-55670582060686672802014-06-21T01:30:23.987-04:002014-06-21T01:30:23.987-04:00Sure, here's an example that was a problem wit...Sure, here's an example that was a problem with two of my kids when they were in the three to four year old range:<br /><br />At times when unbuckling the younger ones from their car seat, they would take the opportunity to run off into the parking lot(laughing of course). <br /><br />Now most of the time, when you are "with it", you would catch and hold her before it happened. <br Nick Badalamentihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14015961786370759940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-22713939739404906592014-06-20T23:26:46.258-04:002014-06-20T23:26:46.258-04:00I got spanked 5-10 times as a kid (and it stung a ...I got spanked 5-10 times as a kid (and it stung a little, but it barely even made a red mark) and each time my dad would say "this hurts me more than it hurts you". As an adult, I cannot imagine the mental trauma a parent faces when spanking is the best solution. <br /><br />There is a BIG difference between a few swats on the ass and "beating" a child, but it is none of the RDF2https://www.blogger.com/profile/14340534647561133098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-89580449202311016702014-06-20T20:30:35.891-04:002014-06-20T20:30:35.891-04:00Would you be willing to describe situations where ...Would you be willing to describe situations where you thought it necessary to hit your child?<br /><br />DesertBunnyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07073629890058475829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-31027561675794701302014-06-20T13:28:40.685-04:002014-06-20T13:28:40.685-04:00I have struggled intellectually with the issue of ...I have struggled intellectually with the issue of the NAP and kids, very personally as I have 4 young ones, and had something beyond a corporal upbringing myself that I would never inflict on my kids.<br /><br />The good doctor is right. Most parents know that trying to reason with a two year old on why it is dangerous to put their moistened finger into an electrical socket is pure folly.(Nick Badalamentihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14015961786370759940noreply@blogger.com