As a perceptive stripling, I never grasped why spilled milk, juice or other liquids would nearly always result in timeout or some other form of punishment. After galling years of enduring this injustice, I angrily (with a coolheaded tone) spoke out against said wrong. More than stating an irrefutable assertion — namely, that it is incorrect to punish a child for mistakes — I gleaned something else from the confrontation with my parents: that th … Read More
As a perceptive stripling, I never grasped why spilled milk, juice or other liquids would nearly always result in timeout or some other form of punishment. After galling years of enduring this injustice, I angrily (with a coolheaded tone) spoke out against said wrong. More than stating an irrefutable assertion — namely, that it is incorrect to punish a child for mistakes — I gleaned something else from the confrontation with my parents: that th … Read More