The Strong-Willed Child: Birth Through Adolescence

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Summary: The power of humiliation
Review: While I agreed with Dr. Dobson when wrote that parents should beat their kids with sticks or paddles rather than with bare hands, I wondered why he didn't mention electrical cords, catte prods or stun guns. I like to call the latter, "Jesus' Thunder." Nothing get's a kid's attention faster than 50,000 volts of electricity arcing between two contacts.

I also thought Dr. Dobson failed miserably in teaching the power of humiliation. It's a great tool for punishing bad behavior. I used it myself a couple of weeks ago when I caught my 17-yr-old niece kissing a boy. I grabbed hold of her then and there and marched her to every trailer in the park to invite her peers to see her punishment. Once I had a crowd, I had her bare her butt and grab her ankles. Then I whipped her for a good half an hour with a tree branch (I had to improvise because Ofjoshua broke Jesus' Thunder while using it on her unruly Sunday School students). The crowd helped out by whooping and hollering. She won't be kissing boys anymore until she's married.

I'm sure Dr. Dobson has had many similar experiences. It's a shame he didn't share them with us.