| Two of the joys of raising a young child are the | | | | leader, and we all wish to mimic what we think is |
| strong sense of responsibility of parenting and | | | | good. Even-so, we tend to become and mimic our |
| nurturing, and the overall outcome of your child at | | | | surroundings. So, if your child grows up even |
| which some point your years of teachings and | | | | tempered, or as a violent person, perhaps a look at |
| influential roles as a good parent will manifest itself | | | | his/her childhood will surely reveal the problem. He |
| through the active lifestyle your child will carry out. A | | | | she was hit as a child. |
| side from it all, and especially because the sole | | | | Finally, hitting or active chastising can be damaging to |
| outcome of your child isn't an automatic indicator or | | | | your young child. Some children need to be told |
| gauge of your effective and good parenthood, you | | | | something over and over again. So, like a cigarette, |
| can raise a successful child without active chastising, | | | | grabbing the belt or swatting your hand can become |
| or hitting. | | | | addictive or second in nature. How good can you feel |
| When you hit your child, you create fear. How good | | | | as a parent or caretaker knowing that you are |
| will you feel as a parent, especially after your child | | | | causing damage both mentally and/or physically to |
| grows into an adult, knowing that for the years of | | | | your young child? Or perhaps it will be even more |
| you being their parent, they were scared to act? Not | | | | rewarding when the physical bruises left behind on |
| only that, since fear is deeply associated with hate, | | | | your child's back, hands or face shows the world that |
| your child may even grow to resent you! In other | | | | you were a successful parent! If you love your child, |
| words, do you really want your baby(ies) to hate | | | | don't hit him/her! |
| you? For that reason, show them love, and not | | | | I want to conclude by reminding you that it is more |
| hatred by hitting them. | | | | than possible to raise your child and be an effective |
| Next, young children, and everyone for this manner, | | | | parent all in the absence of hitting your child. Don't |
| are born in an innocent mind with society's principals | | | | teach baby how to hate, and don't impose the |
| being non-innate to them. You must teach them how | | | | physical trauma on your young because they don't |
| to be the society itself! When you chastise your child, | | | | grasp the concepts of things as you would like them |
| you are teaching them right from wrong, but when | | | | to. After all, a baby is just a baby! So, skip active |
| you strike your child, you are doubly teaching them | | | | chastising and teach your child how to love you and |
| that hitting is acceptable and must be good. You are | | | | others. |
| always, in the mind of a child, seen as the dominate | | | | |