TheGuySwann on Nostr: If my child peed in a bag and threw it at my neighbors they would not only be ...

If my child peed in a bag and threw it at my neighbors they would not only be grounded for a long time, but they would have to clean the exterior of iur neighbor’s entire house, paying for all of the materials and supplies with their own allowance. And they would write an extended letter of apology and until I felt it was genuine and they had any empathy toward the bullshit situation they created for someone who did nothing to them, they would not get ungrounded and they would have to keep cleaning their house monthly until I felt they had some clue as to what they did to that person.

I would teach them the consequences that they had immorally forced onto someone else, but making *them* deal with it instead of the neighbor. If I best the child, all they do is potentially stop behaving that way when they fear that I’ll become violent. That does NOT teach them to care about the person they hurt, and whenever I’m not there to cause them harm, they still don’t understand WHY it was wrong.

Also I lol’d at “fuck me for commenting halfway through a conversation” 🤣🤣