She is a TWO year old baby, good grief. Two year old baby's don't understand "an explanation on what she did wrong".
I know it's anecdotal evidence, Buy my one year old niece definitely knows when she does something she should not be doing. When it's something serious and she knows a spanking is coming (a rare thing), She'll drop to the ground and curl up into a ball, crying. She may not know WHY it's wrong, But she seriously knows WHEN it's wrong. Just my experience, Thank you for your time.
Sounds like more than a 'rare' thing if she can act so frightened. Sounds to me like she's curling up to protect herself.
Nah, We don't spank except in very rare cases (Such as her reaching for something dangerous), and we only spank hard enough to get her attention, Not to hurt her. She knows she did something wrong and reacts before we do at times. Also, If she wants to do something she knows she is not allowed to do, She will come up and start kissing me, Trying to butter me up. It's adorable. Point is they may not know WHY they are doing wrong, But they know WHEN they are doing wrong. Thank you for your time.
I just want to stress, In my opinion spanking should only be done in the most serious of situation, Such as reaching for electrical outlets and fans, Etc. I feel it should only be used as a last resort. But she's still a baby. She doesn't know WHY what she is doing is wrong just yet. I'm not sure in the case of the op what could be done in regards to the child not learning to be potty trained easily, But that's not a spank-able offense. I'd probably just keep her in diapers and keep trying. As for my niece, Her crying ends within a minute of when we stop punishing her. She's an adorable kid, But she takes after her mother in her 'my way or the highway' views. Thank you for your time.
I agree. One yr old kids don't understand what they did that was 'wrong' but they do understand anger, rage, loud screaming voices and they will react to what they fear.........
First of all, a ONE YR OLD should NOT be spanked and a ONE YR OLD is to young to know what they did was 'wrong"! A ONE YR OLD has no concept of right or wrong .... Furthermore, your last sentence about 'why' and 'when' doesn't make any dam sense! This is a one yr old BABY! What's wrong w/her parents and you?
Well, You have a point. But seeing as very young children cannot understand words/meanings ect., You have to work with what you have. Loud voices are the best way to keep you child from doing something stupid, Like reaching for that hot cup of coffee, Etc. I was spanked growing up, Albeit rarely. I turned out perfectly normal and ok. I love my nieces and nephew with all my heart. I'd gladly take a bullet from them. But their parents have given me permission to punish them if they do something wrong (Although they say I'm too lenient on them). If the eight year olds do somthing wrong, You bet I'm going to put their butts at the wall for awhile. If my 1 year old does something wrong, I will use a loud (but not screaming voice) to let her know what she is doing is wrong. If she then argues back (she rasberries back when she wants to argue), I'll spank her but with a few firm, But not hard spanks as her parents have instructed me (It's not good for the baby to learn to argue with her parents all the time). The spanking is not hard enough to cause real harm. She will cry and sniffle for a minute or less and then resume her normal activities. She still loves me and shows me (albeit only on her terms). Anyway, Going to bed for now, I'll check back in the morning. Thank you for your time, Everyone.
Um, Sorry to argue with you, But my sisters baby definitely knows when she is doing something wrong. Like I said in my posts, She will try to butter me up beforehand, And then afterward when she is caught she reacts accordingly. It's not like she's spanked every day or anything. Like I said, The spanking is only when she does something really wrong. And it's not really hard spanking at all, Just hard enough to get her attention so we can make sure she knows what she did was wrong. She may not know WHY it is wrong, But she does know WHEN it was wrong.
Of course she does. She knows it was wrong because she gets a smack. She should be able to work out why it was wrong - its wrong because if I do this, mummy will spank me.
Yes...like traiing a dog, I suppose. It does something wrong, beat it a few times. Baby does something wrong, crack him across the face. You people are SICK. You children should be taken from you and never returned.
