Philosophical Parenting: Dealing with Toddler Tantrums

"As a non spanking parent, what do you do with your toddler if he won't leave the playground when it's time to go? I've tried telling him I'm going and he's going to be left alone and I hide so he doesn't see me, but he doesn't care."

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[Ian Booton]

You can if you're a good parent

[Fermion5]

Nonviolent children are the most adapted to any society. It is a fallacy that children need to be beaten to toughen them up and prepare them for adulthood. Stefan has addressed this in other videos.

[braddockakalatis2]

Surely there must be people who were not beaten as children who grow up to be statists.

[rkb100100]

I raised two kids without hitting them. I saw the failures of force growing up, it creates sniveling sneaks or bullies. Your kids are your contribution to humanity.

[jihzaman]

::facepalm::

[nettabird]

Look into the actual science on spanking. I can't link directly to it, but there is a fairly comprehensive review on the spanking page of parenting science dot com.

[ks100001]

I feel sorry for you if you really think that respect includes fear.

[Darrell Honrine]

Lol, to say that children that are not spanked are the most adapted to any society is completely unfounded.

Spanking is required for all kids. Part of respect is being able to have a healthy fear. Fear of timeout is BS.

However, I do enforce what I call WATS. Warning, Timeout, Spanking. 99% of the time it does not go to spanking, but the child has to know that there are repercussions for their actions.

[ohedd]

I love the child raising videos. I'm 20 years old now and I'm looking to gather good ideas about peaceful parenting. Great stuff!

[meberic]

Very good

[NewJak14]

Great vid Stef

[coaxx]

will you be my dad stef, pleaase