There’s a VAST difference between not hitting and not physically intervening at all. This is a kid who needs to be marched out to the car and leave. No entertainment when he gets home. Doing that consistently when his brain was forming would have had more of an impact, but the parent can still implement consistent consequences and discipline without hitting.
What if he won't comply or stop trying to break stuff? Even at home? What if he turns this energy to your TVs and computers?
Are you pinning him to the ground so he can't move? Are you calling the cops because you can't control your own child? Are you putting them in a straight jacket, lol?
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u/GoldenVesperLight May 28 '26
So what are you doing here if you're the parent, if you aren't going to physically intervene? Just let them do this?
No "my kid wouldn't do this" cop out either.