Originally posted by nmsis
The lady felt she was being too harsh by grounding the kid from the T.V. for one whole day-----so she would let the kid off punishment. Good Grief!!
I think it is completely ridiculous for parents to feel like they are "being too harsh" and they dont want to discipline their children b/c its mean. I have a 9 month old daughter, so I dont really have experience with my own toddler or tot, but I know that when I was a kid, if I acted up my Dad would let me know that if I didnt "straighten my act up" he'd "let me have it". My father Never hit me, but he didn't have to.. I knew he meant business when he told me that. I think parents are too afraid to discipline their kids or yell at them ... they are afraid their kids "wont like them" anymore. (I use quotes because I have actually heard parents say this!) Your kids arent supposed to like you while their kids, DUH!
Like Ray's dad Frank, from Everybody Loves Raymond, said, "You're not a truly successful parent until your child says they 'hate' you."
I feel sorry for that poor dog, and if he couldn't tolerate the abuse anymore, he would really be the one with the blame. If those parents couldn't control their child, they shouldn't have had a pet. People like that make me so frustrated!! :D sorry so long, I just had to vent about it!!
Melissa & Harley