Re: October.....again

let me play the opponent here. Abuse is defined as
1) improper or excessive use or treatment
2) physical maltreatment

So is a father badly treating his son by punishing him when he rightly deserves it? By punishing I don't mean excessive physical abuse but just enough to get the message across. I'm a father and my son sometimes will not be goaded into studying by anything other than my inflicting pain on him. I just pinch his shoulder muscle a little and he hates it and then obeys. Before I became a dad I used to think that there were always alternatives to inflicting pain on disobedient children, but I was wrong. If you disagree with me and don't have a disobedient son then please don't respond. You have to of lived through the same in order to understand. I believe that abuse when it comes to disciplining your children means too much maltreatment or too strong maltreatment.
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