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NYCTwister Loyal user 267 Posts |
There is another thread about corporal punishment going on right now. This is related but I thought I'd start a new thread.
A mother was on a packed subway car with a child who was throwing a world class tantrum. It seems that the mother was using her phone, seemingly ignoring the kid, to the annoyance of the rest of the passengers. The mother suddenly turned the phone around and showed it to the child. It seems that she was recording the child as the child was screaming. The child immediately stopped the tantrum and watched itself on the video. The mother then said to the child "it's not right for you to behave this way. You upset me and everyone else here." The child looked around handed the phone back and, looking around, settled down for the rest of the trip. If you've read my posts on the corporal punishment thread you know my stance on violence of any sort, especially with regards to children. I wish I'd been on that train. I'd have given that mother a well deserved standing ovation. She kept her cool, used HER MIND to deal with a VERY intense situation, and showed the child what he/she looked like doing what he/she was doing. She appealed to the child's mind and achieved her desired result, which was to show the child that what he/she was doing was wrong and that they should not do it because it was not right. In the thread on corporal punishment, the child's behavior would be cause for some of the members here to advocate the use of physical force to stop the child from doing what he/she was doing, whether in the moment, or later at home. I posted this as an example of how a parent can modify a child's behavior, at a young age, without acting emotionally or resorting to "corporal punishment". I also posted this since it occurred to me how we now have access to tools that can help us deal with old situations in new ways, due to our access to new technology. Any thoughts?
If you need fear to enforce your beliefs, then your beliefs are worthless.
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mastermindreader 1949 - 2017 Seattle, WA 12586 Posts |
That was one creative and caring mother!
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kambiz Inner circle Perth, down by the cool of the pool 1129 Posts |
Yes, I agree with Bob, this was a lovely story showing the enterprise of the human spirit.
We are very capable of educating children in an almost "adult" manner. With creative thinking, children can easily be engaged in activities which almost "distracts" them from whatever is the cause of the tantrum and enables educational mindsets... Kam
If I speak forth, many a mind will shatter,
And if I write, many a pen will break. .....and when I consider my own self, lo, I find it coarser than clay! |
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