Good parenting or not?

[Simple Simon]

Whilst having a lovely holiday meal ,our adjacent table ,a German family with smal children caught our attention.
A three year old child was plying up a bit so the mother in an attempt to get the child in line grabbed her arm pinned it to the table and pressed a steak knife on it with the obvious ultimatum that behave or get slashed.
Now I attempted to see if the child had old scars as a result of previous excrursions but she seemed unscathed.
The child however seemed pretty traumatised but ten minutes later she was fucking around again and was dragged out to a quiet location for an obvious beating and then brought back.
Seems the knife trick doesn't work in case anyone considers it in the future, unless you go through with it of course.

[Schnauzer]

Steak knife = bad parenting

Butter knife = OK

[El Diablo Blanco]

Sometimes a kid needs a good smack on the back of their heads.

[pedro01]

I'm no child psychologist but I would venture that threatening your kids with a knife is probably not a positive thing

[SuperTed]

Not good parenting imo.

[Henda]

As a parent myself i find it pretty fucking disgusting. Knifes are something you teach kids that are dangerous and not to touch hows the kid going to end up having grown up being threatened with a knife regularly ?

[Army of One]

I always found that threatening them with a syringe of test/hgh/insulin while holding up a pic of Dave Palumbo usually kept them quiet.

[MORTALCOIL]

Any threat of some kind of punishment has to be backed up and most importantly "reasonable". How fucking stupid it is to threaten your kid's physical integrity? Kids will soon understand if you say you're going to spank them as this will undoubtedly happen again and agin if they don't behave. "I'm going to slice your throat" doesn't cut it (no pun intended) and won't get you any respect as your kid will know you're full of shit. I have always regretted even giving a spanking to my son (maybe because my father used physical violence in excess) as I feel there's other ways of getting your point across. And it has. It's been a good two years (he's only 5) since I went that way. I'll yell from time to time but most of the time, I just need to talk to him plain and simple.

[falco]

In extreme cases a light slap in the butt (diaper in the case of my daughter) would do wonders but usually vocal reprimends are more than enough.
In my country if parents pull a knife stunt like that, child protection services take the child from them. 

[Skorp1o]

Very poor parenting, mother's like her create the psycho's I have to deal with nowadays:

Skorp1o: Sorry babe, it's not working out, I want to break up with you

German girl : Ok...keine problem Skorp (goes and grabs a kitchen knife)

Skorp1o he dead now.

[wolfrittner]

Very poor parenting, mother's like her create the psycho's I have to deal with nowadays:

Skorp1o: Sorry babe, it's not working out, I want to break up with you

German girl : Ok...keine problem Skorp (goes and grabs a kitchen knife)

Skorp1o he dead now.

Hahahahaha! Schluß! Das ende für den Skorp1o!

[TEH boob]

I got spanked with a hand, belt, wooden spoon, when I was little. I do also remember having to kneel in the corner, one time I kneeled on cookie/cake cooling racks...although when I bring up the latter to my parents, they say "nooo way! That NEVER happened." Almost all of the times I was spanked or hit, it was as a way to discipline me. However, I think that hitting someone in a logical mindset can pave the way for hitting someone out of rage or from an irrational mindset. So I don't think I will ever physically discipline any future children I may have. For me, getting detention at school was many times scarier than getting spanked, anyways...so physical discipline isn't even effective.

[Grape Ape]

Would like press a knife to the parents in the same manner and see how they felt afterwards.

[bradistani]

Whilst having a lovely holiday meal ,our adjacent table ,a German family with smal children caught our attention.
A three year old child was plying up a bit so the mother in an attempt to get the child in line grabbed her arm pinned it to the table and pressed a steak knife on it with the obvious ultimatum that behave or get slashed.
Now I attempted to see if the child had old scars as a result of previous excrursions but she seemed unscathed.
The child however seemed pretty traumatised but ten minutes later she was fucking around again and was dragged out to a quiet location for an obvious beating and then brought back.
Seems the knife trick doesn't work in case anyone considers it in the future, unless you go through with it of course.

reminds me of my own childhood. only the threat would've been backed up.


thanks for the flashbacks

[pedro01]

In extreme cases a light slap in the butt (diaper in the case of my daughter) would do wonders but usually vocal reprimends are more than enough.
In my country if parents pull a knife stunt like that, child protection services take the child from them. 

My personal experience as an "ex-spanker" is that spanking really doesn't help - but locking the fuckers in their bedrooms with no entertainment tortures the little bastards.

Of course, that's not an option when you are out to dinner with them at a nice restaurant...

[TEH boob]

My personal experience as an "ex-spanker" is that spanking really doesn't help - but locking the fuckers in their bedrooms with no entertainment tortures the little bastards.

Of course, that's not an option when you are out to dinner with them at a nice restaurant...

If I was acting up in a public place like church or a restaurant, my mom would tell me, "everybody is looking at you." I can't remember if she also said, "you're embarrassing me" or something like that. I don't know if that would work on other kids, maybe they don't give a shit about making their parents look bad, but that got me to feel embarrassed of my behavior, and I quieted down.

[wolfrittner]

 There are plenty of ways to discipline children. Hurting  or threatening them with a knife isn't one of them.
But I can be very tempting at times.

[pedro01]

If I was acting up in a public place like church or a restaurant, my mom would tell me, "everybody is looking at you." I can't remember if she also said, "you're embarrassing me" or something like that. I don't know if that would work on other kids, maybe they don't give a shit about making their parents look bad, but that got me to feel embarrassed of my behavior, and I quieted down.

Depends on the age - that would work with say 10 years plus.

But a 4 year old -they are doing it BECAUSE everyone is watching. They know you will cave in first.

I remember once in Japan, watching some mom leave her kid in the middle of a shopping mall floor - kid was throwing a major tantrum and mom just walked out. At the time I hadn't had kids and I was disgusted by the moms behavior. Now though - it does make sense. You can't flinch with them - they see the slightest weakness & take advantage.

Of course - once mom was out the door - the kid went running for her... As mine have since.

[Bertha Butt]

But I can be very tempting at times.

Oh yeah! 

[Bertha Butt]

Seems the knife trick doesn't work in case anyone considers it in the future, unless you go through with it of course.

Perhaps a inconsistent mom? One that threatens with 'no dessert' or 'no TV' and then just gives in because the child cries. Next time her threats have to be more severe to have impact. Or so she thinks...

A mom across the street does that with screaming. With every threat she raises her volume, but her children do not respond well to that.

My mom gave me the occasional slap on the diaper, or slap on the fingers/wrist. The latter only when there was immediate danger, like me reaching for a sharp knife of gas flame.

[Tapeworm]

Go walking past and just fully tee off on the child's head.  If she's not upset, you know she's not a good mom.

[OTHstrong]

If that happened in Canada she would lose her child permanently. She is an uncivilized whacko.

[wes]

Steak Knife Of Peace

[TEH boob]

Depends on the age - that would work with say 10 years plus.

But a 4 year old -they are doing it BECAUSE everyone is watching. They know you will cave in first.

I remember once in Japan, watching some mom leave her kid in the middle of a shopping mall floor - kid was throwing a major tantrum and mom just walked out. At the time I hadn't had kids and I was disgusted by the moms behavior. Now though - it does make sense. You can't flinch with them - they see the slightest weakness & take advantage.

Of course - once mom was out the door - the kid went running for her... As mine have since.

I think I was pretty young when this happened...like 4-6 years old. I was more emotionally mature than other kids (part of the reason why I had no friends  At least, that's what I tell myself).

& while what that mom did does seem inappropriate, she KNEW her child would come running after her. So no harm done

[ESFitness]

should've done society a favor and put the knife to her throat in front of the other patrons... and taken a picture of her id... and numbers in her contact list (work, brother, mother, ect).. and pic of her work biz card.  check up on her every so often... maybe leave a note on her car windshield.