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Eight-Year-Old’s Advice On Discipline

After everything I’ve done to avoid repeating the legacy of physical abuse that runs in my family, my eight-year-old son has just informed me that he would greatly prefer it if I could hit him, please, rather than using penalties (loss of playdates, etc.) as punishment.
“Why??” I ask.
“Because I like getting hit,” he says, “it’s [...]

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