On Dec 11, 2009, at 6:19 PM, Thomas Seay wrote:
> <<There comes a time when kids like to hit. I never encouraged it,
> but I never had a blanket no hitting rule. If the kid wants to fuck
> around a little, what's the harm? There was one rule: no hitting in
> the face. Sometimes I'd pick her up at school and as I was walking
> up she'd tell her friends, "he doesn't mind if you hit him." That
> was unexpected. >>
>
> When my 7 year old, Arianna gets really frustrated with me, I
> appease her by letting her hit me as hard and as long as she wants :)
Allowing your inner masochist a little time out in the open?
Doug