By DallasNews. Her students were children of Air Force officers. Emma kept a disciplined classroom and made sure the children learned. One little boy was disruptive, acted up and made classroom order difficult. Emma tried all of her discipline techniques on the child to no avail. Get smart opinions on the topics North Texans care about.
Or with:. By signing up you agree to our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. As a last resort she took him out of the classroom, turned him over her knee and paddled him with a toy plywood paddle. The paddle split in two. Fearing accusations of child abuse, Emma decided the truth was her best option. She put the two pieces of the paddle in a paper bag with a note to the parents explaining what happened. The Air Force officer responded by sending Emma a new paddle.
The child got the message and Emma had no more trouble with him. Go to the dictionary and look up discipline. Is "spanking" the definition? I don't know if the mom who filed a complaint after being told she should spank her child had a problem with over indulgence, but the doctor certainly had a problem with an over-sized mouth.
So let's help both, the parents with over indulgence who can't say "no" and the doctors with over-sized mouths who can't say, "Please consult a professional or research options on parenting support. And then maybe even hand the parent a list of providers who offer services for parental support The Dallas Association for Parent Education, for example. Let's stop judging and start helping. Join the conversation.
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