Friday, February 4, 2011

Makes angels weep...

What can I say, after I saw this....pretty damn pissed.  Lady you gave a 7 year hot sauce and then a cold shower...what are you running? A turn of the century insane asylum?  Your methods are dismally appalling.  To top it off, the little boy is adopted.  Great, now Russia is annoyed at your behavior as well.  Way to turn a small "lying" incident into an international affair.



Children do lie, they make mistakes while learning how to navigate through life.   I have a son, I know it is difficult to determine how to discipline and guide ones growing child.  Jessica Beagleys and my thoughts on punishment significantly differ.  I generally try avoid reasons to send my child into therapy at an early age.

The little boy crying is what sent me over the edge. I want to cast Jessica aside into the world of torment she is creating for this little boy, take him, and hug him. If for some reason you think..."oh a little hot sauce and a cold shower will make things better"...please do a bit research on the "Little Albert" study done by John B. Watson.   Though criticized for the experiment, Watson did establish that one could create fear in child by using principles of classical conditioning.

" most famous conditioning experiment; the "Little Albert" study in which he produced, in a small child, conditioned fear of a white rat by repeatedly presenting it paired with the loud "clanging" of a metal bar. This conditioned fear was then shown to generalize to other white furry objects, including a Santa mask and Watson's own white hair (Watson & Rayner, 1920)

Sure "Facts of Life" star Lisa Whelchel, wrote about hot saucing in her 2000 parenting book , Creative Correction: Extraordinary Ideas for Everyday Discipline" but she is no expert.  Just because someone can write a readable book, does not make advisable to follow their guidelines. Try reading some scholarly work instead, written by someone who knows and is educated in their field.  For instance Jean Piaget who has studied the psychology of the child's brain:

The Child's conception of the World by Jean Piaget
The Psychology of the Child by Jean Piaget
The Origins of the Intelligence of the Children by Jean Piaget
The Child's Conception of Physical Causality by Jean Piaget
The Absorbent Mind by Maria Montessor
Three Theories of Child Development by Henry W. Maier

Beagley's disciplining methods make angels weep.

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