What do you think?

[Cherished]

Im sick of people judging other peoples parenting yes it sounds harsh but it sounds a bit over the top and like we dont know all the facts too. With my first kid all i continually worried about is what people thought of me as a mother and its because everyones continually judging people. If you havnt seen her hitting them than i think its silly to jump to conclusions. Caught me at a bad moment lol

The title of this thread is what do you think? If you've got a problem with reading people opinions than don't read the thread. When someone is asked what do you think than whatever the responses are are going to be a judgement. Some may judge that this situation is OK and others may say it's not. Based on the information in the OP many posters are judging this womans behaviour in a negative light.

If you could see the blog.. she had pictures of her 18 month old and 3 of her other children in chairs.. She then took a photo of when she had used the tool of correction and then the photo of the 18 month old really crying (well screaming as 18 month olds do) then made the comment on how she was screaming but was going to ignore it for the time being as it was her first training session.. so yes I think if you are going to post things like that then prepare to be judged..

I feel physically sick reading this

Kaz, valid points hon and a nice reminder that we can hold back our judgements until we know all the facts I had thought of all this before I posted but at the end of it all I still feel sick reading the information presented by the OP

[Ca Plane Pour Moi]

Sitting still for up to an hour without whinging at me... I can see the benefits to this.

However, I also bought Liebling some games for my DS so I get some quiet time (for working or when he has to be still/quiet). As an adult, sitting still for an hour with nothing to do is very difficult - heck, I invigilated a half-hour test today and was bored out my brain! By all means teach children appropriate behaviour, but IMO provide some stimulation for them while they're sitting still: a book, video, computer game, drawing/writing material... children can sit fairly still and fairly quietly without having to learn how to switch off from life. And without pain too.

[AndiE]

Certainly not something I'd do. My kids are generally well behaved in public and provided I have a couple of toys and/or books, they can sit reasonably quietly, but personally I wouldn't have that expectation that they would sit still for one hour at a young age. To me it would be entirely age appropriate that they would want to move. Don't they all have ants in their pants when they're toddlers?
This is a hard call, I'm all for people having the right to parent as they choose providing it doesn't jeopardise the physical or mental health and safety of their children so technically my response should be "it's up to her". But I find her technique hard to swallow.

[megs]

I find the whole "tool of correction" the hardest to take, and it says she uses it on them. I'm not a legal expert by any means but at what point is using a implement to hit a child blurring across the lines of child abuse. It is easy to say each to their own style of parenting but we have to remember their are children being affected. What if the said implement started leaving marks, how hard is the implement used. The fact that she has blogged this is most disturbing and you could see the 18 month old distressed I just don't see how her technique should be OK.