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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction
Maybe it wasn't cool.. I wasn't trying to be cool though. You are right though, I would have handled it differently now.
I should clarify that "yelling" is just a colloquialism in this sense. It is easier to write in a thread title than "stern talking to" or "rational conversation regarding etiquette". Surely you have heard it used in that sense before.
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Yeah, I thoughy it might be, just making sure. I'm all for stern talking to, though it's always important you don't belittle them. Always give them a way where it makes sense in their own best interest to change their behavior. That's how true change happens. And that's not just with kids, that's people in general. In fact, kids often 'get it' easier than adults who have grown stubborn over the years. People don't often change because of external consequnces or threats. And if they do, not always for healthy reasons.
This ain't hippie dippy new age bs. It really works. To clarify, I do think there are situations where it's normal to lose your top, at least initially before calming it down. But 95 percent of the situations aren't them.
The rabbit thing would piss me off a little, I agree. It's hard to know exactly how it all went down though.