I've always wanted there to be a Kids, Gag device which would stop them from screaming down the place. Also a baby version. You try putting dummies in their mouth. THey scream, it falls out.
yeah, i don't believe in corporal punishment. however, my kids start acting up and being rude ALL FUN STOPS. i won't inflict my children on people when they're acting like brats. if they behave, all the better. the minute they step out of line, we head home and they go straight to bed. it works. i grew up with a belt, too. and while i don't feel damaged by it, in this day and age, it's just not something you do, and your kids will know it and therefore it WILL damage them. seems to me it's simple. if they wanna have fun, they have to behave. if they wanna act up, they go to bed and no more fun for them.
Having thoughts of harming children isn't normal. I would also recommends counseling to deal with intrusive thoughts like this. Hitting a child (or drowning) isn't even close to appropriate for causing minor annoyance to you. It's okay if you're not one of those children are our future types, but if you go out in public in a place with children, they will act like children. I advise trying to avoid them and talking to someone about your feelings. If I had a strange man even raise his voice to my child I would make orphans of his children.
no doubt. but to be honest, i probably wouldn't let my children near enough to him, a stranger, for him to yell at them in the first place.
You're probably right. But at a certain age, I'd want to give my kids a little leeway between being protected an having a little freedom to run around a park. This threads a little unnerving.