Today I got to have lunch with my fabulous brother. This is a rare treat, because we live so far away from each other. He has an adorable son, my nephew. He and my sister-in-law have been working to be good parents to my nephew. They've been trying new strategies for discipline and schedules. My nephew is a new kindergartner. (OMG, I'm getting old.)
Anyway, my brother and I were talking about his new strategies versus the way we were raised. We were definitely raised in a "spare the rod" household. Anyway, over tasty Italian, it came down to this:
"What did we learn from the discipline we received from our father?"
"Not to get caught."
Yeah, that's it. Not, "Don't do that again". Not, "I'm sorry." It was, "Don't get caught." We learned nothing positive from that discipline. We just learned to cover our tracks.
Congratulations to my brother and sister-in-law. I think they might be able to get it right.
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