"Grumman-581" wrote in message
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"Judah" wrote in message
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Fear only works when they think you're watching.

Well, you just need to make them think that you're always watching... My
daughter is thoroughly convinced that there is no way she can hide things
from me... Yeah, I'm probably a hypocrite -- I'm just trying to keep her
from doing the things that I did when I was young... If I'm successful,
she'll end up with quite a few less broken bones over the years...

Why not just teach them that good behavior is better for them in the long
run, then come up with scenarios that demonstrate that point?


My father was a fear motivator. I just learned to lie better.

Ahhh, but that just means he wasn't good enough at it... If he had been
*really* good at it, you would have been terrified to even try to lie...
evil-grin

And then when they've grown and are out of the house you can look back at
what a derelict, dysfunctional person you created.

Good going "Dad"!!

(And we wonder why our world and our modern culture is so saturated with
thugs).