I wash hanging the clothes out to dry this morning, when i heard my neighbour spanking her son for not finishing his food. It wasn't like a *splat, splat*, *whack, whack* type of beating, just a lot of screaming, and i think a not-so-gentle *spank* on his buttocks. Nothing so serious that would make me think about calling the cops.
But what's her problem? If her kid doesn't want to eat (he's full perhaps?), why force the poor kid. I think there is some value in teaching children not to waste, but, at that age (4 or 5 years old), its not like they can really understand the concept of wastage yet. Perhaps the solution is not in the screaming or the spanking -- all she should do is just cook less.
Less food, kid eats till he's full, therefore less wastage. And less bad temper.
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