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Originally Posted by Misty Harley 
When my youngest (now 6) was 4 we took her camping and we didn't move fast enough for her liking so she wandered off down the campground road to the playground. After panicking, I realized where she went and ran down there. Relieved that she was ok, I trotted her little self back up to the campground and had her walk with me a few times around a circle of our campers to show here how far she was allowed to go. She has never wandered off since then and now asks what her area is whenever we go someplace new.
Kids are all different and I don't think spanking or not spanking is the make or break deal wrt raising kids (not implying you thought that either).
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I think that's the bottom line, all kids are different. I needed a swat because it wasn't the first time I'd done it, and it wasn't going to be the last. She could tell me it was dangerous all she wanted but if I didn't see a creepy man in a black cape with a curly mustache hiding behind a bush I just didn't believe her. I wish I had been as reasonable as your little girl, my brother certainly was, but you just have to work around personality. As Sansarya said, there are some kids where you could punch them in the nose and they'd ignore it, but if you offer to make them their favorite dinner they turn into putty.
Just have to adapt
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