I've never quite understood what 'talking back' is...captainmal2 said:I spank my kids only if they talk back or when they severely misbehave. Otherwise I try to avoid it as much as possible because I remember how my father would use any and every opportunity the spank us. He never beat us, but it was still scary that any bad move you make could result in a fierce spanking.
~Malcolm~
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Every time I ever 'talked back' it was because I had very strong feelings about what I wanted to say and I felt like my voice was unimportant which made me feel unimportant and overpowered.
Is that what you're talking about?
Or is it 'sass' - ie, being mean and rude? .... does that mean that you teach people not to be rude to you by striking them?