Is it fair to arbitrarily increase punishment to your child?

[Greatest I am]

''A Parent's Influence
"Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it."(the Bible)

You may have read the following poem, but it is well worth reading again:

I took a piece of plastic clay
And idly fashioned it one day;
And as my fingers pressed it still,
It moved and yielded as my will.

I came again when days were past,
The form I gave it still it bore,
And as my fingers pressed it still,
I could change that form no more.

I took a piece of living clay,
And gently formed it day by day,
And molded with my power and art
A young child's soft and yielding heart.

I came again when days were gone;
It was a man I looked upon,
He still that early impress bore,
And I could change it never more.(unknown)''

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSwL9deXNW8&feature=fvst

Regards
DL

 

[retro]

That's where you are wrong. I can punish my son without being angry with him. If he does something wrong that demands a punishment, then I take appropriate measures. It wouldn't be my fault if he chose to take my saying I wouldn't be mad as me saying that he wouldn't be punished. Those are two entirely separate things. I'm capable of being disappointed in my son's actions without being angry. Therefore your entire premise is a logical fallacy. Because you can punish without anger. There is no arbitrary decision, no unfair escalation, or anything of the sort.

Gee. I'm shocked. No response.

 

[Greatest I am]

Gee. I'm shocked. No response.

"It wouldn't be my fault if he chose to take my saying I wouldn't be mad as me saying that he wouldn't be punished. "

My upbringing says that if I cannot say anything good about somrething then I am usually better to walk away.

Your goading indicates that you argue just for the sake of argument and I do not usually bother with those of your ilk who tend to say stupid things as if they were not stupid.

If your son does not know you and your ways, then whose fault is it?

Regards
DL