Then you have not in fact been there, done that. Your child may have been there, but what you did was something, not the "done [nothing] that" that you witnessed.
For which, I'd add, I would have applauded you. I'm waaaay over the "Now, we need to settle down and let's think about it" tripe that passes for parenting these days.
>>>I'm waaaay over the "Now, we need to settle down and let's think about it" tripe that passes for parenting these days.<<<
I'm with you. A good smack on the rearend never hurt any kid.
How did modern parenting get so lousy, anyway?
Actually, Xena, a stiff yank of the hair behind my son's ear usually cures most of his "problems."
I never allowed my son to have a throw-down, red faced, wall-eyed canyption fit, without suffering the consequences. He had very few of those.
But he did have some, and they were unpleasant, and I still feel sorry for any other mom and dad going through it.