[mockingbyrd]

you are supposed to switch your child for anything and everything...including if you place temptations directly in their path, say like M&Ms on the floor and they touch them. They also recommend switching a three month old who cries when he is laid down to sleep. Because that’s flat out defiance from that three month old....gag!

[Tax-chick]

Gives me the creeps, too.

[tiki]

I wouldn't do that to my dog. They want to raise zombies who follow orders without thought.

After about 3 my boys didn't cry much. In fact my oldest son fell one night at a party when he was 8. He never cried but every once in a while he'd say eeeeeee and wince. I wanted to take him to the hospital but people were pointing out that he wasn't crying so he must be okay. Mom of course knew better and they were visibly rolling their eyes when I took him to the hospital and shocked when I returned and told them that he had broken his clavicle. They kept saying "but he wasn't crying!"

I didn't even try to teach them not to cry, now caterwauling was a different story.