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When gentle discipline strategies aren't stopping harmful behavior

I believe in natural consequences instead of punishment, but my four-year-old keeps hitting his baby brother and nothing I try seems to work and I'm starting to think maybe he just needs a firm consequence.

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Philosophical commitment to non-punitive parenting collides with urgent need to protect and teach safety.

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