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When desperation makes you become the parent you promised never to be

I spanked my four-year-old yesterday for the first time and immediately felt sick because I swore I would never hit my kids but nothing else seems to get through to him and I do not know what else to do.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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The gap between parenting ideals and daily reality can collapse in moments of overwhelm.

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