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No Guilt Mom Trivia 🧐

Where is corporal punishment of students banned in the US?

(answer at the bottom of the No Guilt Mom Weekly 👇👇)

In this edition, you’ll discover:

• how to raise kids who aren’t entitled,

• connection over correction on the podcast, and

• starting your journey from martyr to role model, PLUS

• a fun and free audio experience for the whole fam!

Hello, !

My 15-year-old daughter wants me to take her bungee jumping.

Not just her, she wants to make it a family activity.

We’re leaving for a family vacation in New Zealand in a few weeks.

I’ve never been that far across the Pacific Ocean. I’m excited and terrified.

Have I mentioned to you my fear of flying? Turbulence specifically?

Every time the shaking hits, my brain rewinds to the first episode of Lost where the plane hits turbulence and then the entire fuselage rips apart.

That show scarred me for life.

I take an anti-anxiety med (in addition to my regular anxiety meds) as soon as I sit down and buckle up on a plane.

Falling through the sky is no bueno in my book.

And my daughter wants me to do it voluntarily?? FOR FUN???

I said no… and she got upset with me. Saying how Queenstown is the “Adventure Capital of the World” and we’re not doing it right.

But, that wasn’t the first thing I thought of when she got mad.

No, the first word that popped into my head was:

Entitled.

Ever think that about your kids? When you’ve gone out of your way to create this wonderful experience and then they laser focus on the one thing they’re not getting?

Yeah, me too.

It’s easy to fall into the "my kids are entitled” trap.

But that entitled label only hurts your ability to keep calm and may even lead to an outburst against your kids.

Here’s what was really going on:

My daughter was only expressing disappointment.

My labeling it as entitlement wasn’t an accurate description of her feelings - but of mine.

I felt guilty for saying no.

I didn’t appreciate dealing with her complicated emotions

I felt uncomfortable.

Do you ever feel this way, too?

I realized this - in the moment - and I stayed quiet.

This is the hardest thing to do 👇

I gave myself compassion for hurting and feeling unappreciated and uncomfortable.

My feelings eventually passed and then my daughter apologized to me for her reaction about 30 minutes later.

Now I have a tough self-reflective question for you:

How many challenges with your kids are exacerbated by your reaction?

When you can honestly answer that, you’re ready to grow in your relationship with your kiddos.

Because I promise, you are capable of changing this dynamic. You’re worth respect, love, and appreciation.

And I’m here right beside you as you do this hard (but necessary) work.

But I won’t stand beside you when you choose to bungee jump. I’m out for that one.

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Trivia Answer 🧐

Can you believe in the US only 33 states have banned the use of corporal (physical) punishment in public schools?? Even more shocking, the use of corporal punishment in private schools is still legally permitted in nearly every state. Only New Jersey, Iowa, Maryland, and New York prohibit its use in both public and private schools.

Each state has the authority to define corporal punishment in its state laws, so bans on corporal punishment differ from state to state. For example, in Texas, teachers are permitted to paddle children and to use "any other physical force" to control children in the name of discipline; in Alabama, the rules are more explicit: teachers are permitted to use a "wooden paddle approximately 24 inches in length, 3 inches wide and 0.5 inches thick.

Corporal punishment in school has been outlawed in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, South Korea, Israel, and just about every developed country in Europe, which makes the United States one of only two developed countries where corporal punishment in school is still allowed, the other being Singapore. In total, the practice is banned in 128 countries