Comments on: The truth about conjoined twins

By: Anonymous from ND

Anonymous from ND — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 14:32:43 +0000

Considering how well adjusted these girls are, I believe their parents have done an exceptional job raising the girls.

By: Anonymous from ND

Anonymous from ND — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 14:31:17 +0000

It looks to me like the parents are doing a great job raising those two girls, a very great job. Why get to het up with the “punitive punishment” method. Seems to me, they are extremely well adjusted, considering everything.

By: Ned Sneed

Ned Sneed — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 15:08:23 +0000

Children are like canoes; they need a paddle to keep them on course.

By: Dave

Dave — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 19:12:48 +0000

these â€œnon-punitiveâ€? parenting advocates
Which ones? The straw-man fallacy won’t win any arguments around here.

By: Emilia Liz

Emilia Liz — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 18:57:00 +0000

Oh, come on. The parents aren’t whipping the girls black and blue with a belt. I think these “non-punitive” parenting advocates can be as obnoxious and sanctimonious as the “you have to spank to have godly children” types.

By: Dave

Dave — Thu, 18 Jan 2007 13:40:38 +0000

Good point. I’m not a parent either, but I’ve been witnessing some non-punitive child-rearing at close hand and it seems to work pretty well, as long as the parents are engaged and affectionate, firm in setting boundaries, and extremely patient.

Thanks for the comment.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 18 Jan 2007 11:53:50 +0000

“When one misbehaves, both are sent to their room.”

This line has always bothered me. I find the punitive style upsetting especially in this case. Honestly, positive parenting would be so much better.

I know they are a good family and well loved, but since I read that article years ago, that line has always bothered me, the American obsession with punishment to the point that an innocent child would be punished. That really, really bothers me. Why punish at all when positive parenting works just as well and especially, why punish a child who is innocent for something the other did. The obsession with punishment really, really upset me all those years ago and still does. Just a reflection from a non American, shocked not by the beauty and spirit of two amazing people conjoined but shocked by the choice of the parents to punish, when positive tools work just as well.