Masey said:
Fact: I would not KILL my kid for threatening my life because the mere threat does not cause me physical harm. Now, if my kid attempted to follow through on their threat then yes, I would defend myself by any means possible - BIG DIFFERENCE!
Pointing a gun at someones head, OR holding a golf club doesn't do anyone harm either, so at what point do you actually DO something.. When they threaten to do it, or after they yell FORE a nanosecond prior to the golf club splitting open your head, or the nanosecond prior to them pulling hte trigger??
SO what, exactly, would you do if your 19 or 20 year old son threatened to kill you? Apparently you are a much better parent then I could ever hope to be, so I'm interested to know what a pro like you would do.
What do you mean by NO retribution - not killing them; not beating until they wished they were dead - what?
See, here's the rub, I don't have to worry about it. I brought up my children to respect others, and know the difference between right and wrong. None of my kids will ever threaten to kill me, their mom BG or anyone else, but whatever they do wrong they know there are consequences for their actions.. and usually a little more then a stern "I'm going to count to three" or a 3 minute time out that lasts all of 15 seconds..
I have five wonderful children that are my pride and joy. Three have already grown to be positive additions to humanity, and will have a positive impact on our world in the future. The fourth is well on her way to becoming someone great, that any parent could be proud of, and the fifth, well he's five months old, and he's already showing great potential of being a great person.
None of my children have ever been given a traffic violation let alone been arrested. They have never threatened mom or dad or anyone else with physical harm. They are hard workers, they know how to act in public, and strive to make their parents proud..
So tell me, what would you do different in the upbringing of children that I may have missed.