I give my daughter a tug on the ear to get her attention. A older lady told me that this was child abuse.?

Today, while in the store I gave my three year old daughter a tug on the ear to get her attention. Mind, you this was after several times telling her not to climb on the riding lawn mowers. Then she decided to run willy-nilly though the store.... so I tugged and an older lady told me that it was child abuse.... But what else can you do? I got angry and asked her if she wanted my job. If I had let her run wild, then it would have been my fault if she hurt her self... a "why doesn't she discipline her child" sort of thing. And I've seen parents do far worse in stores... what do you think?

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well there is always going to be someone who disapproves of your parenting skills. Someone could have said you didn't do enough. Children need discipline, and if that is what gets her attention, then that is fine. there is nothing wrong with pulling her ear. it did not physically damage her or her hearing. Don't worry about what the lady said. you are doing good by not letting her run wild. and you did good telling her off basically.

u tell peeps like that to mind their own business and let u discipline ur offspring how u wish as long as u know ur doing only that. i hate fkn nosey peeps. no one will EVER tell me how to discipline my kid, ill go off

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I give my daughter a tug on the ear to get her attention. A older lady told me that this was child abuse.?

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