lovingpet -> RE: "submissive" behavior in children (12/4/2009 7:29:13 AM)
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ORIGINAL: lovingpet In play, my kiddos seem to split the switch. The older one is very pliable toward others in every day things, but can really become highly controlling and enjoys doing mean things to the younger one. The younger one is very strong willed in every day interactions, but is constantly doing things like tying himself up or having his brother do it, going around on our pets' leashes and such. He also likes to spank himself. Yeah, I have my concerns. They sound like children, as opposed to tiny masters and tiny slaves. Sometimes I think we project our own thinking onto everything we see. I mean, your dog wears a leash too, does that make her a slave? Then again, this was kind of the thrust of the whole thread. I agree that this behavior out of my kiddos is more likely just kids being kids. I don't have any delusions that my kids won't grow up, discover what I'm into, and say with a small laugh, "Mom, you're just weird!" LOL Then again, as a person who really struggled with these kinds of identity issues, if there is evidence a child may be on a similar path and perhaps struggling with what it all means and if family will approve, I would want to be aware and of help to them. I certainly don't want to decide their fate or push them down a road they don't want to be on. I mean that I want to support them as they figure things out and give them the reassurance that whatever they are, I still love them. I gave a very small version of what I see from these two day in and day out. An incident or two probably has no meaning whatsoever. Taken together with other things, it becomes more apparent. This is the case here. I don't put too much out there for obvious reasons. As for my pup, yes, actually she was automatically my property (by local laws) and she was my submissive, unless of course I wanted her to pee where she pleased, run off into trouble, and destroy my home. She had to learn who was boss and obey. TOS does not ban discussions of children altogether. I am not a mod, but don't see this thread as a violation. Discussions of this nature are important for those of us who both have kids and have alternative beliefs and practices. I don't know why these practices along with over all sexuality is the one thing people shun as being able to be passed on genetically and through environment (wittingly or not btw). It can and it does. Making this self discovery a safe and healthy one for our offspring is a good thing. Without understanding the phenomenon and thinking from this direction about the potential indications, we run the risk of being caught off guard and having them struggle needlessly and often dangerously. I see it as a good thing to examine. Then again, I'm not a mod. lovingpet
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