1982
How do you teach a child
Not to push, bite, or hit?
What rationale is adequate
When teaching not to spit?
Can arguments for loving
Be impressed upon a child
By spanking him for doing wrong
When you are slightly riled?
And where does non resistance go
When you get so upset?
Is a child so unlike you and me
When his needs are not met?
To channel our emotions
Without hurting anyone
Is a goal that parent and child alike
Should strive to see well done.
Children will always question and test.
They will fight to try to win.
But look at yourself and not at the child
For the art of discipline.