# Dealing with a kid who is willfully destructive **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 30, 2021, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dealing-with-a-kid-who-is-willfully-destructive/949794 "2021-08-30T20:14:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 28
**Author:** ![pkbites](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pkbites/32/204_2.png) [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2021, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dealing-with-a-kid-who-is-willfully-destructive/949794/28 "2021-09-01T18:52:18Z")
> [@ElDeLuxo](#): > > It won’t gain me any admirers here, but here goes: The kid in the OP needs a few good thrashings. A few of my old mans favorite sayings: “You should beat your kids at least once a week. If you don’t know why, they do!” “Never ask a kid what he wants for dinner unless he’s buying.” “This home is not a democracy! It is a dictatorship, and I’m head dic!” All worked for me as a parent. Flame on! --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dealing-with-a-kid-who-is-willfully-destructive/949794)._