Kourtney Kardashianis taking a stand against the use of corporal punishment when disciplining children.
While Sunday night’s episode ofKeeping Up with the Kardashiansaired, the mother of three shared her perspective on Twitter about the fight that ensued between herself,Scott Disickand motherKris Jenner‘s boyfriend Corey Gamble about physically disciplining her and Disick’s 7-year-old daughterPenelope.
The drama started after the reality star mentioned she and Disick were having behavioral problems with Penelope. Things escalated when Gamblesuggested spanking Penelope.
She and Disick were both very much against the idea, and Kardashian explained that she believed physical discipline is never the answer.
“In my opinion beating children is not the way to ‘get your kids in check’. When children are hurting or frustrated, the answer is not to physically hurt them,” the Poosh entrepreneur wrote on Twitter in response to a fan who told her she needed to take Penelope’s behavioral issues more seriously.
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Some fans agreed with Gamble, writing to Kardashian on Twitter that “kids don’t usually listen to words they listen to actions.”
“So you think physical harm is the only action? That’s sad,” Kardashian responded to the fan. “Of course there are many consequences which we dealt with, I am very proud of my kids and being a parent isn’t always easy, but we do have consequences that don’t involve physical harm.”
“I was hit as a kid it only made me rebel and be more disrespectful!! Doesn’t always work,” the fan wrote, which Kardashian later shared.
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When Gamble first suggested he would physically discipline Penelope, Disick became very protective and yelled, “don’t ever talk about a child like that!” Kardashian later met up with Gamble at Jenner’s house to talk about what happened, and Gamble reassured her that he does not want “to discipline her kids.”
“I understand how Kourtney and Scott feel but I can say what I want to say because that’s my opinion,” he said during a confessional. “I just hope everyone can move on.”
Keeping Up with the Kardashiansairs Sundays (9 p.m. ET) on E!
source: people.com
