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12 Alternatives to Whacking Your Kid

1. Stop in your tracks. Step back. Sit down.
   
   
2. Take five deep breaths. Inhale. Exhale. Slowly.
   
   
3. Count to 10. Better yet 20. Or say the alphabet out loud.
   
   
4. Phone a friend. A relative. Even the weather.
   
   
5. Still mad? Punch down a pillow. Or munch an apple.
   
   
6. Thumb through a magazine, book, newspaper or photo album.
   
   
7. Do some sit-ups.
   
   
8. Pick up a pencil and write down your thoughts.
   
   
9. Take a hot bath or a cold shower.
   
   
10. lie down on the floor. Just put your feet up.
    
    
11. Put on your favorite record album or CD.
    
    
12. Water your plants.