""I had spanked them previously, and I didn't really like spanking. I never felt good about it. They never felt good about it. So I wanted to switch away from that," Vierra tells TODAY.com. "We wanted to find new ways to enforce discipline. So I just decided, 'Hey, let's go run a few laps to get some energy out,'" "We say, 'run laps,' but it's more like a speed walk," Vierra adds."
""The video has since racked up more than 12.9 million views, with over 2 million likes and a slew of comments debating the Vierra family's new method of discipline. Zion Vierra and his wife Brooke Vierra, 31, say the response to the video has been overwhelming - and completely unexpected. "We didn't think it was going to go anywhere," Brooke says.""
Zion Vierra sent his two oldest daughters, ages 3 and 4, outside to run laps as punishment after a fight. He and his wife wanted to stop spanking because it felt wrong for them and their children. The laps function more like speed walks, often prompting crying and parental reminders to listen. Zion compiled clips and posted them on TikTok on Sept. 22; the post amassed millions of views and likes and provoked debate online. The Vierras report the method is used infrequently but can help expend energy and enforce discipline without spanking.
Read at TODAY.com
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]