Falcon understood at age six that dad’s volcanic temper means he is going to get it in a minute. The gemarrah warns against putting Aimah Yesairah-excessive fear in ones house. All that ends up happening is aveiros transpiring at home, get covered up out of fear of unleashing the wild person. The household members seek solace and comfort OUTSIDE the home.
On one of YWN competing sites there was a story yesterday of parents arrested for abuse for washing their childs mouth with soap. Some of the comments were laughing it off as no big deal since they knew “frum” parents who did the same.
While there are successful and frum victims of abuse, they are the exception not the rule. Keep your hands off your kids and curb your temper, and you’ll see ONLY nachas.