KendoCamp: So how cool is he?
After a really bad meditation session yesterday my son was a STATUE this morning! We talked about it last night before bed, and again this morning before we went over, and as soon as the bell tolled three times, he didn't move once. You can hear the guy walking around, so as I hear him start to come up our row, I WILL the calmness and focus to him to stay perfectly still and the guy passes by us both. Could NOT have been more relieved. I was so happy for him. When I heard some other people get it in other rows, I thought, "I think he did it" and then I peeked out of the corner of my eye and I saw him sit down a few minutes later. I almost jumped up and cheered 
So how did I sleep? Yeah, not much. Kept waking up freaking out that he was going to get whacked again and it'd ruin his day. The look on his face when the second set of bells tolled was brilliant. He was so excited.
It begs the question tho - a good whack in the shoulders got the message across: don't Move. As I think I mentioned before...as a student, I understood why. As a father, it killed me. I've always been against spanking my kids and to this day, I never have, and I never will. Does a little punishment like this make sense to get a point across? I know he definitely learned something - don't fucking move 
, but was it worth it? By the look on his face this morning, I'd say so, but at the same time, he got hit. I'm up in the air about it. I'll post later, and we might even have a guest poster give his thoughts on the day.