AIBU to ask my mum not to hit a cushion while saying 'naughty cushion'?

[DH2R]

DW and I don't have a lot of 'rules' we're following while bringing up DD, but one we do have is that hitting is not done, in any form, to anything, ever.

This evening for the fourth time in about 2 months, I had to ask her not to hit a cushion, while saying 'naughty cushion'.

Caused a bit of upset.

Am I being unreasonable?

Hahaha TiggyD I actually snorted a bit when I read that!

I live in Canada and hate Canada geese. They were here first but I don't care. I hate those beady eyed fuckers.

I boot cushions. I mean really kick them from one end of the room to another.

You have to show them whose boss, don't you?

Waffly, you should explain exactly why it shouldn't do that. However, a cushion should always be supervised near an electrical outlet, as you can't trust them.

But I leave geese alone. [sensible]

and watch out for those geese especially the Canada ones.

There's always someone who likes to accuse immigrants of being criminals....

Or with matches Madlizzy [taps nose]

My dog humps cushions against their will. I don't think the op will like me

Hold he phone, are we not allowed to punch Vernon Kay in the chops if we meet him? Well, I'll be blowed.

OP, you're what's wrong with the world. I bet you're one of these namby pamby, "oh cushion darling, please don't behave so terribly or it's no quinoa for you" types aren't you?

That's all very well in theory but what if you're busy punching plumping cushions in another room and they sneak off?

Would the OP clarify why his mother was hitting the cushion, the majority presumption seems to be the said cushion had hurt the child. In my house cushions are fairly soft fluffy objects so not sure how this could happen?

Yes they will waffly unless see show them whose boss. See post 20:18

Even if the cushion had been naughty, you dont punish it by punching it. You make it do time out on the Naughty Step, dont you?

I can't believe you are able to get worked up over a cushion.

That is all I can summon myself to say about it really.

IME cushions like a bit of roughhousing. They can be proper little minxes.

whose?? it should be 'who's'

Shame.

Blame it on the cushion, stellar and smack it.

As a teenager i used to give the cushions a proper battering when i had the rage.. and i had the rage A LOT.

Maybe i saw someone smacking a cushion as a child and thought it was okay to do this.

Do i need therapy?

Ops mum is cushionist.

I shall waffly.

You may need therapy little. Sorry.

Maybe you need some new cushions?

Do we know what the cushion did?

cardibach: someone was hitting "naughty" objects which had "hurt" DS (well, he had probably hurt the objects, too!). I objected, because I didn't want him hitting me (or others) when I tripped over him, or when he bounced off me or something equally silly. Toddlers can even lash out at blameless, non-contiguous objects when they take an independent pratfall, so the "hitting" can get out of hand

I see lots of people in this thread have seen object-blaming, though!

YANBU. Smacking a cushion is wrong, full stop. Instead, talk to your DM about educating and disciplining through communication and positive relationships- how about a sticker chart- every day doesn't hurt someone, it gets a little sticker. At the end of the week, if it has stickers every day for a week, it can get a reward. Mind you, smacking isn't the worst thing to do to a cushion. Some people actually sit on them- more like medieval torture than cushion raising