Re: Mixed reactions to discipline
If your kids think it is a fun silly game -- if it is not intended to humiliate, and does not humiliate them, and if it's not physically uncomfortable... well I just don't see why anyone else's opinion of how 'they' would feel doing that should matter.
But with the ages of your kids it might be time to begin transitioning, perhaps saying, "Hands on your heads -or- behind your back" (then they would still choose head for as long as it's fun for them, but can choose their own transition to a more dignified self-control tool.
Also, with the ages of your kids, when were you considering starting to allow them to touch things at the grocery store? (They seem well past the age where they are likely to tear packaging, crumple or bruise the things they touch.) Or letting them pass through the candy section and wait for you at the end of the check-out?
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