No ban on spanking!
Posted on 06/22/2004 12:25:57 PM PDT by GiovannaNicoletta
No ban on spanking!
We raised seven great kids.
One of the things that worked when they were small, is a swat on the diaper to get their attention.
If you are consistent in your paranting, it is not necessary after they are out of diapers. They already know that you mean what you say, and do not challenge you to the point that you would have to swat them again.
You can't let them know that though. They must know that they cannot push too far. They won't if you are consistent.
This tactic has worked so well for Israel, why not give it a try?</sarcasm>
Whole lotta spanking going on out on the Atlantic Ocean.
My parents used "applied psychology" while I was growing up.
I remember it a book on psychology and they "applied" it on my bottom. It worked!
I'm considered fairly successful and don't have any psychological problems (at least none to my knowledge).
I highly recommend this treatment.
Ciao
I always chuckle at weak parents who say to the kids about 10-20 times - "I'm only going to say this once!"
That picture is worth a thousand words.
Though the words "spare the rod and spoil the child" do not appear in the biblical text, Proverbs 13:24 says "He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes."
Goldman needs a good spanking.
What I mean is, some sicko locks his kids in a dog cage in the backyard for 3 days without food or water -- and the media screams "Child Abuse!" (As they well should, such action is unacceptable.)
The next day, a mother swats her 4-year-old at the Mall, and the police arrest her -- and the media screams "Child Abuse!"
The events are not equivalent. A spanking rarely rises to the level of criminal abuse. But some folks sure get their knickers in a twist over it.
Any one who reads the book of Revelation should know.
I am real surprised i haven't been chastised by the "You're Sick" crowd, even though it's just a joke.
Spanking works, but only at a very early age.
Children are very sharp, very quickly, and it is best to graduate from spanking to more intellectual punishments.
Physical punishment should be replaced as soon as the child can grasp "stand in the corner".
The real problem that confronts parents is not spanking:yes or no, it is PUNISHMENT for BREAKING RULES.
The answer is YES. You must. You must also enforce it consistently. This is the child's only way to learn respect and love. NO must mean no. Violating it must result in a punishment, or your word means nothing to the child. Also, your word means nothing if your actions don't correspond. A child that get's told "If you do that again", over and over, will behave badly over and over, attempting to get you to follow through. If you don't, they eventually become sure you don't love them, because you don't care enough to take the time to punish them. That is what is wrong with most families today. SPENDING THE TIME TO FOLLOW THROUGH WITH THE CHILD.
It should not be banned but it should only be done by consenting adults.
That is not the case with me (or my kids for that matter), I was spanked until I got too big to be spanked. Then it was up to me to straighten myself out. My kids sometimes get spanked for doing something they just got spanked for or because we spanked one for something then have to do it to the others because they did not take heed that what had just happened to the other one.
I think we need to extend it to adults such as one Freepers wife I know.
As our older children "graduate" from spankings to "creative" punishments, they often ask to have a spanking instead. We prefer time-outs, removing priviledges etc.
"She also told of giving small battery-operated toys as a party favor at a recent event. "A mother came up to me outside our next play group upset and said, 'I want you to know we do not have batteries in our home . . . . We are anti-battery.'""
So this family has no remotes, cell phones, pagers, cordless phones, clocks, portable radios, cars, motorcycles, etc.?
Think about the divorce proceeding if only one of the parents spanks - "...and worst of all, he/she beat the kids..."
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