Posted on 01/19/2014 5:30:35 AM PST by ilovesarah2012
the Tanzanians beat the kids, it is abusive, hitting them on the head, all kinds of cruelty
we see it here in the states when the neighbors hotline the African immigrants for child abuse
Spanking is an essential tool (among others) to raising good kids, and if done right is hardly ever needed after the age of about 6. Oh, and by the way my kids (4 of them) love me to death and take every opportunity to love on me, kiss and cuddle with me.
I get unsolicited comments from total strangers all the time on how well behaved my children are. A child properly disciplined when young will hardly ever need to be spanked beyond the age of about 6-7 (they threat alone will suffice).
I have had several relatives with older children try to get me to take in their teenage delinquents and I wanted nothing to do with that idea. It's too late by then! If they don't understand right and wrong, discipline and punishment by about 7-8 your screwed.
you are right, I have heard a black mother say something like “I am going to break him”
also the idea in the black community that it is acceptable to beat kids with an extension cord really outrages me
I have considered purchasing a billboard with a picture of an electric cord and a four year old stating “it’s child abuse”
you don’t know what you’re talking about
I totally agree with you
I'm not even sure it has much to do with moral reasoning. Humans, like all animals, are creatures of habit. The point of spanking is to prevent children from forming bad habits, of thought and behavior, that they will take with them into adulthood - habits that will impair their future success or even their ability to function in society.
What is wrong with aggression and hyperactivity? Aggressive, hyperactive people forge empires and build civilizations.
Quite right. I have three children (2 full grown) and, I think, they have been spanked a combined total of 5 times, maybe 8-10 swats in all. In each case it was over a safety issue. A child who kept letting himself out of the house is one I remember.
I hate to spank my children. But I think it needs to be available when it is an eye opener for the child whose behavior is putting him in danger. It can only be an eye opener when it is out of the ordinary. Routine spanking eliminates any positive that may come from using them.
Don't these people have cause and effect a bit turned around?
your story is total bullsh8
the Bible says the laws of God are written in our hearts
Jeremiah 31:33
But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel, after those days, saith the Lord: I will give my law in their bowels, and I will write it in their heart: and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
I think it is just that there are a lot more Neanderthals on FR than there used to be. Back in the late 90's when I lurked and then finally signed up, there was a core group of seemingly very thoughtful, intelligent people on here. I really felt I was on the same page as most people who posted here. Now, a lot of random people with thuggish attitudes show up and spew on all subjects.I don't post nearly as much as I used to.
On the positive side, most of, what I have seen as the worst of the goons have been banned over time.
God is a moron?
I didn't sign up until 2000 but at that time I used to have intelligent conversations about constitutional law and other subjects. Now people just repeat the rants that they have heard on Fox News or from some whack job like Alex Jones.
Were you spanked?
Yeah, what’s with the extension cord? I see how many black mothers treat their kids in public. No wonder they turn out to be criminals.
I was talking to a missionary to Africa. He told me in many areas the AIDS orphan rate is above 50%. How could a study be anywhere accurate in that kind of environment.
Yes, I signed up in 2000 as well. It felt like a private club that I was sneaking into at that point. Everyone seemed extremely informed. Now, as this thread is evidence, most people can’t even stay on subject or bother to read the article. They see one word in a title and throw in their emotional $.02
Good point.
> In a new study conducted in Tanzania, where physical punishment is considered normal, primary school students who were beaten by teachers or family members in the name of discipline tended to show more behavior problems, not fewer, the researchers found.
Physical punishment is typically doled out to children, typically boys-only, who already express themselves physically, and related to their environment physically (hands-on). The much more civilized western countries accomplish the same kind of invalidating psychological injury through prescription drugs and zero tolerance policies.
Thanks ilovesarah2012.
That’s pretty ignorant!!!
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