Spanking: Discipline or violence

Wyoming Tribune-Eagle ^ | 23 Sep | Ilene Olson

[PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain]

Someone above said spanking is punishment, not displine. Very interesting thought. After thought I would agree.

Something I have noticed about alot of children who are undisplined are that mom and dad did not do, or very little, of quiet stuff with their children. Coloring, reading, board games, etc. I think kids who have trouble being disiplined (having self control) have never been taught such a thing. Sitting in front of a TV is not the same either. JMO:)

Becky

[RobRoy]

Sorry, I'm not Jewish. I'm Christian and don't have a drop of jewish blood (that I know of). I was referring to the jewish age of accountability. If I were dictator for a day, I would make the age of adulthood (regarding punishment for crimes committed) twelve.

[wardaddy]

Sorry to misunderstand. I can't say either that it was a Jewish thing. The Jewish kids I knew growing up in the South got the rod about the same as the rest of us, but living in Manhattan and knowing a slew of Jewish folks, I was astounded to see how indulgent many of them were with their kids. The kids basically ran the home. These folks despised corporal punishment and this was 20 years ago. Like I said, it may have just been a Manhattan liberal thing.

[RobRoy]

Yeah, were they just racially Jewish or were they Jewish religiously too. Makes a big difference.

[wardaddy]

They were Jewish identity-wise...very unreligious. I din't socialize with any Hassidic or other uber-Orthodox. I did business with them but they are pretty clannish when it comes to hanging with Goys. I knew a lot of Israelis both in NYC and Israel. They spanked for the most part.

Having said that, I don't think Jews as a whole are as stoic with children as Southern Wasps. There seems to be less of the old credo "children are to be seen and not heard". Of course today, I think many folks including myself bend that rule quite a bit more than our parents or grandparents did.