Change of Topic: Spanking

[south]

Today or not, I'd say if any kid is not behaving well, that responsibility lies more on the parents.

But then again, every generation has been blaming the next for being unruly. It's funny that many simply don't see the weakness of themselves as well as the virtues of others. Reflect!

I'd say today's kids are as good and as bad as their parents, and grandparents.

Agreed for the most part. However, you must also keep in mind that children spend a great deal of their time in the "education" system, often being taught something other, and with different sets of values & morals, than what they experience at home from their parents. A generation or 2 ago, "political correctness" was almost unheard of. Our parents taught us right from wrong, while many of todays parents expect it to be taught in the schools.

[fab]

Glad this topic got attention. Didn't mean to abandon this, but I'm having some Vista Black screen Syndrome. Too bad a nice spanking won't help. I'll be back when my computers are back in shape.

[Raider]

I come from a family of 9 and have 2 children of my own, From my experience, spanking is a very effective form of discipline, We tried the talking strategy which works well for our Daughter, but not with our Son.. She listens and he doesn't, Seems the only thing he listens to is a good spanking on his rear end... We tried grounding him by taking everything he liked away from him, but once he's off restriction, he's right back on it.

One good example is "Fire" Both my Husband and I are very cautious when it comes to Fire, so we made it a point to talk to our kids about the dangers and what harm it can do, We even had our Son read a hardship story about a boy who burned his parents house down and made them homeless.. And whenever we see a Fire, we remind them again. We thought this would be effective, but it wasn't long before our Son decided to light a newspaper on fire inside our house, directly on the carpet.... So all that talking didn't work, Next came a spanking he would for sure not forget, It's been 3 years now and he hasn't messed with fire since.

And the time he decided to take a paper clip and stick it inside the electric receptacle, the jolt from that has made him fear electricity to this day... The point is, some Kids just have to learn the physical way, But I think it should always be a last resort, NOT a first.

[Adatise]

You couldn't have me more wrong. I posted above that I don't like spanking and I have absolutely no interest in organized religion. I also do not believe in medicating children and over medication in general. I just don't believe in auras or the idea that humans will evolve to have telepathy and other such things.

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[Gerry]

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[Donald Aquilano]

When I was a kid my dad never spanked. He didn't have to the sound of his voice was more than enough to scare the shit out of me. If on occasion I did hit someone with say a dart gun in the head I still wouldn't get a beating but my gun would be broken into pieces as a lesson. Lets just say it didn't happen again.

[Gerry]

The Beatings
Will
Now
Begin!

~Bill Cosby: Himself, 1983
On describing how his wife
disciplines their children.

[jasdon11]

Does it matter if I have one or eight?

No, but it does if you have none or any.

[Adatise]

Edited.

[Raider]

When I was a kid my dad never spanked. He didn't have to the sound of his voice was more than enough to scare the shit out of me.

My husband does that too, but after a while it loses it's effect... Then they start yelling at their siblings.

[Adatise]

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[draggar]

Of course parents should have the right to reasonably discipline their children. Spanking should fall under this. But there should be a reasonable definition between spanking and child abuse according to law.

I think most states do have laws defining the difference between disciplining and abusing children. I know in NH (where my sister is a guidance counselor and on the NH board of educators) "disciplining" doesn't leave any visible marks other then redness (no bruising, cutting etc..) - or something like that.

I got spanked as a kid. Every time I got spanked, I deserved it, unfortunately for me.

Same here - nothing put fear into my sister's and my eyes when we heard them open up that desk drawer and pull out that 18" ruler...

But - there needs to be a balance, IMO. The punishment needs to fit the crime.

I grew up in a society and at an age that parents AND teachers were allowed to physically discipline children; this seemed to work and although there were exceptions of recorded abuse, I believe that my generation grew up as the last one that held it together. Overall, kids grow nowadays to be disrespectful, rude, arrogant, demanding and overstepping of their "rank" - especially when both parents work and do not spend time with their children in order to forge a proper personality and to instill values. The proliferation of military type camps for kids is an indication of how failed the system is.

I don't have ant children but I agree. Teachers never used physical discipline when I was in school (was I lucky because of that!) and within a few years after I was born the whole "no spanking" movement started in my area and you could see the difference clearly. I went back to my HS 3 years after I graduated to visit some teachers (and a couple of people I knew as freshmen when I was a senior). There was very little respect for teachers and the staff and even less respect for the school's rules. It was quite sad.

Now that the now spanking movement has been in full force for years we are seeing a whole generation of whining crybabies (a.k.a. entitlement whores) who think the world deserves them everything because they didn't get a Malibu Barbie or that Transformer when they were 6 years old.

[Devil Dog]

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[Anthony Ng]

No, but it does if you have none or any.

Are you saying that lousy mother of three a few blocks down the street knows more about raising kids than my child development professor who has not been married? What kind of logic is that?

[randomo]

Lots of people are perfect parents ... until they actually have kids. (Theory is very different from practice.)

Are you saying that lousy mother of three a few blocks down the street knows more about raising kids than my child development professor who has not been married? What kind of logic is that?

[copper]

It depends on each child.
My first one was so stubborn.
Me and my wife tried everything and none worked.
So, she got what she needed.

Second one?
She knew when to stop.
Just slight change of voice was all she needed.

[jberryhill]

It depends on each child.
My first one was so stubborn.
Me and my wife tried everything and none worked.
So, she got what she needed.

You spanked your wife for having a stubborn child?

That's harsh, dude.

[randomo]

You spanked your wife for having a stubborn child?

That's harsh, dude.

"When I was born, I was so ugly that the doctor slapped my mother." - Rodney Dangerfield.

[Onward]

"When I was born, I was so ugly that the doctor slapped my mother." - Rodney Dangerfield.

I almost spit my beer out

[copper]

You spanked your wife for having a stubborn child?

That's harsh, dude.

Damn, talk about copy/paste job
You are rare kind of lawyer, John.
One with humor