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.

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