re: Is it wrong to spank your kids in public?

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Spanking in general is wrong. If you have to beat your kid to make them act right you are doing something wrong.

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Bull-fricking-chit

Kids, all kids, will act up at times. Some more than others. Period

My son was splitting time between his moms place and my house before he started pre-K. When he was 3-ish/4-ish I get him from her along with the warning that he is starting to act out in grocery stores. I ask if she "handled it" and she says yes...he got Time -Out when they got home. (Don't get me started)

Fast forward one week and I take him to the grocery store with me. Around the cereal aisle he starts acting up wanting a certain cereal (of course...for the "prize). I explain to him that he has 4 dofferent types of cereal at home and he's not getting any more till some of those are gone. He instantly lays down on floor and starts raising cain.... bad move.
I stand him up spin him around and give him a couple of lesson teaching pops on the rear. Tears follow followed by silence. I explain to him if he ever tries that again Dad will carry him out to the parking lot where the whooping will be way more severe on his hiney.

Never had to discipline him for that again...ever. The bottom line is
kids will cross the line. It's in their nature to push the limits to see what they can get away with. It's your job as a parent to set those limits, however you feel necessary.