re: How do you feel about spanking children?

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Socrates

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See? Even that poster agrees.

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CrimsonTideMD

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Can I take Lisonopril with Motrin? I keep finding conflicting info.

Thanks. I've been waiting for you to post so I didn't have to call my DR.

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Maybe I am your doc

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Well, since I'm getting billed anyways... What pain killer is safe with Lisonopril?

My wife works at a public school and has to witness the 'paddling' if the principal does it. In our district, only those children whose parents signed a waiver could be paddled, the rest were just suspended. About 90% of parents signed the waiver although they rarely need paddling. She says the worse kids are those that can't be given the corporal punishment, thus many more suspensions than paddlings.

As for our kids, I spanked the first two twice each and the last one just once. All were 5 or 6 years old at the time. I did it because I told them if they kept doing something then they would get it when they get home. Got home and had to follow up (although didn't want to) or they would call my bluff. Gotta say, never had any trouble whatsoever with our kids and the oldest is nearly 30. Now, did spanking have anything to do with them being good, well-behaved kids? Not sure, but it has got to have a part in there somewhere.

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I got frustrated with my niece one time while babysitting and spanked her. My sister got pissed off about it, but never confronted me about Iy, just complained to my other sister.

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I've been babysitting my niece and nephew for years, and literally the thought of spanking them has never occurred to me.

I thought about it after I listened to the podcast, and the idea of hitting either of them is just repulsive.

I'm not prospank, but im not against it either. There were times when sending me to timeout was not the needed punishment.

I'm not a fan of beating which often times gets drawn into it......and it's more of the fear of getting spanked more so than the spanking. I prefer timeout or other consequences, but.....there's times.

Some things deserve spankings and some things deserve other punishment. To completely rule out spankings is as dumb and irresponsible in my estimation as thinking everything warrants a spanking. That being said, far more damaging to a child than tanning their little fanny when they deserve it and need to receive one is out of control parents berating their kids in public or private. It demonstrates a complete loss of control as a parent and it is not teaching the child anything other than the parent is a lunatic and doesn't love them perhaps. Spankings reinforced with talking and explaining why it's being done is a learning experience, which is what it's meant to be, not a frustrated parent displaying their frustration. If you're out of control of the situation through verbal or spanking, then everything is for naught, and nothing is learned but "my mom/dad is a lunatic."

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This will be a thread full of kids with no parenting experience giving parenting advice

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yep. And I will laugh my arse off at its stupidity like always. I see a few of the usual kidless suspects made an appearance last night. Hopefully they come back