discipline

[Lady Sidhe]

Originally posted by BrianR
[B
However, I firmly (pun intended) believe in spanking as a last ditch discipline measure. Worked for me when I was young and it worked for generations of our parents/grandparents etc and it will work now. In fact, I don't think we have ENOUGH spanking going on, thanks largely to the touchy-feely do-gooders who are spending valuable school time teaching kids what is "abuse" and how to report it to the authorities, who have little or no oversight and zero accountability for their actions. Further, there are NO repercussions for the child who alleges "abuse" in an attempt to garner attention or to "get back" at parents who dared to attempt to punish them.

Brian [/b]

I have to agree with that. Nowadays, if your kids are little bastards, it's YOUR fault for not disciplining them; however, if you discipline them, you're being abusive. You just can't win.

I've never had to spank my daughter. 'Course, she's only two, but so far, a slapped hand does the trick. It's actually kinda funny....you tell her no, she does the forbidden act again, so you slap her hand....she looks at you, all offended, as if to say, "oh, my GOD...how DARE you?" Then begins to wail as if you've beaten her with a broomstick. But it gets the message across.

I was never spanked as a child, so it doesn't come natural to me to think of spanking my daughter. It just doesn't occur to me to do it. I was an only child, raised around adults, so I never went through the regular kid phases. My daughter is an only child, and I intend for her to stay that way, so maybe she'll grow up the way I, and my husband, who was also an only child, did. We matured quickly. Perhaps she will too...

Sidhe