Someone que up the ‘tense’ music. This is a topic Jamie and I don’t necessarily agree on, who would have ever thought a mom wouldn’t want to spank her kids? (End Sarcasm) Now before you freak out on me, no we aren’t even considering disciplining Hailey right now. First, she is much to cute, ya she’s at that age. And while we’re on age she’s also way to young.
Now maybe our opinions stem from how we were disciplined while we were kids. Her dad had a bigger paddle than mine I guess. I was spanked with hands, belts and this little old ping pong paddle. They all hurt. But it wasn’t so much they hurt that made me cry and made me fear the spanking. The thing I remember making me cry is knowing I was in trouble and I was getting punished. Dad definitely spanked harder than mom. Mom would at the most do an open hand slap to my butt. She would barely tap me but I’d cry as if she were holding a bull whip in her hands.
When Hailey or Abby are old enough to understand that they are being punished for doing wrong, not just being beaten by an angry parent, I want to make sure Jamie and I are on the same page for punishment. My vote? A good spanking. I don’t need anything but my palm to do the job, no paddles, belts, sticks or whips. No thank you, just my hand. To me it’s enough to get the point across of “don’t do that again”. Whatever that was, I’m sure they’ll get the idea.
Maybe it’s just because Hailey is so cute and cuddly right now that Jamie doesn’t want to spank her at all. I can understand that, a mother will always want to protect her daughter. So do I, but in my opinion disclipine is a form of protection. How? Glad you asked, if a child has a sense of disclipline they are less likely to be one of those teenagers walking around in those clothes that you swear you’d never let your kid wear out of the house. I see them all the time, teenager girls dressed like strippers and talking like sailors. Never seen one? Just go down to the mall or stand in line at your local movie theater. They are there. It’s my opinion a little discipline would have helped those kids out and gave them a little self respect. Now, I’m not talking military school kind of discipline, but parents that didn’t just let them do whatever they wanted to do.
Every time you turn around there seems to be government rules tightening down on how parents can discipline their kids. Now, if someone gets crazy and pulls out a baseball bat because little Johnny says something he shouldn’t, well that kind of thing shouldn’t happen. But let’s not let it get to the point where you can’t even give your kids a good stern talking to. Sometimes a spanking is just what a kid needs.
Who’s with me?
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April 8th, 2008 at 10:35 pm
Here’s our rule, running towards the road=spank, endangering themselves or sibbling/friend=spank, most anything else=embarassing punishment i.e. time out, no TV, no toy…as they get older memorize a poem, jumping jacks, push ups, rubbing my back…get creative. Make the punishment unusual, but not cruel.
Hand spanks are effective for minor annoying things for the toddlers. Peace!
April 9th, 2008 at 5:27 am
That doesn’t sound to bad to me Joe, the only change I can think of is the ‘no’ phase a kid goes through. If they simply don’t listen, what other way do you get them to do what you want, or don’t want, them to do? It’s not so much I want to spank my kids, absolutely I don’t, but I do want them to have the fear of it. Kind of like your story about you and your kids in Target. Where you wish they had a spanking room with a spanking soundtrack, just so the kids would have the fear of being next.
April 9th, 2008 at 7:31 pm
im think its good to try other sources of dicipline first, give them a chance. A warning, then time out or stand in the corner t(hat was the worst when i was little) and if they still cant get it, then the final punishment , a spank. It should be the last resourse and they should fear it and therefor straighten up before it gets to that point. in which case brad will be the bad guy!! love u babe!! lol muaahh!