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Originally posted by Slauncha Man
This is reflective of a growing problem I've noticed with the children of America: due to all this anti-spanking and anti-abuse sentiment, children no longer respect their parents' superiority.
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I don't think this is a spanking issue. I think it's an issue of parents not backing up their threats of punishment.
Whether you spank or don't spank, you're not going to get anywhere whith hollow threats. If your kid is misbehaving at the toy store and you say "If you hit me one more time you aren't gettting that toy," but then get the toy anyways when the kid hits you, then you are not being an effective disciplinarian.
The problem is that parents don't like it when their kids don't like them. Tough shit. It's not your job to be your kid's friend (at least not until they are grown and out of the nest) so sometimes you have to be the bad guy.