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Originally Posted by ShaniFaye
Well you're an exception....I know MANY parents that do not advocate spanking that do exactly what I described and they claim to be parenting responsibly, I applaud you for doing it the way you do....wish more parents were like that, but unfortunately more often than not the ones proclaiming spanking is child abuse are the ones letting their children run rapid.....take a survey somewhere like a grocery store and you'll see what I mean. I've done it so Im not just talking off the top of my head.
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I know you're not. Frankly the vast majority of parents I've seen suck. They won't discipline their kids period because they don't want to go to the effort, or because they want to be the kid's friend. It's not a parent's job to be the kid's friend, it's the parent's job to make sure the kid grows up to be a well adjusted, healthy member of society.
And I also agree that all too often the anti spanking advocates are also the ones who advocate letting the kid color on the wall because they don't want to stifle the little shit's creativity. That's not how I play the game, and I know I'm in the minority, and I also know that that will make it tough for my child - children who are raised properly tend to have a tougher time with the scads of kids who are raised like wolves. That's how I was raised and I had a pretty tough time with the toughs. I learned how to take a beating, that's for sure.
Of course, my kid is also currently being trained by his martial artist father so perhaps he'll have fewer issues like that. . .
And that's another reason I couldn't spank my kid. I'm training him to never hit in anger, and to ONLY strike when there are no alternatives and he is in danger. How could I teach him that with a straight face if I struck him for misbehaving?