Now a days most parents are afraid to spank your child in public at all. Just knowing that if somebody sees you doing this act will they turn you in to the courts for abusing your child? Most of us that grew up with the paddle or the belt on the wall know that spanking was hard at that time but for me did me good. Ya we all did something to piss off our parents. Man I did it all the time not to do it but just because it was fun till you find out it was dangerous and that the parents are more upset of what you did because of the danger of it. My parents divorce when I was 7 so I lived with my mother thru the school year and then with my father thru the summer time. I was the only daughter and the only granddaughter on my father’s side so I can say this I was daddies little girl. I hate my mother so to live with her for 9 months of the year was like living in hell. On the first day of summer going to my fathers was the best time ever. But back to the spanking, my mother had a belt with my name on it and one for my brother’s name on it hanging on the wall next to the door. Man when she said to grab that belt and go to your room. Now that I am a mother of 2 boys and a aunt of 3 boys I only spanked my oldest a couple of times and I felt so bad that I had to change. I did not want to turn out to be like my mother. So I am a stern person. When I say something in my house my family knows that I mean business and that you better do what I tell you to do. I love my boys but I am their mother. Not their friend. So I have to be stern to them to keep them out of trouble. So if you choice to be the person that spanks or not and just send them to the corner you are being a parent.
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Although I to was spanked as a child I saw no reason for spanking my child. I was afraid that if I spanked my daughter would grow up to think physical violence was okay. I think spankings sent a horribly conflicting message to a child, and I don’t feel there is ever an appropriate time for a spanking. That is not to say, when my daughter was 2 and did not quite understand reason, she did not receive a swat on the hand if she reached for something hot but a spanking seemed completely out of the question. My reasoning for this choice had nothing to do with consequences from a court system or a child protective services it just seemed inappropriate. I am my daughters mother and her friend.
ReplyDeleteI agree that spanking can be detrimental to children and I find it unnecessary to spank your child. I remember being spanked for many reasons and remember that it never really stopped me from continuing to do that particular thing again. I always felt worse and tended to change my actions when my parents sat me down and just discussed with me what I did wrong. Although like we have discussed in class I don't totally agree that just because a child is spanked he will then feel the need or think that it is alright to spank someone else when they do something wrong. I never felt like I had the right to hit or spank someone for the wrongs they have committed.
ReplyDeleteI agree that sometimes spanking a child can be detrimental for them, but I also believe that every once in a while a child needs a good spanking. This type of positive punishment is good to get thru to your child when sometimes this task can be impossible. As a child I was spanked more than enough and I thank my Mom for what she has done because in the end I know that she kept me straight. If I never would have received spankings as a child, I believe I'd be a totally different person for the bad now. I feel as if parents now days have gotten to soft on their kids. Spanking is a good positive punishment to use and I believe that it should be used more often on a consistent basis, but not to a point where children become fearful of being spanked.
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