Mimi said:
I don't believe in any of that horseshit. If a parent raises a kid right, physical correction is NEVER necessary.
....just unfortunately too many parents immediately want to take the quick and easy way out and smack a kid everytime he does anything they don't like.
~M
And maybe some parents do use physicial punishmnent too quickly, but not all of us who believed in corporal punishment behave that way. It was my absolute last resort when nothing else worked. In my house, I am the boss, plain and simple. I don't let anyone rule my roost but me and if you didn't like it, you (hypothetical) could get the hell out!!
Dr Spock don't work folks-sometimes the board of education has to be applied to the seat of knowledge. I've heard of too many stories where the kids get old enough to start whipping their parents asses-I'm not having it in my home! I work too hard, sacrifice too much, and put my life on hold to take crap off my kids.
And guess what?? They're 16 & 21 years old and they'll tell you how much they love me (and I don't have to be around for them to say it). They know any punishment I delivered was fair and much deserved. They also knew it was a last resort. I gave them everything I had and that was enough. They are not spoiled overindulged, disrespectful, brats that eventually would abuse me. They have respect for me and other adults unlike many children do today. That I blame on parents who think their children don't have to be respectful to any adult but them!
And you know something else?? I raised my kids a far damn sight better than my mother raised me and I still respectd and loved her! My kids didn't eat every self-cooked meal from a can or some frozen tv dinner. My kids didn't raise themselves like me and my sister's did. They're not emotionally damaged and have to struggle years to shake crap off them the way I did. As messed up as I was I managed to raise two beautiful children who are becoming productive adults. Regardless of what any of you say, I didn't abuse my kids, I disciplined them to set boundaries and learn right from wrong. If you don't like it....TOUGH!!
Raise your kids any way you want, but I have ABSOLUTELY no regrets how I raised mine. They are productive members of society-my son has his high school diploma and goes to work everyday. My 16 year old daughter is a freshman in college on athletic scholarship (I did all the paperwork, paid the fees, and drove her there. Abusive parents don't do that for their kids.
I'm all for talking to my kids when they've done wrong, but when that doesn't work or if they blatenly disrespect me, then whatever happens, happens.