Jail Time for Spanking Kids?

[sandy]

Some goofy liberal CA lawmakers are trying to make people who spank their kids into criminals. They would classify parents who place a careful swat on the bottom of their little one in the same catagory as a child abuse felon who beats a baby with an electrical cord.

These people are nuts.

Government needs to stay out of the family home. They should focus on sexual predators and real abusers, instead of targeting good, loving parents who implement healthy, occasionally spanking as part of their children's upbringing.

I don't personally support spanking--I think it damages a child's psyche--but I do support parent's rights to do so.

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=54402

[RushDog]

Spare the rod, spoil the child.

[sandy]

I dunno. I'm kind of torn by this one. I do not support spanking children but the Bible does say that. I'm wondering if by "rod" they meant "discipline"? I dunno.

I do think the gov should stay out of it.

[RushDog]

I dunno. I'm kind of torn by this one. I do not support spanking children but the Bible does say that. I'm wondering if by "rod" they meant "discipline"? I dunno.

I do think the gov should stay out of it.

Well, whatever type of discipline it is, children today aren't getting it. One of the things that really gets on my nerves, is when I'm at a store, and a kid is throwing a fit, and the parents are ignoring them.

I don't have that problem with my kids, because they know the consequences.

[X1TX]

There are some restaurants I won't go to any more because some 'regulars' come there and basically assume everyone else in the place wants to be their child care providers. One place in particular the little urchins ran around the place screaming and knocking all the silverware off the tables, and would then go pound their little fists on the aquarium. This went on while their parents just sat and sipped coffee. Those kids (and their parents) definitely needed some "rod".

[frank]

I agree with you Sandelina

While raising my three babies we had the wooden spoon for discipline. Neither I or my ex wife ever, and I mean ever used our hands on the kids. And the only area that spanking was given was the buttocks.

We also explained to them why they were being punished and afterwards we would reassure our love for them. It seemed to have worked. They are all great kids.

[sandy]

LOL!:D Sandelina?:D

I'm still not so sure about the whole spanking thing. For those of you who do/did it and your kids turned out good, that's great. I just remember the one and only time I was spanked by my Father. I never respected him again after that. And the very deep bond of love/trust (like he would NEVER hurt me and ALWAYS protect me) was gone forever.

[RushDog]

LOL!:D Sandelina?:D

I'm still not so sure about the whole spanking thing. For those of you who do/did it and your kids turned out good, that's great. I just remember the one and only time I was spanked by my Father. I never respected him again after that. And the very deep bond of love/trust (like he would NEVER hurt me and ALWAYS protect me) was gone forever.

It all depends on when it starts. There's a time to start, and a time to stop. You can't start spanking them when they turn 12. By the time my kids were five, I didn't have to spank them anymore, because I didn't need to. Now, All, I have to do is give them that "look", and they know when they screwed up, and they know not to take it any farther. Now that they're older, taking privileges away, is much more effective. Just like everything else, you have to balance things. You have to balance discipline and love.

I don't know how old you were when he spanked you that one time, but if you were already a little older, then it probably wasn't a good idea. When I married my wife, my stepdaughter was 12, and I had to discipline her several times, and it didn't involve anything physical. She hated me when she was a teenager, because I put my foot down on alot of things, but now that she's in her twenties, she lets me know how much loves me, and thanks me for caring enough. She's turned out to be a wonderful girl, who's about to graduate college.

But yeah, when my kids were little, I'd snatch them up in a heartbeat, when they were out of line. LOL

[sandy]

I think I was 5 or 6. I had eaten some children's vitamins because they tasted like candy. There was no reason to spank me. I had never been warned about the vitamins. It was an innocent mistake. But I will never forget it.

[RushDog]

I think I was 5 or 6. I had eaten some children's vitamins because they tasted like candy. There was no reason to spank me. I had never been warned about the vitamins. It was an innocent mistake. But I will never forget it.

I did that too, when I was a kid. LOL.

Yeah, if you weren't warned in the first place, then he might've been a little harsh.

But, like Michael Corleone said in Godfather 3, "Every family has good memories...and bad memories."

[TaylorHicksRocks]

I have never had to spank my son.....Magic 1 2 3 works great he knows if i get to three that's it and he has lost a privilege......Jonathon is now 10 and has never been hit I will strike my son he is a good boy! An A + student and likes to do his best.......That is my 2 cents on punishing your child there are always a better way........

[sandy]

I love seeing well-behaved kids out in public. It makes up for the crazed ones who throw tantrums.

[SlighDawg]

Nope, that's what's wrong with America today. We are soft on our kids, soft on criminals and hard on God and hard on parents trying to raise their kids right.


I got spanked, usually with a flyswatter (the kind with the wire handle... welts!) or a "switch" cut off of a maple tree, or my daddy's belt. That was the worst one. I am proud to say that I have never been arrested, never been in fights and never gotten into trouble with drugs. (ok I did experiment, but I never inhaled!)


Spanking, it's not a privilege. It's a RIGHT!

[RushDog]

Nope, that's what's wrong with America today. We are soft on our kids, soft on criminals and hard on God and hard on parents trying to raise their kids right.


I got spanked, usually with a flyswatter (the kind with the wire handle... welts!) or a "switch" cut off of a maple tree, or my daddy's belt. That was the worst one. I am proud to say that I have never been arrested, never been in fights and never gotten into trouble with drugs. (ok I did experiment, but I never inhaled!)


Spanking, it's not a privilege. It's a RIGHT!

I agree. When I see kids cutting up at the store or a restaurant, I want to spank the parents.

If you don't discipline your kids, then somebody else will. Whether it be the courts, or the police. My dad whipped me when I did wrong, and like you I've never been arrested or messed with drugs. I was too scared to when I was a teenager, because I knew my dad would whip the dog$hit out of me.

[yayamiddlesister]

Nope, that's what's wrong with America today. We are soft on our kids, soft on criminals and hard on God and hard on parents trying to raise their kids right.


I got spanked, usually with a flyswatter (the kind with the wire handle... welts!) or a "switch" cut off of a maple tree, or my daddy's belt. That was the worst one. I am proud to say that I have never been arrested, never been in fights and never gotten into trouble with drugs. (ok I did experiment, but I never inhaled!)


Spanking, it's not a privilege. It's a RIGHT!
I've gotten it with a "switch" (it didn't matter what kind of tree - the closest one) quite a few times myself.

[TaylorHicksRocks]

I was spanked with anything handy........I refuse to spank my son. My mom would tell us how much she loved us and that did not sit right with me...If my son were to do something really bad well then he would suffer the consequences...but no beatings.......He is a good student and he is very well behaved why do damage to someone who is so well behaved......

[sandy]

It sounds like you all have great kids despite your differences in discipline.