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Do they teach you at law school to be so verbose and polysyllabllic or is this a skill you had naturally?
If you're abusing your kids, someone needs to step in.
I don't mind when needed to protect children from abuse. I've seen photos of dead kids in abuse cases. Dead little girls, dead little boys.
Something like that stays with you; I can't be indifferent.
I guess liberals can't tell the difference between child abuse and spanking a child. Not surprising. As if liberals know anything about discipline....that's a laugh....but they sure know how to dictate....especially when it comes to your children...
I don't think it's a reflection on conservatives. I think it's a reflection on SE.
There's nothing wrong with hitting a kid on the butt with your hand. You don't need an object to hit him/her with.
The "fear of god" element in parenting is absolutely necessary. Your kids should fear doing wrong by you. They shouldn't necessarily fear YOU, they should fear making you upset and/or disappointing you.
You mix in strict discipline with happy and fun times, and your kids will prosper. Works for me, anyway.
As far as this article, I don't agree with using objects, although I can definitely see where Gunny is coming from with his take on that. I limit spanking to an open hand on the ass. The worst it does is leave the obvious red mark, and it's definitely enough to make at least MY kid not want to take the chance 99% of the time.
My girlfriend's a softie though, so we're always at odds over discipline. My parents spanked, but I barely ever got spanked anyway. I respected the freedoms I had as a child, and was also not stupid enough to get caught when I pushed it.
Actually, the way I see it..hands are for loving. When you discipline a child it is much more effective and much more objective to use an object. I'm not talking electrical cords in a fit of rage, but an instrument of correction.
In my house, it's a plastic spatula. The kids hold out their hand and I swat it. It's a thousand times more effective than using my hands, and not because it hurts more. It's the symbol of the thing.
Unfortunately that is becoming the case with way too many children..…think of how often you hear the liberal cries about the "poor children"…..it is the goal of the communist left to control our children…that is how State Power is created. The left has made great strides toward this goal by pushing free sex, easy divorce, demeaning and feminizing men, state welfare taking the place of a father, loss of parental control, schools disseminating morality…..many things destroying the family unit in a myriad of ways…so the State can step in and take over.RetiredGySgt said:Tell ya what? When the State agrees to pay for the birth of our children, all the food, clothing playthings and related items, housing and transportation, all medical expenses including dental, you know all costs associated with raising the child, they can come tell me how to RAISE my child. Until then, unless they can prove abuse they have no business telling me how, when or why I can discipline my children.
It's idiots like you who need the State to control you.Ravir said:How sad for you. You're no longer allowed to hold a pillow over your kid's face to make him behave.