I'm gonna beat her .....
 

My nieces are off the hook. I think they need to have there asses beat but I love them to much to hit them. You know when little girl look at you and they are afraid. I just won't to protect them. But that's another issue. Do you spank your kids or believe in spanking kids?

Warning, Will Robinson!
 

Professor, I'm warning you. You might be starting something.

I was spanked as a child once in a blue moon. I turned out great!:D Yes, I believe in spanking children. If I ever have children, I'll spank my own if I have to. A swift swat on the never hurt anyone; now a whoopin' is a different story.;)

I've seen children never spanked who have grown up and still get into trouble. I've seen them spanked and the same thing still happens. Then, they are those like me:D who have been spanked and are productive members of society, and those that are not.

We like to rely on the reasoning that "they were all raised the same", but every child is different and should be dealt with accordingly. So, what you do for one child may not always work for another. If there is another way, then by all means try it. No one has the perfect forumla for raising children.

I got whooped. NOT BEAT but whooooped. I am PRODUCTIVE and a God fearing, Mama respecting child. :D

I agree with AKAtude. I used to say I ain't never gonna whoop my kids!! Pleeeeeeease. I teach and there are many days I pray for a belt to whoop some of these BeBes. I will whoop my kids but I will also talk to my kids.

I remember kids that got sent outside to pick their own switch!:eek: LOL. Those were the days.

Naw to that SWITCH mess
 

My cousins in the south had that but my mom did belts and house shoes. She had this one belt that was fierce. I tried to hide it once. :rolleyes: :eek:

I had to pick my own switches
 

I believe in whoopin' kids. I got my share of whoopins, some not so bad, some hyperventalin'-horrible. And I like to think that I turned out just fine.

I will whoop my kids, if they need it. But not with a switch, that mess was ridiculous. I mean, it left welps all over your legs and arms. So everybody KNEW you got whooped. Then they wanna clean the welps with alcohol and whatnot. Man, whatever. :rolleyes: I won't do that to my kids. But I will use my hand and a belt.

I was one of these!

I did the belt hiding thing too...before i realized that there was more than one belt in the house.

I personally would whoop my kids. I think I'm a better person because of my mom & her belt. But there is a big difference between whoop and beat. I have seen mothers on the bus or train that are so frustrated with their kids that they beat them to release their frustrations. I know it's not always that way but it does happen.

I DO NOT miss those days!!!
 

LOL! I was one of those kids. I can laugh about it now, but back then it was not funny. My momma did not play, we had to get a "nice-sized" switch, too, or else...it was gonna be much worse.

But, all of those whoopings made me into the person that I am now. Although, I know some of the whoopings I received, was not necessary. :)

My future children will be spanked. I absolutely hate to see these modern day parents negotiating w/their kids!:confused: Children need discipline in their lives or else the parent-child role will be reversed.

I don't believe in sparing the rod. But it should be a last resort, not first.

Sometimes I had to get my own switches. Sometimes my mother got them. When she got them, she would swat herself on the wrist with it first and then say "Oooh that stings. Midwestdiva ;), you better straighten up". That used to piss me off! :mad:

When I was a kid, I used to go to Oklahoma during the summer. I had an aunt that would take my cousins and me to the family church. We had to sit on the front pew with her, so she could keep an eye on us. Every Sunday she brought a switch with her and kept it on her lap. She called it Johnny Pepper :rolleyes:. If we started talking or playing she would point it at us, and if we kept it up we'd get a swat. :eek: We laugh about this now that we're grown, but it wasn't funny back then.

Oh yeah, I tried that belt hiding mess too. It didn't take long for my mother to catch on. She gave me an ultimatum, either you can bring me the belt, or I can get an extension cord. I chose to find the belt.

My children aren't going to go through all this, because they're going to be little angels. :)

Re: I DO NOT miss those days!!!
 

Isn't that the truth! I get totally disgusted when I see that happening.:rolleyes: I'm thinking you don't have to negotiate to appease that child. What the...?

Re: Re: I DO NOT miss those days!!!
 

Yep - I hate to see kids in the grocery store falling on the floor. I want to beat their asses myself. I know my nieces are bad girls. Their mom can't handle those girls. She is tired and I think needs several mental health days. I just sometime feel that she needs to spank them instead of saying go to time out.

Well, if the shoe fits...
 

Sounds to me like other froms of punishment, other than a "time out", then need to be considered (since that's not working). How old are these girls??? Are thye teen-agers???' B/c, I guarantee you that if take away the phone, hanging out with friends, allowance, shopping privileges (shop--w/what money??!! ;)), etc. that they will begin to straighten up...Tell your nieces' mother not to buy them the new Jordans...What my Mom did to me once was made me walk around wearing some Pay-Less Shoes while I was on punishment :o that was not cool...Then again, I think these girls may actually bernefit from a whupping (NOT A BEATING), as long as it's given to them NOT when you are angry, b/c then you are taking out your frustration on them...Whup them out of love, not anger, and it will make them betterr adults--it did for me!!

start early....
 

The key to discipline in my own limited experience is to START EARLY! That way a swift LOOK or motherly growl works well into the older years...

I have spanked. Definitely a last resort. I rarely have had to spank my son and niece b/c all I need to do is give them the LOOK. It even works in the mall and Toys 'R Us!

Spanking is a tool to be exercised sparingly. But when it comes down to it, do what you must... don't kill them, but give them something to think about.

if God chooses to bless me with little ones, i don't plan to spare the rod. time-out, counting to ten and all that other stuff is nonsense. like others who have posted, i got beat w/whatever was handy (shoes, alarm clock, extension cord, garbage can, etc.). this may sound diabolical, but looking back on my childhood, i still don't think i got beat enough.