Sisterfriends,
That's great! Now you ladies realize that for every piece of evidence or statistic that supports one side of the arguement there are other articles, surveys, research that presents an opposing view. It's really great that you are against spanking in any form or fashion, however, it doesn't hurt to spank an out of controlled child. And like I stated before in numerous post some children really need that spanking to keep them safe from trying something that could or would have caused greater harm. It might not have helped you change one little bit, however, it probably kept you in line when your "id" wanted to dominate over your "superego." Some children don't respond well to any real form of parenting styles especially if you just use praise and say only good things to that child. Truly that is unrealistic and you might have a monster on your hand when the little person grows up to be a big person. Let's face it folks, that's not reality to always only hear positive things in life. I don't know any real human being that lives in a society where life is just one big happy party and your not disciplined for stepping out of line. I'm not just referring to a spanking!
Another real life experience from four of my five class periods. Currently, I have a student-teacher that has been in my classroom since January 23, 2002 and he has taken over 4 of my 5 courses. I don't allow my juniors and seniors to get away with being out of control at anytime. As I was observing my student-teacher, before the springbreak, I noticed that they were talking while he was trying to present his lessons and they were just being cruel and disrespectful (Making rude comments about his body, walking around the room while he was presenting, reading the newspaper, throwing paper at him, etc). After the lesson and during our planning period I sat down with Mr. L. and presented the positive and negative aspects of his lesson. He was a little upset after the class because he really was having a problem with all four of the classes that he is currently teaching. He told me that he didn't like to raise his voice, using a technique of just stopping and staring at the students to get them back on track and that he was afraid to say anything that might hurt their feelings in anyway. I basically told him that these students will eat you up and spit you out if you give them an inch. Most of the kids that were giving him the biggest headache are little angels for me!
The moral of the story, kids need real discipline! I'm sorry if that hurts anyone but in reality just take yourself down to a public high school or middle school and you might just change your mind about not providing young people with real discipline.
Keep the discussion going!
Serioussigma22
