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Originally posted by korkscru
Sweetestone, I understand what you're saying about discipline beginning in the home. BUT...there's ONE thing that parents (and others) need to know and constantly remember. YOUR CHILDREN, at SOME point in time or another, ARE GOING TO TRY YOU. . I'm telling you, there's NO job harder than being a parent...ESPECIALLY in these days and times. Believe me, if my children would have been born with instruction manuals, then I would STILL be using them.  But parenting doesn't work that way. You can be a GODMOTHER, GODFATHER, UNCLE, AUNT, etc. But there's NO experience like raising YOUR OWN children.
I WORK in that mess. But I absolutely REFUSE to come home to it. No, neither of my children ASKED to be here. But they're here and my husband and I are responsible for them UNTIL they atleast turn 18 years old. UNTIL THEN, what WE say, goes. We love them. Would DIE for them. Work hard for them. Give them EVERYTHING that they NEED and MOST of what they WANT. And we wouldn't tell them anything wrong or do anything to hurt them. Hey, I'm willing to bet you, that once you DO have children, your decision about spankings will change once your FIRST child turns...let's say about a YEAR old.
My husband and I are just DETERMINED that OUR children are going to BE and DO better than we have (and my husband and I are from S.C. and raised the OLD SCHOOL way)...even if we have to knock them out to do it!!! 
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Amen!!! I know I spank the Brat when it's called for. She pulled a little stunt in the store
ONCE and has never tried it again. For the most part she gives me no problems but now she's at the age where she's trying to see if she can get away with a slight attitude. In short, I'M NOT HAVING IT!! If you don't have your kids under control at an early age they will have you climbing walls and ducking blows.
Well said Korkscru!