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Originally posted by White_Chocolate
ZTAMIAMI:
Do you think that parents should use less 'time outs' and start to view 'disciplinary actions' such as a swat on the behind with their hand?
My mom didn't do the timeout thing with me and my sister. I got whippings and I turned out fine. My little brother, on the other hand, was a 'time out' child who grew a foot and a half taller than my mom by the time he was 15. She couldn't whip him so she would 'take away phone privileges' or 'make him do house chores'. He's worse than me and my sister combined(he was partying by the time he was 16--basketball stardom does that to you). However, when I asked my mom why she never hit him but always got onto us. . .she said that 'disciplinary actions' are looked down upon.
I think that timeout can work in the instance of not sharing toys, not eatting all of your dinner, etc.
However, there are times when a kid needs a couple of swats(not a beat down as some say).
editted to add:
How do you plan on dealing with discipline?
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that's what i'm saying. there's a line between discipline and abuse. i got my tail beat when acted up, and i'm a better man for it. i understand discipline, my ex nor her big brother got any kind of whoopin', they got the time out. come on now, for real. and this family comes from a family just affulent as those from GBN, and now they're spoiled and have no sense of discipline. you can talk all you want about teaching your kids right, blah blah blah. are you seriously going to say that they're going to take all of your lessons they way you want them to? no....they're going to act out of line, and once it gets too drastic...they need to know that there are consequences. you think time-out does anything? no, because they'll sneak it in, or just get it at the end of the week. we've all heard "spare the rod, spoil the child."