Discipline: Spanking

[Drolefille]

Originally Posted by agzg

I don't blame people for being intolerant of kids screaming, kicking, acting up, throwing things, and misbehaving in public.

Sure, I was a kid once, too, but I knew if I behaved that way I would be spanked. I shouldn't HAVE to put up with other people's asshole kids when I'm out.

Eh, being in public means dealing with the public, annoying kids included. Even if I'm annoyed I try and check myself by reminding myself that odds are this is a one off, and the parent is trying to deal with it. If I see the parent being particularly stupid, or hear the screaming go on from aisle to aisle, I'll be less tolerant.

[christiangirl]

Originally Posted by Drolefille

No parent nor kid is perfect.

Originally Posted by DrPhil

Did you know that BP spilled some oil?

I just laughed so hard, I peed a little.



Without re-hashing this entire thread, I think those who said they only spank when the child does something threatening/dangerous are on the right track. I'm not an advocate for spanking as a regular discipline but, from a behavioral standpoint, it's good for children/people to associate life-threatening behaviors (sticking things in a socket, riding bikes into traffic, etc) with pain. Because pain and/or death is what will come of it and better it come from the disciplinarian than the actual result of the action.

Now, there's a difference between spanking to teach a lesson and spanking to let out your own frustrations. I "spank" my nephew occasionally (really more of a light swat) when he's being deliberately defiant because history has shown nothing else will get his attention. I never really swat him hard enough to hurt, but he's a really sensitive kid so even just flicking him in the arm will get his full attention.