I have been at a grocery store where I watch a parent tell the child 50+ times to stop doing something or to come here. All the while the kid looks at the parent like ya when i'm good and ready....how about another time-out mommy. I'm not saying beat the child till they are senseless, but I was raised by the belt and thank my parents daily for it.

 

I was raised by the belt, raised now a 26 year old by the belt and he, to the best of my knowledge never got into any real trouble, is a great person to be around.

I see the same thing you are talking about and I wanna go give that kid/parents the what for -- but in todays society the parents are either afraid of ramifications if they get caught or have different beliefs on how to raise children and the kid rules the roost -- very sad situation -- I am no expert on raising kids but feel that mine turned out very well and he is thankful for my discipline and has told me so, and I thank my parents for my strict upbringing, the belt worked on my ****. So I vote for the belt.

 

Spank............I was given good swats growing up. I learned real fast what NOT to do. When I have kids, I'll raise them probably just like my parents raised me............. Kids nowa days are lacking respect, work eithics, knowledge of right and wrong and so forth. I think a little swat growing up is all that is needed. Maybe not......... But I once agian I was raised by the belt also AND I'm also thankfull of my parents.....

 

And people wonder why todays youth mock any authority. No consequences for their actions. It's someone else's fault . . . so says some lawyer.


When dealing firm discipline (when needed), I always reminded my kids that, "I love you, Judge Judy doesn't!"

 

I think the belt is too much, especially on little kids. However, if they're screwing up, and continue after a warning, they get spanked. With mine, they don't need much spanking, nor very hard. One little swat is enough to send them into "weeping and gnashing of teeth" directly.

 

quietly take them out side and beat that ... rear

 

A swat with the hand has worked for my kids, I don't use a belt nor did the old man when I was little.

 

I bet that woman was scared to spank her kid in public. I get some bad looks when my kid is acting up and he gets a swat on the butt.

 

Spanking has to be done right, and I think my parents did it right. My parents never "beat" me in public or out of anger. They took me to a private place, explained what I'd done wrong and what the consequences were, told me they loved me even though I'd screwed up, then administered the "consequences" (usually with a wooden spoon - ouch).

 

I was with spanking and a occasional belt. I now can see the "fruit" of that discipline as everybody at church and other places say we have the best work ethic and respect our parents a whole lot more than other kids. As my current boss says "You have the work ethic and respect of somebody 50 to 100 years ago." I was grinning from ear to ear.

 

i think the belt builds the suspense up. it gives you a few more moments to think about what you did while the belt is being pulled thru the loops. and we all the know sound too!! my folks had a paddle also. im glad they did. i cant count the girls ive dated with kids that were totally out of control becuase their momma didnt want to get them inline and it drove me absolutly nuts

brett

 

I have a 3 yr. old and a 5 yr. old. and they get swatted on the rear and I don't see a thing wrong with that. Let me just say one thing here though. There is a HUGE, HUGE difference in just a swat and abusing your child.
personnally I don't think it is the actual pain of the swat, I think it is more the act that gets the childs "attention"
I also think hitting a small child ANYWHERE else but in the rump is completley unacceptable. I confronted a guy once that absolutely drilled his 5 yr. old boy ( open handed ) right acrossed the face. I asked him if he would like for me to show him how that feels, he declined the offer..

I believe the state of California already did or is getting ready to make spanking illegal !!! leave it to california !!!

 

You do have to be careful about how you go about spanking in public.

I adopted my wife's daughter (11) not to long ago. Saw her bio dad once for 4 hrs- what a dead beat. Anyway, I would try to discipline and get that head shake hip dance thing with "youre not my real dad you can't touch me". Let's just say thing's have changed , and for the good.

I am sure my dad would still spank me today if it were not for a pacemaker and 2 plastic knees.

 

I completely agree with that. Spanking on the butt if fine, but anywhere else is unneccessary and wrong. I would have done the same thing if I saw that guy do that.

 

here's a good one:

friend is in some Gov't program as a Gubmint babysitter, if you work for Gov't and move, they give you ~2weeks free child care, so she gets ALL the odd *****.

lady drops her kid off other day "we do not tell this child NO, he is not to be told NO"

well, back to what BC847 said, "will Judge Judy tell him NO, or 5 to 10 in the pen?"