tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25806438.post6402497913593378860..comments2024-01-26T09:29:04.765-08:00Comments on My American Meltingpot: Much Ado About SpankingProfessor Tharpshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04714326142739366426noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25806438.post-16457245120409265142012-07-27T10:25:29.523-07:002012-07-27T10:25:29.523-07:00Anon #2,
Agreed!
Blondie,
I think you make a good...Anon #2,<br />Agreed!<br /><br />Blondie,<br />I think you make a good point. One thing is spanking and the other is hitting in anger. THere is a difference.<br /><br />LED,<br />I completely and totally hear you and respect and thank you for sharing your opinion. And in many ways I agree with you too. That's what makes this so difficult to discuss...or even to admit. This is why we need to speak openly about this topic.Professor Tharpshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04714326142739366426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25806438.post-37228027656479113842012-07-25T02:31:20.489-07:002012-07-25T02:31:20.489-07:00I think spanking is violence and that its a cop ou...I think spanking is violence and that its a cop out, a lazy way out of finding the right way to discipline. Its right up there with forcing kids to apologize but not teaching them why to be sorry in the first place!<br /><br />My aunt was a believer in spanking, problem is she kept doing it as I aged. I got used to the pain and would grab the belt. You see, my aunt is also abusive. She hit me with a remote once, and this was when I was 19 years of age, 4 years ago. <br /><br />Spanking makes me uncomfortable. I mean what does putting a child through physical pain going to give you. All it does is make them fear you. It makes you an authoritarian parent that resorts to violent to get what they want. Most of the time, the kids being spanked were never properly raised to understand right from wrong in the first place...at least from my observations.lifeexplorerdiscoveryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10784242218298485014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25806438.post-54902059239208197372012-07-23T04:58:39.386-07:002012-07-23T04:58:39.386-07:00If it is done in love and wanting the best for the...If it is done in love and wanting the best for the child it is good. If it is done in sudden anger or curuelty then of course it is wrong. Chilren do need discipline at time and if you really love your children you will do it.Tony Conradhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02346695322947517602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25806438.post-17134850979434626242012-07-23T04:57:32.940-07:002012-07-23T04:57:32.940-07:00If it is done in love and wanting the best for the...If it is done in love and wanting the best for the child it is good. If it is done in sudden anger or curuelty then of course it is wrong. Chilren do need discipline at time and if you really love your children you will do it.Tony Conradhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02346695322947517602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25806438.post-22276164035823397942012-07-20T21:21:30.498-07:002012-07-20T21:21:30.498-07:00Anon,
Preach on! I am so with you. Thanks for shar...Anon,<br />Preach on! I am so with you. Thanks for sharing. I hope more people join in the conversation.Professor Tharpshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04714326142739366426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25806438.post-7126250019193320132012-07-20T04:35:48.114-07:002012-07-20T04:35:48.114-07:00I have experimented with spanking. I don't li...I have experimented with spanking. I don't like it. But what I dislike more than spanking is how judgmental we are about what goes on in other families. Is the child being abused by a swat? NO! Is the child the child being neglected by a swat? NO! <br /><br />Being a parent is a hard, hard job. The last thing that we parents need is self righteous a-holes micromanaging and criticizing everything that goes on within a family. Worse than a swat? I can think of a few things, fear mongering, the spiritual abuse of a few religious sects, but you don't see people talking about "abusive" it is to be raised in a fundamental church were you are an unworthy earthling. <br />I digress.....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com