I remember telling myself the same thing. The only thing those whippings achieved was to make me resentful. My relationship with my own grown kids is much happier.
My dad’s fault was being a terrible tease, he wouldn’t stop. I vowed I’d never be like that – and I wasn’t. He did spank, but only on rare occasions when it was really deserved. I think I copied him on that.
Yep, you have to figure out what works for each child. My daughter you removed from the social scene. My son was harder…you could send him to his room and he’d just read the dictionary!
Baldo and Grace are very well behaved children. You rarely see them do anything actually bad. They are nice to others, do their schoolwork and help around the house.
When it comes to spanking, I learned better from it… How to better Not Get Caught. Robert Heinlein summed it up nicely in one of his books, a parental figure, Lazarus, spanked his very young siblings for lying, so that next time they lied they’d do it a lot more convincingly.
I remember once, at about age 8, I knew that I was about to be punished, and I was hoping that I would get a spanking that would be over quickly, rather than losing my allowance.
My Dad had two punishments, the old fashion “Talking to” and a few licks across the behind. If given the choice, I always took the Licks. The “talking to” tended to last much longer.
Templo S.U.D. over 1 year ago
before the advent of video games, what was taken away? okay, there was the TV privileges, but seriously
face.less_b over 1 year ago
Someone call child protective services!!!!
MichaelAxelFleming over 1 year ago
“This is going to hurt me more than it hurts you.” – “Well, then let ME spank YOU!”
cdward over 1 year ago
I remember telling myself the same thing. The only thing those whippings achieved was to make me resentful. My relationship with my own grown kids is much happier.
Judy Hendrickson [Unnamed Reader - 852856] over 1 year ago
Take away their cell phones!!!
texasbob over 1 year ago
Taking away video games for a week would punish Baldo, Gracie not so much, you would need to take her books away for a week
LawrenceS over 1 year ago
My dad’s fault was being a terrible tease, he wouldn’t stop. I vowed I’d never be like that – and I wasn’t. He did spank, but only on rare occasions when it was really deserved. I think I copied him on that.
rpmurray over 1 year ago
I have to agree that spanking nowadays is not all that effective. Caning on the other hand …
Amy Dee Premium Member over 1 year ago
My coworker used to take his kid’s DS and then play it himself.
kaycstamper over 1 year ago
Yep, you have to figure out what works for each child. My daughter you removed from the social scene. My son was harder…you could send him to his room and he’d just read the dictionary!
Doug K over 1 year ago
Isn’t just saying “Now think about what you’ve done.” enough?
GaryCooper over 1 year ago
The only thing hitting a child teaches is that bigger and stronger people get what they want.
martinman8 Premium Member over 1 year ago
don’t forget the cell phone
DarkHorseSki over 1 year ago
Yep, addict your kids to the tech and then take it away when they misbehave…
locake over 1 year ago
Baldo and Grace are very well behaved children. You rarely see them do anything actually bad. They are nice to others, do their schoolwork and help around the house.
Rista over 1 year ago
When it comes to spanking, I learned better from it… How to better Not Get Caught. Robert Heinlein summed it up nicely in one of his books, a parental figure, Lazarus, spanked his very young siblings for lying, so that next time they lied they’d do it a lot more convincingly.
mike75035 over 1 year ago
Certainly you don’t have to take away Gracie’s video games!
moondog42 Premium Member over 1 year ago
This has been an amazingly enlightened comments section these last two days.
David Rickard Premium Member over 1 year ago
Papi, you monster!
ValancyCarmody over 1 year ago
I remember once, at about age 8, I knew that I was about to be punished, and I was hoping that I would get a spanking that would be over quickly, rather than losing my allowance.
eb110americana over 1 year ago
¡Dios Mio!
Sailor46 USN 65-95 over 1 year ago
My Dad had two punishments, the old fashion “Talking to” and a few licks across the behind. If given the choice, I always took the Licks. The “talking to” tended to last much longer.