Quote Originally Posted by equis8 View Post
Wow it amazes me how many of you can be stuck in the darkage. There are *many* other ways to discipline your children that do NOT involve abuse! I don't care if *you* turned out ok and your parents beat you, that doesn't make it right. Hitting another human being, your child or not, is STILL abuse. I was spanked as a child...and grew up in a heavily alcoholic environment and I turned out ok, so does that make alcoholism ok? No it does not. Just because you *turn out ok* doesnt mean the next child will.

To me, parents who hit their children aren't ready to have those children. There are parenting classes that teach you how to handle difficult situations and raise your children in a proper SAFE manner. Parents that hit, IMO and experience do so because they can't control their anger and frustration. Just because a child does something wrong or makes you mad gives you no reason OR *right* to hit them.

I loose any and all respect for those who think spanking their children is the *right* thing to do...to me its just as bad as someone grabbing their dog and rubbing its nose in a puddle of urine...........Useless barbaric behavior!

And again, I ask, what do you do to those kids like me that are unaffected by simply time outs and groundings or taking things away??

Take me to a therapist? Take everything away from me? How would you deal with me? I bet you not very easily....

The ONLY thing that kept me in line was the VERY real threat of worse to come.

I KNOW for a fact, given my nature, had my parents given me an inch, I would have taken 5 feet. I have that personality and never give in to idle threats or "talking things out".

For those very strong personality kids like me, what do you do? I would walk all over you if given the chance....

Not trying to sound like a :cens0r::cens0r::cens0r::cens0r:, but I do know myself, and I know had my parents been less strict in any way, I would have been in trouble a long time ago.