RE: Religion and Spanking
July 20, 2016 at 11:46 pm
(This post was last modified: July 20, 2016 at 11:47 pm by Losty.)
I think everyone draws their line somewhere....
I would spank my kid if someone held a gun to her and told me to spank her. So I can sort of understand the reasoning behind spanking a child to prevent them from doing things that put their life at risk. It's not my way but I understand the thought behind it. My kids haven't killed themselves via childhood stupidity yet. Not for lack of trying, I swear smallish humans are really dumb sometimes. Personally, I keep a really close eye on my kids and I don't lie to them about the dangers of life. I think those things together make a difference I think. We also do line writing (sentence repeating when they're too young to write). Kids hate being bored. After your son sits in a chair not allowed to play until he says "Electric fences are dangerous and I shouldn't go near them because I will have to go to the hospital and hospitals are expensive and mommy isn't made of money and if she spends it all on hospital bills I'll get less toys" 350 times...he's not likely to try to climb the wooden pole of the electric fence again. And the internal giggle you get to have at him saying it through gritted teeth while giving you a death stare also does wonders for relieving parental anger and frustration
I would spank my kid if someone held a gun to her and told me to spank her. So I can sort of understand the reasoning behind spanking a child to prevent them from doing things that put their life at risk. It's not my way but I understand the thought behind it. My kids haven't killed themselves via childhood stupidity yet. Not for lack of trying, I swear smallish humans are really dumb sometimes. Personally, I keep a really close eye on my kids and I don't lie to them about the dangers of life. I think those things together make a difference I think. We also do line writing (sentence repeating when they're too young to write). Kids hate being bored. After your son sits in a chair not allowed to play until he says "Electric fences are dangerous and I shouldn't go near them because I will have to go to the hospital and hospitals are expensive and mommy isn't made of money and if she spends it all on hospital bills I'll get less toys" 350 times...he's not likely to try to climb the wooden pole of the electric fence again. And the internal giggle you get to have at him saying it through gritted teeth while giving you a death stare also does wonders for relieving parental anger and frustration
