RE: Beating Children
September 23, 2011 at 12:11 pm
(This post was last modified: September 23, 2011 at 12:30 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
Not invoking brutality. Spanking is an art form. Very difficult to get it right (daiper padding helps). Breaking spoons is much past the line, to me at least. Mileage may vary. It's an abrupt jolt, and the immediacy in my voice, that works for me. Makes them stop dead in their tracks. Fork two inches from the socket, club hovering over the other's head. I'v tried to leverage just the voice and they startle a little but keep swinging/moving forward anyway. Spanking is life or death to me. If it doesn't have the potential to kill them I don't interfere with spanking. I mentioned my grandparents disciplinary style as it was much more physically violent and yet still seemed to be within the lines. There are a couple dozen of us and we all have nothing but respect and love for the people who raised us. They were obviously not the types who broke spoons over us (or anything). Sorry that you went through something like that.
I have three kids to watch btw, babyproofing is bullshit when they have a "council of mischief" and the labor force to pull it off. Sometimes they slip one over on me and I catch them teetering at the precipice of destruction. Wife wants 1-3 more, I politely removed myself from consideration as a stay at home. Too many children, not enough eyes (or that wide field of vision mothers so lovingly remind us of). Gotta buy more land and turn a profit, get out of this business (child raising business, of course).
I think I'd worry if my children were nervous around me, they are not. I mean you always wonder if the punishment is too harsh yeah? Too much time in the corner? Obviously I can't spank their hands without wondering. In the end, for me at least, the spank to the wrist is less harmful than the light socket. It's a tough line to toe I guess. Might also be the case that the things I think of as "spanking" don't seem like spanking to others. Just saving their asses from harm.
I have three kids to watch btw, babyproofing is bullshit when they have a "council of mischief" and the labor force to pull it off. Sometimes they slip one over on me and I catch them teetering at the precipice of destruction. Wife wants 1-3 more, I politely removed myself from consideration as a stay at home. Too many children, not enough eyes (or that wide field of vision mothers so lovingly remind us of). Gotta buy more land and turn a profit, get out of this business (child raising business, of course).
I think I'd worry if my children were nervous around me, they are not. I mean you always wonder if the punishment is too harsh yeah? Too much time in the corner? Obviously I can't spank their hands without wondering. In the end, for me at least, the spank to the wrist is less harmful than the light socket. It's a tough line to toe I guess. Might also be the case that the things I think of as "spanking" don't seem like spanking to others. Just saving their asses from harm.
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