I cannot stand some people...

[CDSmith]

Originally Posted by MorganGrayson

The inherent problem with spanking is that it's too damned easy to fall back on. You start out with "I'm only going to spank for really big things that could harm them if they did it" then find yourself drifting into spanking for things that are better handled another way. I found myself doing that, and stopped spanking altogether.

If you can drop the spanking all together and have your kids turn out fine then that's definitely the way to go, so agreed in full.

It's such a tough issue though, with so many different scenarios in so many different families, it is impossible to say what the one right way is for all. I'm just saying that I have noticed some changes with kids in general over the years, much of them negative.

I've noticed that people have taken away the teacher and principal's perogative to administer discipline, for example. Then, other people sit there and wonder why certain aweful things happen to their kids at school from other kids and why there is no discipline. It's incredible some of the things that go on, and you hear people say "Well, where are the parents?" more an more these days.

Anyone seen the movie "Thirteen"? Watch it, and then tell me that kind of shit doesn't happen in real life.

Morgan you seem like you're a very good mother and role model. Kudos.