As most of you know, I have a 3 year old. We do time-outs most of the time, but sometimes she gets a swat to the butt and I'm not afraid to say it. My parents spanked me when I was a kid and I grew up fine. Dr. Spock says spanking was ineffective and cruel, and his son committed suicide with a drug overdose. You do the math.
People, especially those that don't have kids, are often very quick to judge a person's parenting based on how their kid behaves in public. My three year old is usually very well behaved, but as with any kid, we get the occassional temper tantrum. If I were to spank her in public, however, that would draw fire as well. It's not like I can take her somewhere at the store and put her in time out, and if I'm at the store I'm getting what I need. Forget leaving without it, that's exactly what she wants me to do, and we know you don't want her crying..
How do those of you that oppose spanking and oppose kids misbehaving in public suggest we deal with the problem?
2007-03-06
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