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Question

When I was growing up, there were three levels of misbehavior in our household:
Hand
Belt
Fireplace Poker

Now, I was not a perfect child, and so I got my fair share of Level 1 and a little bit of Level 2. (In the case of Level 2, the severity of the misbehavior determined which end of the belt that we got.) There were even a few incidents of Level 3 here and there, but because of my parents' love, devotion, and dedicated parenting, those incidents were few and far between.
Now here's the thing that liberals can't stand to hear: I am a better man because of it. When I was in school, I never once opened fire on a cafeteria full of my peers. I didn't steal cars. I didn't shoplift. I've never spent a single night of my life in a jail cell. I treat people with respect, calling them "sir" and "ma'am" as the occasion dictates. My parents beat me until I didn't know what day it was, and I hated it (believe you me, I hated it.) But now that I am older and wiser, I understand.


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Answer 1

http://www.adequacy.org/public/stories/2001.7.20.193824.148.html
that's the website you got it from


And agree with this i was beat as a child because of my christan family it says it in the bible to beat your child

look it up

Proverbs 23:13
Withhold not correction from the child:for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.
14 verse- Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell.

So If you beat your child more likely he will obey you thats why you have to start young. Because when the hit 13 14 its to late to discpline him the bible is filled with lots of things that are happening now.
P.S Remeber your stronger than your child so don't beat em to death just show em what they did was wrong (no naughty stool)

Answer 2

Well, I don't know about that fireplace poker, but I USED to think spanking wasn't a good idea. But I really think it depends on the kid. Around the time my son turned 4, he was impossible. Part of the problem is a very mild version of Aspergers. Only we didn't know it at the time. I got so exasperated at his behaviour that I considered it disrespectful and finally spanked him here and there. It was the worst thing I could do and I found that out fast. It made him worse. Nervous, intimidated, which made him act out all the more. Now we realize that taking away privileges is his poison! Works like a charm! However, my daughter, now age 5, has had a few spankings and they work. Because she doesn't care about the loss of privileges, and I am NOT going to have a 5 year old look me in the eye and tell me "no" when I tell her to do something. An ocassional spank every few months when she has been really disrespectful seems to put her back in her place.
I hate it, though. But at least I know I've tried EVERYTHING else before I resorted to it.
Too many parents these days let their kids rule the roost. I finally opened my big mouth to a neighbor when she told me she wished her child would use the car seat she though was a safer model, but he "doesn't like it" and won't use it. I was like, "Uummmm....he's 7! How are you going to handle him when he's 14? What do you mean he "won't" use it?"

Answer 3

All I have to say is I got beat as a child for every little thing I did and now all I get from it is being too scared to talk to anyone. I am depressed all the time and feel worthless. I guess this is something that goes different with different people. For me, it ruined my life. I respect people because I'm scared of them.

Answer 4

I'm sorry, but if you practiced those 3 levels today, your child would have you so locked up so fast that even YOU would spend your first night in a jail cell honey! besides My 15 year old son is now a foot taller than me...I'm NOT going at him with a poker! Come on! "paula"

Answer 5

A better man eh? You'r name is paula... not too manly my freind. And of course anyone with half a brain knows that using a fireplace poker on a child is a disgusting and horrible thing. It's sad that you are too screwed up in the head to get that.

Answer 6

i believe there is a difference between punishment and abuse.
i had my share of getting cracked in the butt with a belt when i was a kid and yes....i did deserve it but i guess that's why i didn't do whatever i got punished for again.
as for beating the snot out of your kids that is most definately wrong but a good crack in the butt never really hurts anything but pride...it's when a kid becomes "too big for his britches" they tend to misbehave because thier little minds think they know it all....
i think a spank hurts thier pride and brings them back to reality to realise they are the child and not the parent.

Answer 7

you had me up to here - "I am a better man because of it" dude, you realize your name is paula?

but on a more upbeat note. i was beat too. and now, i too, have respect for others. go figure. amazing what a little disipline will do.

Answer 8

thankfully my parents don't believe in that kind od disipline the most I would get is being grounded for a week or two

Answer 9

Are you serious?
This is nuts. Dunno where you dug that up from.
Children are to be loved and cherished, and disciplined (which means "taught") with a gentle but firm hand.
No abuse.
No beating.
No hitting.
No name calling.

Just ask all of us who have spent years in therapy to overcome mental, emotional, sexual and physical abuse.

Answer 10

only trash beat their children for a lack better parenting skills.