Why Is Everyone So Hung Up On Nanny911 For Help in Raising Their Children?????

Question

I hear a lot of advice from gals who keep suggesting methods from Nanny 911. It is just a TV show!!!! The kids don't need a "naughty chair" or a "good job" post board....THEY NEED A GOOD SMACK ON THEIR BUTTS!!!! For cryin' out loud, give your kid a few good swats and then make them stand with their nose in a corner. Works for my kid.

To Cassandra and all those who oppose spanking....I do not spank out of anger, nor do I feel that my method is grossly abusive. There are children out there nearly everywhere that only spanking can straighten out. And I will be polite enough to add w/o getting upset at your insults that my child will only get spanked after 2 warnings and ALWAYS depends on the offense (playing on the stairs, being told to get down twice, etc...). After or during her time out (after I warmed her little behind), I do tell her why I did what I did and how what she had done was dangerous or wrong. So, get a life with your "Spanking is abuse!" tirade. The lack of proper discipline is what's making kids so nuts now. Oh, and by the way....I was spanked as a child. And I am FINE, thank you very much.

And I only mean 2, maybe 3 swats....fully clothed. No bare bottoms.

Answer 1

I think people watch those type of shows cause they wanna see what great people they are. Makes them feel better bout themselves.

Answer 2

I watch the show because I AM A NANNY. It's hard as sh*t to discipline other people's kids, when you know that you can't spank them, and they know it too. I watch SuperNanny for techniques that I can use instead of spanking. I can say that these kids "fear my disapproval". They are good techniques, and I tweak them to make them more, shall I say "stern". The shows have some real good alternatives to "blessing the little angels".

But MY kids (when I have them) will get spankings. They will be few and far between, as spanking leads to hitting others (I know because I've seen it quite often). Cassandra, honey, you sound like you have a few screws loose my dear. In the real world, people get hurt, and bad things happen, it is your job as a mother to do whatever it takes to keep your child safe, but not naive. It seems as though your parents have failed at the latter. Spanking is not bad if used as a corrective measure, abuse is assault with no stimulant, spanking is stimulated by unacceptable behavior. I dont want you to have one of those kids that blows up buildings, so you'd better find yourself a ruler and learn how to use it.

Answer 3

I AGREE with you. that show is just plain bad. I have on occasion spanked my kids and I have 3. They have learned that I will not tell them more than twice and then thats it!!!!! Some people have strange ideas!!! And Cassandra, I think i met your kids, they are the ones that seem so good to you but really torment the rest of us. No child is perfect and you need to take off your rose colored glasses and see that this is the real world, not your pretty little glass house!!!!!!!! Please, and the naughty chair hehe thats a good one, if i used that my kids would be there all the time. Spanking is not abuse. You dont use forgien objects, you dont bruise them, you dont hit in the face, head or neck, just a hand on the bottom and thats all.

Answer 4

Lol.... you're my hero! I hate that show, I can't stand to watch it. All the crying and screaming give me a headache. I would feel like a failure if I had to depend on Nanny 911 and Dr. Phil to help me raise my child. I spank my child when she needs it (not abuse, I just do it hard enough to get the message across) and she is extremely well behaved for her age. I get compliments all the time on how sweet and obedient she is. Parents these days are scared of their kids for some reason, I just don't get it. I love my child and that's why I discipline her the right way :)

Answer 5

Does your child's pediatrician recommend spanking? I doubt it. Children need discipline but to inflict physical pain on them seems extreme. I don't think your child really understands why you are hitting her and it doesn't seem to be effective since you have to repeat this form of discipline. Nanny 911 has some excellent ideas for parents that cannot effectively discipline their children. A lot of parents aren't consistent with discipline and that is why it fails for them. Children can be taught to behave without physical punishment. Why don't you try standing your daughter in the corner BEFORE you give her a "few good swats"? You said you were spanked as a child and you are OK. I guess you are entitled to have that opinion of yourself.

Answer 6

I think some of the ideas on Nanny 911 are great, but some outlandish. I also think that everyone and anyone that has a child have a right to spank their child if they are doing something extremely wrong. Although I don't think its the answer for every little naughty thing they do.

Answer 7

I don't have kids but I couldn't agree with you more. So many people are scared to spank their kids. With good reason only because people without kids are ready to call the child welfare people. Those without kids should mind there own life. I was spanked as kid and a little worse then spanked if I got into trouble bad enough. I turn out respectful and never got into bad trouble. Things should go back to the good old days where kids knew there place and didn't run over their parents.

Answer 8

You are fortunate. Wait until puberty, maybe. It is difficult for some parents who are struggling to keep their marriage, keep employed, be parents, and to be the caring and loving parent they should be, this is one problem. Single parents have to go through so many mental stresses that the child feels the tension of the single parent and he/she does not know how to react to the parents sadness. Some parents just love themselves more than their children and cause their children to do anything for attention. And the list goes on and on. Everyone needs a little help now and then. You may some day.

Answer 9

I disagree nanny 911 gives you alternative ways to discipline your child, not all children respond well to spanking not all to the time out chair it's about finding what's right for you and your child, and sticking to the punishment. Which I think is what the show is all about. People in the show may discipline their child but they aren't consistant.

Answer 10

Perhaps your parents gave you a role model to help your children. The Supernany or Nanny/911 are showing the extreme cases and how parents, who have children out of control, to get them back in control. I personally believe it is a great learning tool. There are lots of families out there who raise their children just fine without needing that advice, but it is very obvious, that not all children have proper parenting . The parents are overwhelmed and perhpas were never taught the coping mechanisms. There is job stress, financial stress etc.

Answer 11

i think that it is because kids dont come with instructions so some people wouldnt know what parenting was if it smacked them in the head aslso so many dont know how to differentiate between spanking and beating i see too many kids today that are just begging for discipline but instead their parents just beg them to behave i know i will never let my daughter run over me like some of these kids i see she is no stranger to spanking or the corner


and cassandr my parents spanked me and i turned out just fine and a republican i am not and i have a great relationship with them because they stepped up and acted like parents and did their job raising me