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Written by Jillian
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Thursday, 07 January 2010 21:15 |
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Thanks for posting this, Nathan! It's interesting and heartening to see the against dads on here. I don't consider spanking abuse, but I don't think it's necessary either. And it does cause emotional damage, even if just a bit. I like to think that I'm intelligent enough to find a better way to teach my child right from wrong. I don't think training is the answer - I think teaching is ALWAYS the answer. I want my son, and any children we decide to have in the future, to learn how to process decisions without fear. Children need to learn how to make the decision to do the right thing because it is the right thing, not because they are afraid of pain and embarrassment.
Our son has a yen for electrical sockets as well. I'm not going to say the way we discipline is easy, because it isn't. And spanking does yield quicker results. But I'm happy with the way we are doing things and very happy with how well behaved and sweet our boy is. As a pretty devout Jew and a Hebrew school teacher, I know the Bible has some quotes that can be taken at face value in support of spanking. All I can say about that is if we still read the Bible with no interpretation, women would be killed for cheating, judges would be threatening to cut babies in half, and our president could get away with sending a man to war in order to sleep with his wife.
Thanks for starting this discussion, even though it may get quite heated :)
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