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[headofapin]

Why is spanking your kids so frowned upon? I don't get it. Of course there's a limit. You can't beat your kids, obviously, but a little spank when they've been bad? I don't see how that's going to mess them up.

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[headofapin]

I think so. Do you?

And the same goes for those who get all hysterical about people who have their kids on those cute leashes. It's not like they're just using a dog leash, good Lord. Sometimes they can be necessary.

[headofapin]

I'm surprised, but happy to hear it. I've mentioned before, to others that I think spanking is sometimes necessary, and get reactions like I've just said it's okay to burn them with red hot pokers. And no, you can't. And so sometimes they need to be spanked, so they're made clear that what they did was very wrong.

I wasn't a terror, but I was still spanked a couple times when I threw tantrums, and after that, I didn't.

[have_no_mercy]

Because society has changed. It's more important for other people to think you're a good person than it is for you to think so yourself. We've put our personal value into the hands of the general public and it's making us paranoid as a whole.

[headofapin]

That's dumb. I'm not going to let my kid act like a brat because my method of discipline might be frowned upon. Sometimes it's necessary.

[have_no_mercy]

I don't disagree, but these days that's minority thinking. There's a reason an entire generation was raised with an overdeveloped sense of entitlement.

[headofapin]

I think it's ridiculous. It's like most parents these days are scared of their kids.

[just_nurseannie]

I don't get it either, I've only had to spank my son a few times but he's gotten the message and is perfectly behaved now.

[headofapin]

I got spanked when I was a kid. I think it did me good.

[just_nurseannie]

I think it did me good as well, my mother used to threaten to hit me with a wooden spoon and usually all she had to do was open the drawer and I would behave.

[headofapin]

Daddy just had to give me a look. I was spanked twice, and had my mouth washed out with soap once for swearing. And I'm a good girl now.