Originally posted by: Wingznut
"thousands of generations of children" were raised to be racist. Does that make it the best option???
I'm not sure that anyone in this "hippy lovedfest" is saying that those parents failed. I'm just wondering why hit your kid if you don't have to?
Well, now that the drugs I'm on have worn off, maybe I can state my point a little better (By the way, never mix oxycodone and crabmeat together).
Spanking your kids teaches them negative reinforcement. It teaches them that are unpleasant consequences to their bad actions. I do not agree with beating your kids, actually injuring them. That's a line that shouldn't be crossed.
"Time out" doesn't work for everyone. I remember people getting paddled in my school. Did it stop their bad behavior? Not always. Did it work for some kids that "time out" did not work for? Yes.
Talking things out doesn't always work, because most children aren't very logical. It depends on the kid. Some kids can tell that what they did was wrong. Other kids want to set fire to everything.
My point is that you can't just say that spanking is always wrong anymore than you can say that talking things out is always wrong.
When I was little, the two were part-and-parcel.