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Idleness as a way of parenting.
I couldn't agree more. I run an award-winning web site for kids, Inkless Tales, at www.inklesstales.com - endorsed by the ALA, the Encyclopedia Britannica, and RIF - heavy hitters - and the site is all designed for learning - but the site is all rigorously tested first. By kids. For fun. My own kids? We have ''do-nothing'' days. Lots ...
Posted to Family by inklesstales on April 21, 2009
Spare the Rod
This article is ridiculous. I was spanked as a child and also spanked my children of whom are all grown now. I have never been violent with anyone or anything and my three kids are the same. None of them would hurt a fly and have all grown into very well rounded strong successful and loving adults with no mental problems. As a matter of fact, ...
Posted to Family by CINDY3575 on September 26, 2008
It's all in the delivery
Concerning the topic of beating your kids, I'm absolutely against child abuse. But when the child is physically disciplined because he has disobeyed his parents, that is assuredly the best way to go about things. If a parent's first reactions to an infraction is to merely lash out abusively against the child, that type of behavior will only serve ...
Posted to Family by gooner19 on September 26, 2008
Why you shouldn't hit your kids
You people should spend more time trying to find alternative sources of fuel, creating jobs, and scientifically fixing our economy. What a joke you are. Why don't you scientists spend time figuring out why scientists think everything is and should have a scientific answer, instead of ruining the rest of the human race with your crazy and worrisome ...
Posted to Family by gdtogo69 on September 26, 2008
I'm not buyin' what you're sellin'...
Some may believe that it has been ''scientifically proven'' that spanking doesn't work, but not this little girl. I am exhibit A... When I was young, I got spanked a couple times and smacked in the mouth one time when I talked back to my mother. Let me tell you what... that was enough for me. I was a good child all the way through my teenage years ...
Posted to Family by spreeanne on September 26, 2008
Absurd
I find the document ridiculous. It doesn't have quotes nor does it have any supporting ''scientific'' evidence for the argument it makes. Along those lines, an alternate punishment for children isn't even suggested. I'm inclined to believe the information came from dubious sources. In the simplest terms... I have not been won over. No, I'm not an ...
Posted to Family by Torene on September 25, 2008
Hitting your kids
First and foremost, this article isn't about science. The key aspect about the scientific method is being able to reproduce results, not collect statistics. Any subject matter pertaining to human beings involves far too much variance in too many variables. Science can NEVER prove that hitting your kids is bad, nor can it EVER prove that not ...
Posted to Family by Parsa on September 25, 2008
What "Science" Is This Exactly?
I wonder if these purported ''scientific studies'' on the ineffectiveness of corporal punishment on children are taking socioeconomic and cultural implications into consideration. I would imagine it's a lot more common for upper middle class and upper class parent's to forgo hitting their children than it is for lower-middle to lower class, ...
Posted to Family by Pariah on September 24, 2008
Re: Hitting with your hand is fairly useless
I got spanked when I was a kid, not all the time, just every once in a while. I tuned out perfectly fine. I never dropped out of school or even got suspended. I never got arrested. I never drank or did drugs (not before I was in college anyway). I don't remember getting spanked by hand, but I definitely remember my mom spanking me on the bare ass ...
Posted to Family by Pariah on September 24, 2008