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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
But what do we do instead?
This is the problem .. if you were raised by parents who spanked you, in the heat of the moment (and believe me, raising kids is ALL ABOUT living in the heat of the moment) what do you do INSTEAD? We learn our parenting strategies from our parents very early .. like before-we-can-even-speak early, and we are required to deal with our own ...
Posted to Family by ariel4thou on September 24, 2008