Where do you think the line is...

Originally Posted by Blaze Master

don't be an idiot, people can raise their children how they chose.

No, they can't. Thankfully beating the shit out of your kids because you're an idiot isn't favored by the law or CPS.

Originally Posted by DuplicatePie

No, they can't. Thankfully beating the shit out of your kids because you're an idiot isn't favored by the law or CPS.

i didn't say anything about "beating the shit out of your kids" i'm saying if somebody wants to smack their kids when they get out of line that is their own choice.

If I got out of line, I got put over their knee and was on the receiving end of 1 swift and forceful wack. It taught me the age old lesson that every action has a reaction. I don't condone beating the shit out of your kid, but I do condone somehow showing your kid that actions have consequences. I was a kid at one time...thats what I'm basing my opinion on. No kids. Yet.

Single Dad, 51 raised two kids, one boy one girl. When we grew up people spanked their kids, I hated it so chose not to ever spank my kids when they were growing up.. There are other ways to disapline your kids. Taking things away, grounding them etc. The problem today is people are not spanking their kids they are kicking the shit out of them. Starving them, locking them up in rooms for years at a time. The guy on the tv whipping the kid over and over for not catching the ball should be locked up period and when let out never be allowed to be around another child ever. If people that commit any type of child abuse were made to register like sex offenders we would not see repeat cases as much.

Originally Posted by neosapien

If I got out of line, I got put over their knee and was on the receiving end of 1 swift and forceful wack. It taught me the age old lesson that every action has a reaction. I don't condone beating the shit out of your kid, but I do condone somehow showing your kid that actions have consequences. I was a kid at one time...thats what I'm basing my opinion on. No kids. Yet.

this is what i was talking about when i said "with in reason"

Originally Posted by Blaze Master

this is what i was talking about when i said "with in reason"

Yeah, I should note such events probably totaled only 3-4 times in my entire childhood. Because I learned not to do stupid shit.

You discipline the kid when he has been repeatedly disrespectful or out of line after giving them warning,not when they are incapable of doing something you wanna see out of them,you have to teach them in a manner that is constructive and positive, then they will learn over time.I have a 6 yr old brother who ive been there for since birth,so I have this experience of my own to draw from.

I used to get the dreaded 'you have until the count of 3' or I would feel it by mom. Dad would just ignore me.

my history teacher would pull/drag us by the sideburns. I spat on him when he was chalking the blackboard once!

apart from that we all nose where the line is.