Relax and smell the pretty flowers, Sir Dudley and Karma! It’s a beautiful day, the first day of summer! Gif is just a little kid-griffin with imperfect motor coordination….
Well said sir. I am not the one to use force on my kids. My daughter has grown up as a happy, intelligent, caring person raising her young daughter well, and my son is a well adjusted, smart 9 year old who shows others respect and courtesy. Correction is necessary, hitting is not.
The spanking criterion in my family was basically “If you’ve just done something that could harm yourself or someone else, that needs to be stopped immediately.” Ex, running into the street. That got an open-handed swat on the butt.
My parents were staunch believers of corporate punishment and were unsparing at it. My father was a no good drunk ( who is long dead and thank goodness for that), my mother a fascist co dependent who only cared to run the house and home as if a complete dictatorship. Their definition of me behaving properly was to be meek, mild and made as miserable. The home I grew up in, was nothing more than a mine field, no matter how careful I watched my step, I was still in danger of getting badly hit. No matter how well behaved I was, even more so than my pair of siblings put together, I was still singled out as the bad one of the family. They went as far as sending me to some greedy unethical psychologist who only cared to have gotten paid for telling them what they want to hear, so they can keep themselves convinced that I was, not themselves, who was being the problem. What good that came out of it all, at best nothing at all. When I took the online spiritual and self improvement program, those who were once alcoholics, drug addicts, had engaged in risky behaviour in order to make themselves feel alive, had been in violent relationships, etc., etc., they all had just about one thing in common: they had been abused as children in the name of corporate punishment.I have seen how parents physically punished their children. They as frequently had administered more severe than they would admit. Far more often than not, it wasn’t so much over what wrong the child had done, it’s the grown up’s own anger and frustration, and they just had to take it out on their flesh and blood, at even the slightest opportunity their young one was “out of line”. Some would claim how young people are out of control. They themselves must have been the real test of faith to their own parents. Those who claimed how they had been spanked when they were younger, and they were fine, are just fooling themselves. Along with it the desensitized attitude towards those who had adversely affected and the begrudgement towards those who do realize there are alternative equally effective forms of discipline. For some who complained their children are so hyperactive or being a problem, as it turned out they had certain issues of their own, of which they willfully projected at their child. A child’s ability to do good, to possess the conscience, to realize their actions and to take the responsibility could never be underestimated. There’s no need to instill them with intimidation and fear, nor along with having to live in a menial and submissive manner, and negotiate themselves around someone else’s might as right . After all, they are NOT stupid whipping under aged idiots who need to be put in their place and learn to stay in it. Otherwise we continue to curse ourselves to live in the world that is filled with strife, misery and corruption, taking what better future we do deserve.
Sisyphos over 8 years ago
Relax and smell the pretty flowers, Sir Dudley and Karma! It’s a beautiful day, the first day of summer! Gif is just a little kid-griffin with imperfect motor coordination….
Aslan Balaur over 8 years ago
Well said sir. I am not the one to use force on my kids. My daughter has grown up as a happy, intelligent, caring person raising her young daughter well, and my son is a well adjusted, smart 9 year old who shows others respect and courtesy. Correction is necessary, hitting is not.
Stephen Gilberg over 8 years ago
Why are they peeking in the window? That’s not cool.
Jayneknox over 8 years ago
The spanking criterion in my family was basically “If you’ve just done something that could harm yourself or someone else, that needs to be stopped immediately.” Ex, running into the street. That got an open-handed swat on the butt.
Josh Rebich over 8 years ago
Put on your swimsuit and sandals again, Karma.
MaJolie over 8 years ago
My parents were staunch believers of corporate punishment and were unsparing at it. My father was a no good drunk ( who is long dead and thank goodness for that), my mother a fascist co dependent who only cared to run the house and home as if a complete dictatorship. Their definition of me behaving properly was to be meek, mild and made as miserable. The home I grew up in, was nothing more than a mine field, no matter how careful I watched my step, I was still in danger of getting badly hit. No matter how well behaved I was, even more so than my pair of siblings put together, I was still singled out as the bad one of the family. They went as far as sending me to some greedy unethical psychologist who only cared to have gotten paid for telling them what they want to hear, so they can keep themselves convinced that I was, not themselves, who was being the problem. What good that came out of it all, at best nothing at all. When I took the online spiritual and self improvement program, those who were once alcoholics, drug addicts, had engaged in risky behaviour in order to make themselves feel alive, had been in violent relationships, etc., etc., they all had just about one thing in common: they had been abused as children in the name of corporate punishment.I have seen how parents physically punished their children. They as frequently had administered more severe than they would admit. Far more often than not, it wasn’t so much over what wrong the child had done, it’s the grown up’s own anger and frustration, and they just had to take it out on their flesh and blood, at even the slightest opportunity their young one was “out of line”. Some would claim how young people are out of control. They themselves must have been the real test of faith to their own parents. Those who claimed how they had been spanked when they were younger, and they were fine, are just fooling themselves. Along with it the desensitized attitude towards those who had adversely affected and the begrudgement towards those who do realize there are alternative equally effective forms of discipline. For some who complained their children are so hyperactive or being a problem, as it turned out they had certain issues of their own, of which they willfully projected at their child. A child’s ability to do good, to possess the conscience, to realize their actions and to take the responsibility could never be underestimated. There’s no need to instill them with intimidation and fear, nor along with having to live in a menial and submissive manner, and negotiate themselves around someone else’s might as right . After all, they are NOT stupid whipping under aged idiots who need to be put in their place and learn to stay in it. Otherwise we continue to curse ourselves to live in the world that is filled with strife, misery and corruption, taking what better future we do deserve.