I respect many other parenting styles, but I actually
believe spanking to be abusive.
For more on why I don't
believe spanking is a Biblical mandate, see this series on «the rod verses» from Dare to Disciple.
I feel bad for the children of people who spank I truly
believe spanking is all about you and is not to better your child.
Some parents
believe spanking is fine and it won't harm their children.
But I also do not
believe spanking them for almost touching it is a good idea.
Now don't get me wrong I don't
believe spanking is the answer to every thing.
A few told
me they believed spanking was something that would eventually become rarer as the French imported more U.S. - based parenting styles.
A parent who
believes that spanking is the only effective way to teach a young child about safety issues is not giving the child enough credit.
Not exact matches
I
believe you can love little Johnny so much you don't want to
spank him then on the other hand you want to
spank the devil out of him with a two by four.
According to Giberson and Stephens, you might be an anti-intellectual fundamentalist if you are an evangelical who: dismisses evolution as «an unproven theory»; deny that «climate change is real and caused by humans»; think that «the founders were evangelicals who intended America to be a Christian nation»; defend
spanking children;
believe in traditional roles for the sexes; think that reparative therapy can «cure» homosexuality; and / or oppose gay marriage.
Ultimately I
believe every parent needs to decide what works best for their children and their family, but to imply — as the «Likey» did on Facebook — that if you
spank your child he / she is not going to go to jail, that just seems ridiculous.
Carina
spanked her 3.5 yr old son after he made a colossal mess of her living room (don't
believe me?
That doesn't mean I
believe in
spanking for my children, because I do not.
I'm talking instead about a select group of Christians who
believe that
spanking is biblical, and it's necessary to raise godly children, whatever that means.
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believe that leaving a baby to cry it out is cruel, that
spanking is wrong, and that circumcision should be abolished.
Several moms in our survey admitted to
spanking even though they don't
believe in it, and then used their slip - up as a way to teach an important lesson: Everyone makes mistakes.
Many moms who were
spanked as kids
believe they were hit undeservedly, or out of anger or frustration.
34 percent
believe they shouldn't leave a mark, and that if the
spanking results in a physical mark, there will be an emotional one too
I don't
believe that it's ever necessary to
spank, punish, threaten, shame or mistreat children in any way.
In a recent conversation, he said that he
believes that
spanking is necessary and that he's glad he was raised to know right from wrong.
Honestly, I can't imagine any serious student of the Bible reading this and still
believing that
spanking is Biblically endorsed.
Still, beyond these two kinds of extreme situation, and over the age of about five or six at most, I do not personally
believe that smacking or
spanking are ever acceptable.
I was
spanked as a child and most of the parents I knew when my children were small
believed that
spanking was the best way to discipline a child.
There are people that still
believe that
spanking your child works.
I don't think you have to be «hard - core» AP to
believe that
spanking does NOT belong in an AP household.
Early in my parenting years, I
spanked my oldest child b / c I
believed that she needed to obey me based on certain verses in Scripture.
And I
believe in a strong nurturing side to parenting, combined with a strong discipline side — but without
spanking or timeout.
I have never run into a hard core AP believer who has
believed in
spanking.
It could be that your partner was
spanked as a child and he considers it an effective form of discipline and
believes that parents who love their children should hit their kids.
We are very kind, respectable, loving and honest people.Im a good mother, have a trying at times but great son who respects me and understands im his mother not his bff, And in my opinion the problem is ppl who do nt understand why god wants us to correct our children by not sparingthe rod... sure, some moms do nt wan na be the bad guy and «
spank» bc god forbid their kid grows up to be violent - yet today most of society refuses to
spank - and yet today we live in a world filled with so much murder, stealing, and crimes that i honestly
believe if they had parents following gods word and disciplining like they did back in the day when older generations knew what they were doing we would live in a better world.
These parents also tend to
believe in the effectiveness of
spanking or
believe the child is at fault in a given situation, the study said.
Likewise, if you do not
believe in a certain approach (like
spanking or a time - out chair), be sure to indicate that to a babysitter or early education teacher as well.
And in that moment, I wondered, had I been a parent who
believed in
spanking as an act of discipline, would I have given my son a quick swat on the back side and thought it a teaching moment?
When I was about 20 years old, I met an old pastor's wife who told me that when she was young and had her first child, she didn't
believe in striking children, although
spanking kids with a switch pulled from a tree was standard punishment at that time.
Even in the face of study after study detailing the detrimental effects of physical punishment on young children, more than ninety - percent of American parents still admit to
spanking their toddlers and preschoolers, even if they don't
believe that it is a good alternative.
My parents
believed in
spanking using their hands or belts.
Experts
believe that
spanking is not the way to go when it comes to disciplining a child and that there are effective ways all of which are non-physical that could go a long way to shape the character of your child.
But, he
believes most American families still
spank their children.
In other words, I do not
believe that parents should inflict traditional punishments such as
spanking, time - outs, groundings, or loss of privileges on their children or teenagers.
I
believe alternatives to
spanking and hitting do work for every child, but parents need to find and apply the right one.
I tried hard to not be angry when I
spanked, took time to size up the event before acting and so forth - but he was getting worse each day and not responding and when I talked to the CM she was telling me «he really needs this» and «keep it up because he's telling you he doesn't
believe you» and so forth.
The researchers
believe the study is the first of its kind to find that brief exposure to
spanking research can alter people's views toward
spanking.
Believe me, as a site owner with one of the busiest Christian dating sites on the web, it is very tempting to
spank it for all it's worth (I'm a man after all) but I know The Bible says; «and they will make merchandise of men» which makes me very wary of straying into the territory of treating Christians as numbers and a means of making $ $ $.
6» 10» 50 yrs old divorced with no kids... extremely family oriented and very affectionate... High sex drive as well... Still
believes in chivalry and treating a lady like a lady in public... But in private you will be treated like a sexy slutty woman and talked dirty to... Loves to
spank and spoil...
I'm a total bottom, into kink, sucking, getting fucked, rimming / getting rimmed, watersports, titwork,
spanking, toys, and —
believe it or not — affection.
Spanking children is also
believed to increase their risk of becoming adults who are aggressive, antisocial, and who abuse their own spouse and children.
My boyfriend
spanked him, quite hard I
believe and now he is having difficulty breathing.
Many dog owners
believe that harsh dog punishment, such as hitting,
spanking and other similar methods, are totally acceptable and normal.
In the
spanking nigelj gives me in comment 169 he says that perception is wrong, but I think many still
believe it.
I do not
believe in
spanking a child for hitting or pretty much anything with the exception of a child for whom learning not run pull away and run onto the road isn't resonnating, a one time tap on the bum might save his / her life.