Comments on: Discipline vs. Abuse http://mommycity.com/michele/2008/07/14/discipline-vs-abuse/ Just another Mommy City weblog Mon, 29 Jun 2009 03:45:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: momof2girls http://mommycity.com/michele/2008/07/14/discipline-vs-abuse/comment-page-1/#comment-5 momof2girls Thu, 17 Jul 2008 22:00:41 +0000 http://www.mommycity.com/?p=50#comment-5 yeah i agree with you 2. But i guess im more of a horrible mother. I dont like spanking very much but i yell on the top of my lungs but my daughter just plugs her ears . i just dont want her to be afraid of me when she gets older from all those butt spankings. Time out, definately, doesnt do any good. What does work tho, tell her she isnt going swimming. She loves the water now and she likes being outdoors too. Whatever gets her outta the house i guess. Today, i told her to go swimming in her little pool while i ran to check something out. By the time i got across the street, adrionna was in the middle of the road while a car was coming... man, i have never ever yelled and spanked her butt that much. I told her simply to listen to what i say when i say it. I told her that she is not to go into the street, by the street, or anything like that. She should know better!!! She scared the living poop outta me.. yeah i agree with you 2. But i guess im more of a horrible mother. I dont like spanking very much but i yell on the top of my lungs but my daughter just plugs her ears . i just dont want her to be afraid of me when she gets older from all those butt spankings. Time out, definately, doesnt do any good.
What does work tho, tell her she isnt going swimming. She loves the water now and she likes being outdoors too. Whatever gets her outta the house i guess.

Today, i told her to go swimming in her little pool while i ran to check something out. By the time i got across the street, adrionna was in the middle of the road while a car was coming… man, i have never ever yelled and spanked her butt that much. I told her simply to listen to what i say when i say it. I told her that she is not to go into the street, by the street, or anything like that. She should know better!!! She scared the living poop outta me..

]]> By: Christina http://mommycity.com/michele/2008/07/14/discipline-vs-abuse/comment-page-1/#comment-4 Christina Wed, 16 Jul 2008 18:58:10 +0000 http://www.mommycity.com/?p=50#comment-4 Well, I've got to say that I agree with you on all of your points. I was definitely spanked as a child and didn't I turn out great? =D I spank my children, though not very often. Usually being put in time out for awhile or having a toy taken away will work. We live out in the middle of nothing. Grounding doesn't work for me either. What am I going to ground them from? Fresh air? It's not like they're missing out on going to a friend's house or to the park or anything. There is most definitely a difference between spanking and abuse. The way I think of it is like this... I'd prefer she remembers that Mommy smacked her for that rather than remembering the horrendous pain caused by the outlet, the knife, the road or whatever other sort of mischief she was getting into. Well, I’ve got to say that I agree with you on all of your points. I was definitely spanked as a child and didn’t I turn out great? =D I spank my children, though not very often. Usually being put in time out for awhile or having a toy taken away will work.

We live out in the middle of nothing. Grounding doesn’t work for me either. What am I going to ground them from? Fresh air? It’s not like they’re missing out on going to a friend’s house or to the park or anything.

There is most definitely a difference between spanking and abuse. The way I think of it is like this… I’d prefer she remembers that Mommy smacked her for that rather than remembering the horrendous pain caused by the outlet, the knife, the road or whatever other sort of mischief she was getting into.

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