Note: Please only post on this thread if you are a PARENT who refuses to EVER swat or lightly hit your kids
If that is not you, there is a debate thread here
Basically I’m looking for parents that support the idea that children shouldn’t be swatted or hit lightly for ANY reason. I support this idea, but I’m not a parent.
And I was wondering how you’d deal with toddlers in these situations:
a toddler that keeps on trying to stick things in electrical sockets, even after you’ve tried time-outs and saying NO! a lot.
a young kid who keeps on having tantrums in public if you don’t do things such as buy them a toy.
a kid that is really badly behaved in general that is rude to others and to you and you have already tried non-physical punishments. (maybe they’ve got ADD or ADHD or something)
The reason I’m insisting that only PARENTS who refuse to EVER swat (or spank or hit) their kids post here is because the last time I did it, in this thread, many people ignored me and I was still swamped with opposing views. If I can get say 5 parents who agree with this then we could have some opposing views though… sorry to control the discussion but I’m desperately in search of people who refuse to swat (or spank, etc) their kids. The reason is because I’m not a parent but I’d like confirmation that my views are practical.
This isn’t a classroom and you’re not a teacher. Why are you deja vu’ing this topic all over again? As a newbie I don’t expect you to be familar with the tenor of this board, but with all due respect you’re not going to “control” the content any SDMB discussion. That’s the job of the mods. You got several responses from people in the previous thread who were loath to physically discipline their children and gave you cogent reasons for this.
What is specifically going to be gained (in real terms) by filtering out a discussion of different viewpoints? That’s what this board is all about. A discussion about various viewpoints is how you learn and not by trying a accumulate some pseudo consensus that agrees 100% with your perspective before you proceed.
IANAModerator, but this looks like a crosspost to me. We don’t start the same thread in multiple fora here. Might I suggest you email a mod and ask him/her to close this?
Yeah, I see that now… it took me a while to wade through it. If anyone’s interested, I’ve found lots of helpful posts in that debate thread now, and I’ve got a collection of quotes here. So this thread should be closed (if a moderator thinks so).
Well I can find people who support the physical discipline of kids anywhere. I’m trying to seek out those who are against that.
But I’m seeking out the minority viewpoint… e.g. it is like trying to find flat-earthers to see how they justify their beliefs. It is easy to find those who disagree.
I only said that I supported that point of view so that people wouldn’t feel scared to fully respond because of an expectation of being attacked.
Anyway, I’m just looking for genuine-sounding ideas and testimonies. It’s obvious that non-spankers aren’t the majority.