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bellajenna (853.3 days ago)
GO POOKA!
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pooka (853.3 days ago)
if you have to resort to hitting your child with a wooden spoon to get them to listen then something is wrong with your style of parenting. The problem with parenting that is based off fear of pain is eventually your children are not small and there comes a time when they are not going to be scared. What will you do then? My 15 year old is at least half a foot taller then me, I doubt whacking him with a spoon is going to be effective. Sooner or later you have to learn some other methods might as well be sooner.
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hunnybunnysmama (853.4 days ago)
I`ve never laid a hand on my daughter - she behaves just fine. There are more effective ways to discipline IMO. I`d rather teach my daughter a lesson thru punishment vs. teaching her that hitting is what you do to naughty child. It mostly leads to that child hitting others when they think they are being naughty. Kids copy everything you do! i believe hitting your child is more of a parent gratification thing because the parent is upset and loses control - not really `disciplin` My mom smacked me a few times but not on a daily basis - from what I remember it was always on vacation - haha. I just can`t imagine wanting to purposely physically hurt my child, I want to protect her from pain.
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TwinklinBrwnEyes (853.6 days ago)
On top of our refrigerator was a wooden paint stick (the kind you get when you purchase a gallon of paint) and a fly swatter they were both used to spank the holy terror out of me. I believe it was misused on some occasions but others Im sure i deserved it. I went to school with marks of a fly swatter and CPS was called out...my mom was pissed I never recv`d an appology...she felt like it was my fault she wouldn`t talk to me for a very long time =( Wooden spoons hurt, anything wooden hurts, fly swatters, hands, especially when their is so much built up anger behind it. Please choose other forms of discipline.
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abbyquiet (853.6 days ago)
when i was growing up i got spanked with a belt, only twice, but i dont see how that`s any different than a wooden spoon. i think i may have perfered a spoon actually. but i don`t think i`ll do that to my own kid. but i turned out okay.
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mommyjenn88 (853.7 days ago)
i dont believe in using an object to hit your kid with. but i do believe in spanking with your hand when the behavior deserves it. the school system here in my town still uses paddles to spank kids...but when my kids r of school age i will not allow them to paddle my kid.
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nutnut (853.7 days ago)
i was never hit with anything and i came up just fine. i dont hit my daughter AT ALL regardless of what she does. (which btw does not mean i let her run wild) I have seen kids who are hit on a regualar basis as their disciplin and they arent any better behaved imo. some of them are actually worse. anyhow, to answer the question, in today`s world its considered assault. years ago it was generally acceptable as a form of disciplin. but were supposed to learn from our parents, and grandparents and make the necessary adjustments to move forward and be better parents. that is usually after all what they want from us to do better than they did. thats what i want for mine, to do better than me.
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RobinG (853.8 days ago)
It used to be used to discipline, in my generation it was most common. (I`m 42) Belts, spatulas etc. Everyone I know has a story about it and having been hit once or so ~ today however it is assault and abuse ~
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littlemissfatty!! (853.8 days ago)
i was hit with the wooden spoon growing up and it did me the world of good, i was only hit if i deserved it and i believe i am now a better person bcos of it, i have lil brothers hu are extremely naughty thro no fault of my parents and they hav deserved it at times also, however they r now 11 and 14 and it hasnt been used for a long time as they r older and other forms of discipline r used. having sed this i wud not use it myself simply bcos i am a trained nursery nurse and have been taught many methods of discpline therefore dont feel the need to be physical but then again hu knows wot my child mite need to get the right message thro? i know if my mum is looking after my child and he is naugty she will smack him but she wudnt use anything...
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bellajenna (853.8 days ago)
i think its so stupid to hit a child with anything other than your hand , if that, you have no idea how hard you are hitting with that item and smack your self with it it hurts way bad. I wonder y its ok to hit a child but not the woman who pulled out in frunt of you. same thing right......
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