A smack should never leave a mark (apart from maybe a bit of redness for an hour or so). If there are bruises it's not a spanking.
A spanking should not be done in anger because it's harder to control yourself.
But a smack is sometimes the only option you have to teach your child not to throw things at the cat, or stomp on the dog's paw, or put his hand on the fire/heater etc. Children cannot always be reasoned with - very young children cannot be reasoned with at all. How else are you to teach them not to do the bad things children always do as they discover their world?
A spanking should not be done in anger because it's harder to control yourself.
But a smack is sometimes the only option you have to teach your child not to throw things at the cat, or stomp on the dog's paw, or put his hand on the fire/heater etc. Children cannot always be reasoned with - very young children cannot be reasoned with at all. How else are you to teach them not to do the bad things children always do as they discover their world?
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Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read. - Groucho Marx
Stranger Slaps Screaming Toddler
- 04/09/2009 03:31:55 AM
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Hey..I'm not saying the guy did the right thing.....but I understand why he slapped that kid. *NM*
- 04/09/2009 04:02:40 AM
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Me too, but I think slapping the kid on the face is going way too far *NM*
- 04/09/2009 04:10:55 AM
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That is bad.
- 04/09/2009 04:15:57 AM
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Well first of all he was from Georgia.....
- 04/09/2009 06:03:08 AM
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The same could be said for the toddler too though...
- 04/09/2009 09:16:06 AM
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I think the imporant question is....did the slap shut the damned thing up?
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- 04/09/2009 04:18:55 AM
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- 04/09/2009 04:18:55 AM
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God help the man who slaps my daughter. Believe that.
- 04/09/2009 04:42:39 AM
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Yep. If he had slapped my kid jail might be the only safe place for him
- 04/09/2009 02:35:36 PM
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I thought hitting children was legal in the US. *NM*
- 04/09/2009 06:11:37 AM
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Spanking your child is legal...there's a big difference between spanking your own kid and this. *NM*
- 04/09/2009 06:17:25 AM
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I find spanking just as big a abuse as this... The idea of raising a child with violence...
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- 04/09/2009 08:32:08 AM
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- 04/09/2009 08:32:08 AM
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Then you would have hated my home, cause I got spanked a lot growing up
- 04/09/2009 08:45:44 AM
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Agreed.
- 04/09/2009 11:17:19 AM
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Is this a joke? *NM*
- 04/09/2009 02:44:50 PM
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No.
- 04/09/2009 02:48:17 PM
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Well, unless I'm way off base...
- 04/09/2009 04:18:01 PM
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No, it's Jojjo being her usual anti-American self
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- 04/09/2009 05:10:32 PM
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- 04/09/2009 05:10:32 PM
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Oh.
- 04/09/2009 05:33:25 PM
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Of course we do
- 04/09/2009 05:50:10 PM
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- 04/09/2009 05:50:10 PM
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O.o You're... kind of off.
- 04/09/2009 02:48:42 PM
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Well...
- 04/09/2009 02:55:17 PM
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I find that ridiculous, but maybe we're backwards and don't know it?
- 04/09/2009 03:01:08 PM
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What?! The UN said it so it's obviously true!!!!
- 04/09/2009 03:30:40 PM
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...
- 04/09/2009 03:52:05 PM
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Well, we had to declare our "War on Children", of course.
- 04/09/2009 04:09:29 PM
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Oh man, yes. The domestic children are the worst, you never know when they'll strike. *NM*
- 05/09/2009 02:49:52 AM
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If the the US would simply stop funding the UN it would go way a stop making stupid statements
- 04/09/2009 04:18:03 PM
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Spanking does not eaqual face slapping
- 04/09/2009 07:15:37 AM
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But who would spank their own child? It is abuseive and horrible!! *NM*
- 04/09/2009 08:44:56 AM
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A simple spanking is not abusive or horrible
- 04/09/2009 01:38:26 PM
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No, it's not. Properly done.
- 04/09/2009 01:44:30 PM
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Agree completely
- 04/09/2009 02:05:01 PM
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Yeah, but I'm sure you deserved what you got.
- 04/09/2009 03:42:06 PM
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- 04/09/2009 04:20:38 PM
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- 04/09/2009 04:20:38 PM
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I've been threatened. Threatened, I say! With bodily harm.
- 04/09/2009 04:25:36 PM
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Well, yeah.
- 04/09/2009 04:43:45 PM
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Are you saying yes or no to spanking?
- 04/09/2009 03:55:27 PM
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o.o
- 04/09/2009 04:24:20 PM
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Re: No, it's not. Properly done.
- 04/09/2009 03:41:15 PM
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Re: No, it's not. Properly done.
- 04/09/2009 03:52:48 PM
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Re: No, it's not. Properly done.
- 04/09/2009 04:05:18 PM
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This isn't black and white. I was spanked as a child (with a hand) and I don't consider it abusive. *NM*
- 04/09/2009 02:51:26 PM
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I agree with you you. That's why I set up a punishment schedule that doesn't include spanking.
- 04/09/2009 04:04:52 PM
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Re: Huh.
- 04/09/2009 04:07:11 PM
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If you ever make them read Goodkind, I'll report you to the authorities! *NM*
- 05/09/2009 10:14:41 PM
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That man would absolutely get my fist in his adam's apple if he touched my child. To start.
- 04/09/2009 09:24:58 AM
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I'd have slapped the parent instead
- 04/09/2009 11:56:31 AM
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Better to let the child scream...
- 04/09/2009 12:00:12 PM
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The kid can scream all it wants, the parents are still getting slapped though
- 04/09/2009 12:05:36 PM
679 Views
buh... I'm speechless. That guy would be one dead mother fucker if he hit my kid
- 04/09/2009 03:28:49 PM
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