Posted on 05/17/2007 10:55:00 PM PDT by Tom87
Misleading head line. He paddled a child, who is now a woman.
If only my dad had used ping pong paddles. What a blessing that would have been.
Ms. Scott’s father has a lot of explaining to do about why he didn’t go to police and press charges against this “preacher”.
Agreed. Very Misleading.
If she’s a hottie....NOT GUILTY.
Never mind, she was only 10 at the time. For making a stink about it now, she needs to be spanked.
2- Only parents should spank, and 10 is way too old for it.
3- Many spankers enjoy a sexual aspect, which makes them pseudo-pedophiles. And don't think that the child isn't instinctively aware of this... often consciously too.
Talk about cruel and unusual punishment !
I recommend an immediate ban on ping pong paddles.
I used to get the leather belt from my dad and the wooden spoon from my mom.
I have a 14 yr old, grounding does not work, restrictions do not work. The day I told him I would bring the house down around him, really got his attention, pronto. I do not tolerate lying, period. Fortunately for him, I did not have to do it, because he is bigger than I am. Since grounding & restrictions do not work, what do you suggest? I have considered grass drills, but DSS would surely be on their way.
What the hell? Where do you get this stuff, Opra?
Bummer with the out of control teen behavior.
When our first child was an infant, my wife and I attended a Systematic Training for Effective Parenting STEP course at our church. The behavior control techniques worked well, even many years later when they returned home as college students.
Perhaps this book is available at your local library.
God Bless and best wishes,
OLA
Call in the SWAT team on this one?
I now wish I had logged each time I was spanked by sister whats her name...I bet I wouldn’t need to worry about retirement funding....!!!
You really ought to lay off the dime store psychology books. Or are you implying that parents who spank are closet pedophiles? Gimme a break.
At some point menaingful discipline almost always takes on a physical form. Used sparingly, spanking is an effective means of establishing boundaries which otherwise would be ignored.
It is not a source of pleasure for the one administering the punishment.
It is not necessary for all children, but many.
I'm a great-grandpa.
I have seen what works and what doesn't, and most parents who have never spanked their child don't have to tell me. Better a swat on the butt now than prison later.
(Great-)Grandma would argue that no child is too old to spank--and none of the 'kids' push that--at any age.
“Scott said her father pulled her out of the small private Christian school the next day and enrolled her in public school. She said she now has nightmares about the incident.”
Public school did that to me, too.
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