I recall our pediatrician telling us that once in a while it was appropriate. He warned us that the first slap on the rear end was for the child. Any more was for you.
I think I spanked my daughters twice. Total.
They are fine.
But spanking is not hitting, nor is it whipping, or using blunt force.
There are a lot of people who don’t know the difference.
Growing up we got the ‘belt.’ My father’s leather belt against our bottoms.
I still remember my father lining up six kids from oldest to the youngest where some crime had been committed and the truth had not been revealed. He held his belt in two hands, folded over, and he snapped it as he walked up and down our line demanding the truth or else. We stood there quivering and some with tears in his or her eyes while we waited for the dirty-deed-doer to confess. The tension he created was much worse than the actual belt touching the edge of our pj’s or nightgowns as my father would let it loose like a whip to hit at our calves. Much worse than a spanking was my father’s deep disapproval and coldness. I would have traded for a spanking any day than to face his intentional silence.
He warned us that the first slap on the rear end was for the child. Any more was for you.
But spanking is not hitting, nor is it whipping, or using blunt force.
There are a lot of people who don’t know the difference.
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