Should you beat your kids

[david1833]

Ran across this while surfing the internet, http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=beat

[PIKE]

The problem with hitting/spanking your kids now is that they will take your kids away from you and give them to someone else that will beat them/molest them.

[erikwithak86]

One of the basic principals of psychology, behavior that is reinforced will be repeated. Give your kids what they want when they whine and cry and throw a fit and they'll keep doing it. Beat that ass and it will stop.

[Bell]

Once upon a time, long, long ago, my 4 year old son got his "mean" on in K-Mart one day. I don't know where it came from or what caused it but he was in a fighting mode and talking sure wasn't gonna fix it.

Everytime I looked away he'd be gone. He was getting into stuff, pulling things off the shelves and pushing for the toy aisle. About the third time of this nonsense I popped him on his butt and told him to knock it off and settle down. He took a swing at me!!! Hmmm....

I looked at my wife and told her this shit had to stop. I'm smarter than a 4 year old kid. It was one of those days that beating the hell out of him wasn't gonna work and conversation was stupid.

I went all over that store looking for the biggest meanest man I could find. Found one and offered him a deal. I offered him 20 bucks to pull something off for me. He started laughing and told me to keep my money. He'd do it for free just to see how it worked.

I went back to my family and sure enough, the kid is gone. I peeked down the toy aisle and there he was in the floor surrounded by toys he'd pulled off the shelves. I found the sasquatch and told him it was time. I hid around the corner and got ready. That man came around the other corner and saw my son. He immediately started screaming and yelling and charged right at the boy. The man was yelling at the kid about what the hell he thought he was doing? Pulling toys off the shelves and messing the store up. The kid was terrified. I ran down the aisle and pushed the mean man away, scooped up the kid, and started saying it's okay little guy. Dad's here now. I told the guy to leave the kid alone and go away. The guy kept yelling about toys in the aisle etc. I went back to momma and handed the kid over. He was catatonic. He vanished in her skirt.

I went back to the guy and helped him get all the toys back on the shelf. I offered him the twenty but he turned me down laughing and saying I'll bet that boy won't ever do anything like that again. He said that was one slick trick mister. You send the bad guy in and then dad saves the day and is the hero. Gonna have to remember that one.

That boy never wandered in the store again. Ever.

[PIKE]

I like it, may have to try it.

[zanshin]

I used to tell co-workers I'd get a van with a sign that said "Beat Your Kid - $25" on the side. Then when they threatened them, it would be to call me. You can only imagine the change in a kid looking out the window and seeing a van with that painted on it pulling into the drive.

[bg]

The whole Maddox site is filled with awesomeness.

[JoBa]

An old English adage; "Spare the rod, spoil the child."

What I believe is the state should keep their regulations and laws out of how people elect to raise their own children. I also believe that what a child does, reflects on it's upbringing.

Parents should be allowed to beat the shit out of their kids if they want, or coddle them as much as they want, but they should also be fully liable for the conduct of their children's behavior.

Unfortunately, none of the above will ever be possible. The state has a law or regulation that controls every aspect of how you raise your children. As a parent, you are little more than a puppet of the state.

When you see an out of control child or adolescent, it is little more than a reflection of the polices of the state, it has nothing to do with the parents or their parenting abilities.

-John

[Rocket1972]

Don't hit my kids. They do push ups, site ups and run laps. It works. If they refuse I take iPads, tv etc. Problem solved.

[bg]

Don't hit my kids. They do push ups, site ups and run laps. It works. If they refuse I take iPads, tv etc. Problem solved.

This is why parents--and not the State--should determine how to discipline their children; parents know what works and what doesn't under their own roof.

[Purple]

My youngest used to wander off in stores like that, too, no matter how many times we told him to stay with us. One day I got tired of it when we were at a Home Depot, so went out and moved the car from where we had parked and then went back into the store looking for him. I found him and laid back where I could watch him but he wasn't aware of me being there. After awhile, you could tell he'd missed me and so started looking for me. He couldn't find me, but I was still keeping an eye on him as he went out to see if I had gone to the car.

No car; no Dad.

The panic mode was in full swing as he came back into the store and started running around looking for me. I was still watching him as he started crying, and a couple of store employees stopped to try and help him.

I then showed up and asked him, "Where did you run off to? I told you to stay with me. You could've been hurt or kidnapped or something!"

He never left my sight again whenever we went to a store, mall, event, etc...and now we chuckle over it.

Purple

[P-Chop]

As an adoptive parent, I have signed agreements outlining how my wife and I will discipline our children. Russia says: "No corporal punishment". Domestic says: "No corporal punishment under 1 year of age".

We do what works which is different for each child. 1-2-3 Magic worked great for our daughter, but she has pushed the envelope and gotten a smack on the bottom. That hasn't happened in years though. I can usually just ask her if she wants to spend a little time in her room with no play, and she fixes herself. My son........I can already tell that he is going to be a tough one. At 17 months, timeouts don't phase him and a swat on the diaper doesn't illicit the type of response you'd expect. I can tell that in a few years, he is going to outweigh and tower over me. Gonna have to get extra cans of pepper spray and a stun gun (kidding, so don't report my ass).

[zanshin]

Hard to imagine a little Caw-Cawww growing up and running amuck. Please document on-camera, it's bound to win big money on America's Funniest Videos