Spanking a child?
Answer:
I don't get angry. I just think..."wow, finally a parent has the balls to discipline their kid."
However, I do get angry when I see a child sprawled out on the floor screaming to the top their lungs and their parent is just standing their trying to reason with them.
I also get angry when I see a five year old telling their parent that she hates them because her mother asked her to stop running in the store or told her "NO" for whatever reason.
It makes me even more upset when a child is climbing on a shelf or doing something that could get them injured and their parent doesn't notice because they are either on a cell phone, or completely oblivious that their child has actually wandered off.
I also get very upset, when someone's child is running like a manic through the store and you almost hit them with a shopping a cart, and then their parents have their nerve to get mad at you.
See, there are alot of things that make me angry when I go to the store, and a parent disciplining their child the way they see fit isn't one of them. Actually, the lack of discipline, in whatever form, bothers me a lot more.
I get upset. I saw a Mom whack her child at the mall twice and I almost got security. It's usually parents who have no help or resources, and the stress gets too much for them. There's other more productive means of discipline.
When I see just a swat on the butt, I think, How sad that they don't understand that is not the best way to disiple and that it must be frustrating for them when they are frustrated and that's all they know how to resort to. I feel it is also very humiliating for a child to be hit in front of others. They are embaressad. However, I saw a guy dragging his son by the ear once and he was like six foot five and I'm five two and I actually told him to stop. I don't know what i was thinking. Thank god his wife steped in and was just as mad as I was and then I walked off.
I am a believer in spanking. But I often get disturbed with the spankings I see in public. Often the parent is angry (and sometimes appears a bit out of control)and is lashing out at the child. It is hitting not spanking.
I am a Mom and I appreciate the efforts of these parents to control their children in public (I wish more parents would care about this)--but I think it is often making a scene and not being done in an effective way. Although if a child is doing something like grabbing at stuff a couple of swift swats might be appropriate at times.
But I also think that spanking a child in public is usually unduely embarrassing to them. A couple of times my Mom haurled me into the ladies room and gave it to me on my bare fanny. I would not dare do that --afraid I would be arrested or some officious intermeddler would get involved. So if behavior gets to that point it is "Do you want a spanking?" and then..."ok I owe you a spanking"
I think...right on a parent who knows how to maintain control.
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