Reply #215: ok so with this post [View All]

[seabeyond]

i am going to take you at your words. surely you are not suggesting we pass a law on this. you know parents who spank and it is not abusive. you were spanked and it is not abusive.

you dont think it is the ultimate in child rearing

i agree. i dont spank either. my boys and i talk, a lot. i told my mom years ago, because my parenting is to convince them, that it behoves them, to adopt certain behaviors, it takes longer for me than the parent that just spanks. but ultimately the reward is, as they grow older, the will have such a solid foundation within themselves because all these years they had to take within and reflect

this parenting is tons harder, and tons more patience and tons more time. but i feel it is worth it. you cannot pass a law on this. if a person does not get this, they will not be able to teach the child. the best we could do is say they cant have kids.

and i cannot decide my way is the only way. i personally like it. another will not. i see things my brothers kids have over mine, with his totally different parenting.

there is a higher in all things. even in a spanking