tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-368780622846996625.post4840610229112603570..comments2023-03-22T04:54:02.245-07:00Comments on Ask Millie and Mollie and Maggie and May: Discipline 101Sivahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14049230194162270066noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-368780622846996625.post-6993042058196508582010-10-03T18:35:12.518-07:002010-10-03T18:35:12.518-07:00"You aren’t trying to beat them into submissi..."You aren’t trying to beat them into submission; you’re trying to get their attention. If a pop on the behind doesn’t work, don’t hit harder – try something else."<br /><br />Oh how I wish someone had told my parents this. I was still recieving "spankings" up until I was 14 or 15 with tools ever increasing in size and pain. You'd have thought I would have learned my lesson--they did. I didn't though. All I learned was that I was NEVER going to do that to my kids. Does that mean I don't ever spank? No, not at all. I have, and I am sure I will again--but in the context you provide--and only as a last resort not a first one.bethhttp://pollyannapickles.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-368780622846996625.post-75362585028100333052010-09-20T10:18:04.841-07:002010-09-20T10:18:04.841-07:00Ditto to Brianna. I can count on one hand the tim...Ditto to Brianna. I can count on one hand the times I spanked, but they are burned into my memory. I STILL don't know whether or not I'm happy with myself for spanking - or if my kids understood why I did it.<br /><br />I'm glad you addressed this. I keep thinking I'll write about spanking, but I just couldn't get up the nerve. I honestly believe that spanking is part of the parenting complex, but question every time I've spanked. <br /><br />Thanks, Millie - you are a sister!molliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03894607486959806135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-368780622846996625.post-87173616912695582112010-09-20T08:27:51.082-07:002010-09-20T08:27:51.082-07:00I must admit, when I read the title, my heart thud...I must admit, when I read the title, my heart thudded a bit harder with dread. I am an advocate of spanking as one of the tools of discipline, and have been told that it is not only abuse, it is SEXUAL abuse and I should be ashamed of myself. Not knowing your take on it, I was a bit apprehensive clicking on over to the article.<br /><br />You did a GREAT job touching on spanking without making a big deal out of it. Even better, you offered up some really good alternatives to spanking! <br /><br />Thank you!!<br />~BriannaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com