Family Forum / Parenting / Spanking / May 2006

Four dees and a gee.
Doan, Doug, Dodge, Denial and of course Greg.
What are they dodging?
Why this simple question:

is it a good idea for children to be raised by
felons.................weeeeeeeeeeell, now, that depends on the sex of
the felon and the part of the country................several
northeastern states think that it is a good idea for felon moms to keep

Ive read this website that was provided by another poster in this
group. The website says, among other things,  that lots of people
recall their grandparents spanking them even if
their parents never did. How can grandparents spank? How can they be

       I have posted before about refusing a highschool paddling, and
once somebody mentioned this to me, you could not even go in to get the
paddling. As I understand paddlings take place in the office. If youre
in highschool and you are called into the office to get a paddling ...

Doan likes to post his rationale for spanking being equivalent to cops
using their batons....etc.
You'll notice the use of Taser, another of his claims that we,
non-spankers, PREFER be used on children.

http://www.palmbeachpost.com/politics/content/state/epaper/2006/05/02/a11a_xgr_l
egbox_0502.html
" ...
Corporal punishment could soon become a third-degree felony under a bill
approved by the House 86-27. Rep. Nancy Detert, who is sponsoring HB

...the actual rate of child abuse is of far greater magnitude than is
official reported.
That child abuse of all kinds is under reported and when reported under
investigated is a fact.

I don't know who you are, and I don't particularly care.  I thank you
for opening up a new venue for dialogue on teaching, paddling, and
discipline.  Your posting style is interesting, and is so open for response.
LaVonne

I'M GOING TO KILL MYSELF TODAY UNLESS SOMEONE CALLS ME AND TALKS ME OUT OF
IT. 1-661-444-1661 MY NAME IS SCOTT.
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... that the belief in and use of CP is alive and well and growing, best
get a little shot of reality.
http://www.cheo.on.ca/english/pdf/joint_statement_e.pdf

On Wed, 17 May 2006, 0:-> wrote:

We started spanking our 12 and 14 year old daughters six months ago
after deep discussion and thought.
It has proved a highly effective form of discipline, which has
generated positive behaviour improvements in both girls.

Maggie, Lil' O, Greegor,  Who what where??   Anyone else as confused a
I am about these people/person??  And where is Doany boy??  He seems t
be MIA.  Could it be he's thrown in the white Towel?
Someone help me sort out these Characters LO

the dirty secret is mental cases get into psychology to figure out why
they're so f.cked up...........then some of them then think they're
cured enough to straighten out everyone else's
problems...........what's wrong with you becomes more important than

Is there a "Zen position" on punishment?
Some make the distinction between "punishment" and "correction"....
Certainly as a kid "punishment" never convinced me of the error of my
ways...punishment only reinforces my will, my sense of self and