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On some levels I agree with you...
having raised 3 kids to adulthood... but I'm still not a fan of spanking.
My kids had to taste everything on their plates and if they didn't like it, I didn't make them eat it. My mother was the President of the Clean Your Plate club and consequently my sister and I BOTH have had issues with our weight. I managed to get mine under control but both of us (my sister and I) have raised our children far differently than we were raised and neither one of us have overweight children. 2 of my boys are Marines, the 3rd an art student, all are physically fit and active with healthy appetites, making healthy food choices. I think there are extremes on both sides of the fence. My kids did not live on supplements and I tried really hard to make meals that were healthy and I knew they would eat.
Wish my mother had been as thoughtful.
Signed,
The woman who spent many a night sitting at the table with liver and onions in front of her until bedtime because she wouldn't eat it.
posted by
tinkerbitch
on June 14, 2008 at 1:53 PM
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This is so true! It is sad to say that we as parents really have no rights as to how our children are raised. I cannot understand how a person can say if you spank or ground a child, hes traumatized or bruised. When I messed up my butt got wore out, and the only ill memory I have of it was being stupid enough to get in trouble in the first place!! If I didnt like what was put on the plate in front of me, I ate it or went hungry. No wonder todays kids are so messed up.
posted by
MississippiRebel
on June 13, 2008 at 10:10 PM
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Hello...
Children will turn their cute little noses up at some things and say they don't like it when they haven't even tried what is offered. One of my little girls, didn't like anything unless her older brother liked it. LOL How cute.
All my children are raised now and they are now raising their own children. It isn't easy, but oh so rewarding! I must have done something right, because I know they love me deeply as I love all of them.
I brought you a picture. LOL
Now, don't you agree the chick has grown? Enjoy the pic. 
posted by
jacentaOld
on June 13, 2008 at 10:06 PM
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TV is the bane of civilization
I think the advertisements are the main reason that I threw my tv away
It's been 8 years and I'm not going back unless a service is provided in which I can have commercial-less programming and not have to pay for stations that are not in my language nor of my interest like sports and awful awful network news for example
That's another thing I hated about tv Network news broadcasters, they all look and act like cookie cutter versions of some arch-type molded after an over done up transvestite Good god the jewelry and the make-up and those outfits! Ugh!!
I could go on but I'm done spoutin' off for now...
posted by
mysteria
on June 13, 2008 at 8:00 AM
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The last time I spanked my kids (now older teens)
Was when one was hitting his friends in preschool. I was smacking him on his butt and saying "NO HITTING!!" and realized how contradictory that sounded!! We made it through early childhood, teenage years fine with time-outs and groundings and making them appologize to those they offended with letters and in person. It really made a difference. They are respectful kids. I've worked with abused kids and Moms and its not a pretty picture. A smack on the tush to get attention is not a "spanking" in my eyes. Spanking is a pre-meditated form of physical authority which unfortunately gets passed from parent to child with sometimes tragic consequences.
posted by
gapcohen
on June 13, 2008 at 6:25 AM
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In some states, to teach your kids you have to be a certified Teacher. Imagine what spanking can do! You can lose them to the system!
posted by
Soul_Builder101
on June 12, 2008 at 8:47 PM
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I couldn't have any ice cream if I didn't eat everything on my plate. LOL
posted by
shelly_b
on June 12, 2008 at 6:04 PM
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I know what you mean!
I remember telling my mother once that I didn't like whatever it was we were having for dinner. Let's just say I never made that complaint again! My parents always taught me to he happy to have any food at all and to eat everything on my plate.
Kids these days get away with too much. Their parents are pushovers.
posted by
Jemmie211
on June 12, 2008 at 5:53 PM
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Hey, do me a favour, will you? Go read some of my stuff. I haven't had one single new comment all day! Didn't we just talk about that yesterday on the phone? lol!
posted by
lovelyladymonk
on June 12, 2008 at 4:23 PM
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