verb (used with object) to strike (a person, usually a child) with the open hand, a slipper, etc., especially on the buttocks, as in punishment.
I got the idea to write about spanking because I saw the horrific video of Judge William Adams beating his disabled daughter for downloading a game onto their computer. If you haven't already seen the video, feel free to do so. I warn you it's brutal, inhumane and completely disgusting. I had a hard time watching it and I refuse to post it on my blog. Along with watching the video I heard some opinions on the issue of spanking. Some people are absolutely against any form of violence, hitting, tapping, etc to their children. Others thought a light tap here and there was appropriate. Finally, some thought that while the judge went too far, hard spanking often was appropriate.
Of course my thinking is right in the middle. I don't agree with using spanking as a regular form of discipline. However, I do think it can be the only way to get your child's attention at times. It's a last resort form of punishment in my eyes. I'm not opposed to it at all. I was spanked as a child and I turned out fine. I didn't become an aggressive person with violent outburst. The couple of times I was spanked, must have been for something extreme. Honestly, I can't remember why I was spanked those couple of times, but knowing my parents it was a last measure to reach me.
Whether you spank your kids or not, to each his own. I don't have kids, so realistically I can't say if I will or won't spank them, but I do know the difference between an attention grabbing swat, and a full on beating Judge Adams.
EMM
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