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Originally Posted by nynor
the here is gorgeous.
my three year old is giving me fits. he is really making me question my own stance on spankings.
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I found it (spankings) to be necessary on the rare occasion.
My kids grew up knowing that I was true to my word. If I told them they would get a spank the next time they repeated the unsavory activity they just undertaken they got a spank.
I can not remember the last time I spanked them, and I bet they can't either.
My wife came up with a good one for tantrums if we were out. She'd let it be the kids choice whether they got a spank or not. She'd just calmly say to them 'We can do this two ways, we can go home now all happy with smiley faces, or you can get a smack and we can go home sad. What would you like to do?' We never had too many tantrums.
Both kids grew up to be wonderful people.