FAMILY MATTERS! DISCIPLINE


Does physical discipline teach kids violence?


Can physical discipline inadvertently reward kids for bad behaviour;
that is negative attention is better than no attention?


If you do, should we use bare hand or object?
Who should perform discipline?
Are there times to delegate?


A community raises a child, does that mean that they should discipline them as well?


Your thoughts...?

Posted by nix on Wednesday, November 11, 2009
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  1. Some of you may have already seen this (I included it in last weeks notices), I came across it while "surfing"...hope I'm not committing any copyright infringments ...

    The questions it raises - is where have we gone wrong? I'm still scared of my mom (i.e. I have a really healthy respect for her). My mum just had to touch her slipper for me to fall into line (and I can only remember her spanking me with it once anyway). So why don't my kids have the same healthy respect for me when it comes to discipline?

    I can't help blaming the sad influence of TV on kids today and the very sad lack of disciple and respect that teachers are able to command.

    I say bring back corporal punishment, bring back conscription - there was nothing wrong with how my generation was bought up!


    "THE DRUG PROBLEM (www.appleseeds.org)

    The other day, someone at a store in our town read that a methamphetamine lab had been found in an old farmhouse in the adjoining county and he asked me a rhetorical question, "Why didn't we have a drug problem when you and I were growing up?”

    I replied: I had a drug problem when I was young: I was drug to church on Sunday morning. I was drug to church for weddings and funerals. I was drug to family reunions and community socials no matter the weather.

    I was drug by my ears when I was disrespectful to adults. I was also drug to the woodshed when I disobeyed my parents, told a lie, brought home a bad report card, did not speak with respect, spoke ill of the teacher or the preacher, or if I didn't put forth my best effort in everything that was asked of me.

    I was drug to the kitchen sink to have my mouth washed out with soap if I uttered a profane four-letter word. I was drug out to pull weeds in mom's garden and flower beds and cockleburs out of dad's fields. I was drug to the homes of family, friends, and neighbors to help out some poor soul who had no one to mow the yard, repair the clothesline, or chop some firewood; and, if my mother had ever known that I took a single dime as a tip for this kindness, she would have drug me back to the woodshed.

    Those drugs are still in my veins; and they affect my behavior in everything I do, say, and think. They are stronger than cocaine, crack, or heroin; and, if today's children had this kind of drug problem, America would be a better place.

    God bless the parents who drugged us."
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  2. If you see a child misbehaving in a shopping centre, what would be the best course of action:
    1. Tell the parent/s you think the child is rude and a poor reflection on them
    2. Congratulate the parent/s on raising a "terrorist"
    3. Give them your condolence
    4. Ask them where does the child this behaviour from?
    5. Smack the parent and tell them because of child abuse you have to make the guardian responsible
    6. Walk away quietly and just say a pray for the parents.

    So what would you do?
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  3. There is nothing wrong with giving a child a hiding. Just a few things to mention:
    1) If you hit your children too often it will lose the impact of the hiding and become meaningless. If you hit your child more than 10 times in the lifetime of the child, it will probably have a negative effect.
    2) Never hit a child when you are angry. Count to 10 first. Make sure that the reason for the hiding warrants a hiding. If this is going to be one of the 10 hidings in the child’s life, is this issue serious enough, or are you just having a bad day?
    3) Never threaten a child with a hiding and not do it.
    4) Don’t say “wait till your father gets home”. If you are the mother this statement will get the children not respecting your authority.
    4) Encourage teachers to give your child a hiding in front of the child so the child knows the teacher has the authority.
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