Do you still believe in Corporal punishment?

[gloryseeker]

Originally Posted by StMark

I had to run out to the car to get something and heard
the 3 yr old screaming across the street. He was rolling on
the grass throwing a horrible temper tantrum, yelling at
his Father, making demands. It was a site to see !!!

The thing that struck me was the Father's reaction.
He just acted very docile, tried to appease the child,
reason with him,and basically let the kid act out and control
the situation.

Are many Parents today afraid of their kids?? If that was
my father or mother they would have tore by butt up
no Qs asked.

I recently talked to a parent in my church and was
astounded at their liberal views of corporal punishment.
i think they might have read too many Doc. spock books??

I'm not advocating abuse or always whippin' on a kid
for anything, I'm mostly talking about Kids who have
been allowed to take over the household by way of
manipulation


your thoughts on this

I have two girls (now 19/17). By the time they were two people in our church would come to us and tell us that if we ever needed a babysitter they would gladly watch our children.

We would actually have strangers come up in restaurants and tell us how good our girls are. We have always been consistent in what we say. Our girls learned early what the rules were. The first time they were told, the second time punishment was coming. The result was that we rarely had to ever spank our girls or discipline them in any way. They knew their was no messing around.

We also never "child proofed" our home and never had things broken. Can't say the same when other from the church would visit and bring their kids.

I can honestly say I have never had a problem with either girl. They made a decision not to date and are believing the Lord to bring the right man into their lives. They enjoy their parents and want to be around us. While my oldest decided to go into a ministry internship and is presently finishing her first year. My younger daughter has decided to follow in her sisters steps and will be going into this same ministry internship next year.

I have found that those who don't discipline their children don't do so because they are more interested in how they feel then how their children will turn out. Pastor Rick Renner of the Good News Church of Moscow preached an excellent message on how a person who will not discipline their children actually don't love them.

Anyway...and sorry for being so long -- discipline works!