Actually, as the nationwide experiment had clearly demonstrated, tasering is the preferable method for both gaining control, as well as administering a quick jolt of discipline.

I've wanted to spank a lot of other parents kids in public.

HAMMERTOE: Mrs.Sharpier: The link is up thread. But thanks for trying.

I trust what I see more than all the rationalistic skullduggery of a scientist or doctor with an agenda.

Oh Hammertoe, she is "Sharpier" than you LOL. And yes adorable, in a self riteous, youthfully smug, attention whoring way. *sigh*

This thread, much like every cucumber in your mother's fridge, reeks of fish.

umad: LOL. Yeah, "get so frustrated that you (sic) only resort is spanking your kid" isn't making a negative sweeping generalization at all. Nobody is saying that spanking is the only option. Nobody is saying they do it because their kids frustrate them. Only you. You are no better than the people you are belittling. Adopting a holier-than-thou tone doesn't make you right, so STFU.

Are you a parent? I only ask because I used that characterization from a place of experience. There's been plenty of times where I have been exceptionally frustrated with my child and the thought has crossed my mind.

I'm sorry if my experiences as a parent have upset you so. Would you like to share some of your experiences as a parent so the class can evaluate your response in a given situation? Or did you just come in the thread to mock/troll?

Because we're having a surprisingly good discussion on this subject, and I'm going to have to spank you if you want to continue farking it up.

Edward Rooney Dean of Students: Two things: One, it's the most "efficient/immediate" form of punishment for severe situations; and two, we were forced to abandon logic long ago concerning our child. And I'm only half kidding.

Which is why I re-iterate that every parent is different and every situation is different. Spaking is a tool in parenting that some people choose to use. To state that it is "necessary" is as equally invalid as stating it's "never an option." I understand that it makes sense to you, and that's cool. It still doesn't make sense to me logically, so I'm not going to do it.

I've never had to spank my child to prevent him from doing something that might immediately cause him pain, I just stop him from doing that, reprimand him, and explain that he's not allowed to touch...the stove, for instance. He grasps the concept of "hot" he knows that the stove is hot, coffee is hot, and Daddy's beer is hot (it's not, but he's not allowed to touch it). He knows that "hot" means "no touch" he also knows that he's not allowed to touch fans, for instance. I've managed to instill this knowledge and behavior in him without spanking, so I'm happy with that. I'm going to keep doing it as long as it works.

Like I said before, I think everyone needs to farking lay off everyone's parenting. There's a lot of really shiatty parents out there, and if you're involved in this discussion, you're probably not one of them. I think we all, spankers and non-spankers alike need to unite and fight against the truly bad parents...

Homosexual couples.

SkunkWerks: Thunderpipes: This is not debatable.

Then you've brought your observation to the wrong place.

Yes it is!

No it's not!

Yes it is!

Thunderpipes: This is not debatable.

Then you've brought your observation to the wrong place.

Mrs.Sharpier: BobDeluxe: There's a whole bunch of this in here:
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And it ain't the kids.

cruel and unusual forcing of a fat kid onto a little wagon.

let me clear that up:

Now Johnny, I want you to go sit in the corner and have a time out to think about how smothering your baby sister with a pillow was wrong.

Mrs.Sharpier: Why don't you go play with your toys and let the grown ups talk okay?

While this definitely sounds like the sort of phrase a responsible, intelligent and mature parent might use, context is kinda important here...

Whoa, whoa, whoa. Slow down. See, that's the exact opposite of what happens. No one ever disciplines their kids in Wal-Mart, which is why it's a headache-creating hell hole. Kids screaming, running around, and crying, while their overweight mother stumbles through the aisles like the retarded fat hog she is.

Mrs.Sharpier: I'd rather he have a sharp mind than a dull one.

Adhere less to absolutes, then.

Mrs.Sharpier: I'm gobsmacked at the stupidity of so many posters in this thread. Do you ever read? Ever?

They hear only the sound of their own voices. They're psychotic farkwits because their parents were psychotic farkwits -- and they aren't intelligent enough to recognize or break the cycle.

My advice to you is not to waste your time talking to them more than is absolutely necessary, unless for your own entertainment.

Mrs.Sharpier: we USE WORDS.

Do you think he will learn to use them as spitefully as you in time?

The Homer Tax: mongbiohazard: Spanking a 3 year old when they need it is simply smart.

You think a three year old really understands what's going on if you spank them? Really? Like, you stated that they don't have the ability to reason, but that they can contemplate that you hurt them because they were doing something wrong and they shouldn't continue doing that or you will hurt them again? Also, that they have the self control to stop? Doesn't that invalidate every reason you said that you shouldn't talk to them?

If it's only to startle them and to get their attention, saying "Hey!" in a loud and forceful voice is just as effective. Seriously, has anyone ever seen a kid throwing a shiat fit in public, their parent spanked them, and the kid stopped? Has anyone ever actually seen a situation where spanking a kid made things better and not worse?

If you're at the point where you're so frustrated you need to spank your kid, you've already lost.

You are why America fails.

Public spanking parents are honest and forthright parents. It is what happens only in private which people hold to be shameful.
I spanked my kids when they were little, when they defied me or deliberately disobeyed instruction given for their safety. Haven't had to do it since they were smallish, but it has remained on the table as a possibility. Most of the time, words work, but it helps when your teenager is defying you openly to remind him that while you value his opinion, his opinion is taken as the opinion of one with feelings but not wisdom, and he will be unlikely to sway your opinion with it, and if he raises a fist in anger, you'll throw him an extremely loving beating for it.

Calms them right the hell down.

Children are not people, they're potential people. People are cooperative social creatures. Some humans are simply not people, and should not be treated as if they were. It's a parent's job to make sure they raise people or kill their own children before they harm others. And eat them.

Mrs.Sharpier: ParanoidAgnostic: Mrs.Sharpier: Ah yes, spanking, when you're too stupid to use words.

How exactly do you reason with a 2-year-old who wants to stick his hand in the stove?

Pick them up and move them away from the stove. Tell them that "IT'S HOT"

You seriously would farking hit a toddler? Tie your tubes.

You're adorable

I called my mother a "puta" when I was around 5 years old, in a bank, max volume. She finished her business, walked me to the car, and slapped the shiat out of me. Never cursed at my mother again.

Spankings worked on me!

James F. Campbell: Spanking doesn't work, but please -- don't let a little thing like reality interrupt the coming fauxstalgia wank.

The man cited an article. Must be right. Let's move along, the wank has ended.

/spanking is a tool to be used in parenting
//just make sure it's not your only one or it won't work

he spanked YOU??? YOU???? BART SIMPSON????

One out of 4 parents spank their kids in public, but when I spank kids I get called a 'pedophile' and parents chase me off with a shotgun

/not really

Spanking doesn't work, but please -- don't let a little thing like reality interrupt the coming fauxstalgia wank.

I support spankings, public or otherwise.