Quote From: mistycFirst and foremost, I don't know these children. However, If after having a thorough mental and physical examination and there wasn't something significantly off balance they would be put out of my home.
I am a mother of two little girls, and I love them enough to discipline them. Under no circumstance do we hit, raise our voice or throw things. If you are angry then you go in your room until you are ready to be around the family again.
I love in a small town and we have 9 third grade teachers 7 of them teach "special ed". What a commentary on Amercia that we would rather label our child as mentally challenged rather than teaching them discipline.
The teenagers on the show today ore going to find it impossible to make it on there own in the world. Unless soemthing drastic happens they will both be prison inmates before they are 21.
Whether you spank or not...discipline is simply paying attention to your kids. Your comment about the spec ed classes shows because I'll bet more than 1/2 are simply kids that have been ignored or treated as another person stated, baggage. Discipline is taking time out of our busy schedule to teach our kids what they did wrong, why its wrong, that we love them and that it matters to us they are safe and following the rules. You don't believe in spanking...I do...but I don't spank for just anything...that's what happens if you've been told more than once, you're not listening, disrespectufl etc...its the big one... not because you didn't clean your room or ate the cookies after being told not to. In my life I was spanked but I dont remember it being often....and it was for imporant stuff...when my parents wanted to be sure they got my attention. It was also a swat on the butt. I know many don't agree with that today but I can take 10 of my friends that spanked and disciplined against 10 that didn't and our kids arent the ones running wild in my area.
