Peaceful parenting
I don’t know about you, but it seems to me that a worldview without suffering is not a view of the world we live in. Raising them to live in a different world might make parents feel good, but I don’t think it’s not responsible. People can go on and on, asking why God doesn’t prevent earthquakes (though can you prevent them?), but the fact is that there are earthquakes. People suffer cold in the winter, and they suffer from heat in the summer. That’s the world your children live in.
Those who think that raising peaceful children means never spanking them should consider how the Amish raise their children. They raise them not only to be peaceful, but to be forgiving, even when a gunman seizes their classroom. But they don’t raise them without spanking them.
June 7th, 2007 at 8:20 pm
I believe in disciplining in love, and in my house that sometimes means spanking. Different behaviors demand different consequences. I believe in spanking for things such as direct disobedience, and stupid things that could potentially kill them like running out in the road. We very rarely have to spank after they are around 4 because by then they understand action/consequence. We also use taking away privledges, time out, early bed times, extra chores, and other things depending on what the offense and who the kids is. Kids are all different and they all deserve to be treated as individuals, even with discipline