Reply #97: I'm a mom of a 10 y.o. and parenting is "always" a tough gig ...

[ElectroPrincess]

I never used corporal punishment other than forcibly putting my daughter in her room for "time out."

Oh gosh, does she have a world class temper, i.e., just like her mom. Yeah, you reap what you sow. <eg> However, it's a lack of patience, creativity and imagination to default to spanking as a first resort.

My "nerves" would have, in the short term, been better served by spanking her, but longterm, it's figuratively a loaded gun that comes back to your child as emotional detachment and an increased tendency for their future idealization of Authoritarian solutions to problem solving, i.e., just beat the sh*t (bomb um) out of THEM until they bend to OUR will.

The parent who physically abuses their child as a first resort is contributing to the degradation of society. That child LEARNS that the only way to subdue a person is through physical force.

Besides, I'm blessed to have made the right decision to NOT spank my child because she earned her Novice Black Belt a few months ago in Tae Kwon Do Karate. She's just 10 y.o. Although I am determined to guide and discipline her appropriately, I don't even consider using corporal punishment to achieve these goals. Well DUH. <snicker>