OMG! That is so very funny! lol I do not spank my girls. Trust me there are times when I feel like it but we do timeouts and we have the fun little "talks". They hate talking about what they did more then anything! lol I would have loved it if all my parents did was talk to me!

-- Edited by KatzPomDogz at 13:14, 2005-09-13

I've seen that before, it is STILL funny...

LOL..........that's funny

I rarely spank but i will if my son does something really bad.  I think i spank him once every 3 months..........lol  And i agree with Paige, it's just a swat.  When he was little and i'd spank him, he'd laugh at me!

haha, thats hilarious! i would have loved if all my parents did was talk to me.  but no...i got to stand in the corner for a designated amount of time to "think" about what i did...and then we got to talk about it! man, i used to hate standing in the corner...i would have prefered just talking!

Me I spanked my kids when it was necessary but that was not all that often. the fact that they knew they would get it was uaually all it took. Then again they also knew hitting mom was a BIG mistake and one they never wanted to make. My kids were always well mannered and well behaved for the most part and got good grades. Should it be any other way? As for in public lol nope never did that but there was always the "do we need to take a bathroom break" comment that usually did the trick. I remember one time my oldest sone was going through a phase of being disrespectful in school and really embarrassing me every time I had to get called to the office about him. Principle said I had to sit in his classroom for the day and monitor his behaviour so I did one better. I went alright but put on my bath robe house slippers and curlers in my hair and sat there that way. he he! Fixed his butt but good. Told him every time he imbarrassed me I would be back and I might even have cold cream on my face next time and give him a big old kiss when I got there. NEVER had another problem with him again. he is now 16 yrs old 6 ft 4 inches tall and an honour student with his own car. He is extremely well mannered and teachers pet. He still remembers the robe and curlers and says that while he was imbarrassed he thought it was an interesting approach.

I have been teaching my girls calming down techniques. My oldest, Makaylah, who is almost 6 now used to be horrible about her attitude and just plain got disrespectful and when we would buckle down on her she would throw the worst tantrum you ever saw, I got the whole "I don't like you mommy", "I want to move out", "You are a such a boy" (loved that one! lol)major fits. We then started teaching her that she was NEVER going to get her way unless she was a nice calm girl and treated mommy and daddy nicely. We taught her when she gets angry to go sit on her bed and count on her fingers to 10 and if she needed to do that a few times that was okay. We also taught her to close her eyes and take deep breaths to help calm herself down. Then we sit and have a nice "big girl" talk about the way she was acting and about what she wanted. Sometimes she still cannot get what she wants but until she calms down I won't explain to her why. She has gotten much better about asking why she can't have what she wants before a fit comes on and there is usually a good reason. Also, we make her apologize to not only me or her daddy but also to anyone who had to listen to her throw her fit. That only takes a few times in a store or restaraunt. Her whole attitude about being nice and having respect for us has really changed alot. Sometimes you will be talking to her and tell her that she cannot have something and she just walks into her room without saying anything and comes out and is ready to talk again. We hardly ever have a fit with her anymore.

  We are teaching Caitlyn the same thing. She is 3. She has already started learning how to do the calming down techniques and we are working on having the "big girl" talks. Sometimes, I will go in and ask if they are ready to talk and they will say no. So I leave until they call me, saying "I ready to talk now", things have gotten much happier around here since we started that.