Comments on: Spanking: do ya or don’t ya? http://selfishmom.com/2009/11/19/spanking-do-you-or-dont-you/ Sat, 13 Mar 2010 15:44:03 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Carey Kirkella http://selfishmom.com/2009/11/19/spanking-do-you-or-dont-you/#comment-4754 Carey Kirkella Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:22:21 +0000 http://selfishmom.com/?p=4664#comment-4754 When I was still in diapers my mother gave me a little pat on the bum because I kept trying to touch the hot stove. Apparently I was shocked by this and so I immediately fainted. I never got spanked again!<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('4754','Carey Kirkella'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('4754','Carey Kirkella','When I was still in diapers my mother gave me a little pat on the bum because I kept trying to touch the hot stove. Apparently I was shocked by this and so I immediately fainted. I never got spanked again!'); return false;">Quote</a></div> When I was still in diapers my mother gave me a little pat on the bum because I kept trying to touch the hot stove. Apparently I was shocked by this and so I immediately fainted. I never got spanked again!
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]]> By: Amy http://selfishmom.com/2009/11/19/spanking-do-you-or-dont-you/#comment-4750 Amy Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:51:19 +0000 http://selfishmom.com/?p=4664#comment-4750 <a href='#comment-4748' rel="nofollow">@always home and uncool</a> - OMG, that's the funniest thing I've ever heard! Like keeping a little doll in the closet to step on.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('4750','Amy'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('4750','Amy','<a href=\'#comment-4748\' rel=\"nofollow\">@always home and uncool<\/a> - OMG, that\'s the funniest thing I\'ve ever heard! Like keeping a little doll in the closet to step on.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> @always home and uncool – OMG, that’s the funniest thing I’ve ever heard! Like keeping a little doll in the closet to step on.
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]]> By: Amy http://selfishmom.com/2009/11/19/spanking-do-you-or-dont-you/#comment-4749 Amy Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:49:58 +0000 http://selfishmom.com/?p=4664#comment-4749 <a href='#comment-4747' rel="nofollow">@chefdruck</a> - Thanks! I think they edited out all the parts where I said "Um..." and stumbled. :-) Everybody's day just go better in EVERY way when I stay calm. So I try to count, walk out of the room, take deep breaths. Doesn't always work, but I'm getting better.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('4749','Amy'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('4749','Amy','<a href=\'#comment-4747\' rel=\"nofollow\">@chefdruck<\/a> - Thanks! I think they edited out all the parts where I said \"Um...\" and stumbled. :-)\r\n\r\nEverybody\'s day just go better in EVERY way when I stay calm. So I try to count, walk out of the room, take deep breaths. Doesn\'t always work, but I\'m getting better.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> @chefdruck – Thanks! I think they edited out all the parts where I said “Um…” and stumbled. :-)

Everybody’s day just go better in EVERY way when I stay calm. So I try to count, walk out of the room, take deep breaths. Doesn’t always work, but I’m getting better.

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]]> By: always home and uncool http://selfishmom.com/2009/11/19/spanking-do-you-or-dont-you/#comment-4748 always home and uncool Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:46:53 +0000 http://selfishmom.com/?p=4664#comment-4748 Marinka and I apparently didn't rattle you enough before your big debut. Curses! As for discipline, now I just go downstairs, flip on the Wii and beat the snot out of my kids' Miis in boxing. My skill rating is WAAAAAY up. Cheers.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('4748','always home and uncool'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('4748','always home and uncool','Marinka and I apparently didn\'t rattle you enough before your big debut. Curses!\r\n\r\nAs for discipline, now I just go downstairs, flip on the Wii and beat the snot out of my kids\' Miis in boxing. My skill rating is WAAAAAY up.\r\n\r\nCheers.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Marinka and I apparently didn’t rattle you enough before your big debut. Curses!

As for discipline, now I just go downstairs, flip on the Wii and beat the snot out of my kids’ Miis in boxing. My skill rating is WAAAAAY up.

Cheers.

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]]> By: chefdruck http://selfishmom.com/2009/11/19/spanking-do-you-or-dont-you/#comment-4747 chefdruck Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:38:04 +0000 http://selfishmom.com/?p=4664#comment-4747 Amy, I think you did a great job on the show. You came across as articulate and considerate as a parent. I've spanked before, as a last resort, in times of danger, when nothing else seemed to work. But the next day, I pulled out my parenting books to find other solutions.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('4747','chefdruck'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('4747','chefdruck','Amy,\r\nI think you did a great job on the show. You came across as articulate and considerate as a parent. I\'ve spanked before, as a last resort, in times of danger, when nothing else seemed to work. But the next day, I pulled out my parenting books to find other solutions.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Amy,
I think you did a great job on the show. You came across as articulate and considerate as a parent. I’ve spanked before, as a last resort, in times of danger, when nothing else seemed to work. But the next day, I pulled out my parenting books to find other solutions.
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]]> By: Amy http://selfishmom.com/2009/11/19/spanking-do-you-or-dont-you/#comment-4745 Amy Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:24:47 +0000 http://selfishmom.com/?p=4664#comment-4745 <a href='#comment-4744' rel="nofollow">@Susan at Working Moms Against Guilt</a> - I agree with you. My kids love to bust me. If I hit them I would lose all credibility trying to teach them not to hit. But a few times, I've grabbed my son, squeezed his shoulders, and said through clenched teeth "You're SO lucky I don't hit."<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('4745','Amy'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('4745','Amy','<a href=\'#comment-4744\' rel=\"nofollow\">@Susan at Working Moms Against Guilt<\/a> - I agree with you. My kids love to bust me. If I hit them I would lose all credibility trying to teach them not to hit. But a few times, I\'ve grabbed my son, squeezed his shoulders, and said through clenched teeth \"You\'re SO lucky I don\'t hit.\"'); return false;">Quote</a></div> @Susan at Working Moms Against Guilt – I agree with you. My kids love to bust me. If I hit them I would lose all credibility trying to teach them not to hit. But a few times, I’ve grabbed my son, squeezed his shoulders, and said through clenched teeth “You’re SO lucky I don’t hit.”
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]]> By: Susan at Working Moms Against Guilt http://selfishmom.com/2009/11/19/spanking-do-you-or-dont-you/#comment-4744 Susan at Working Moms Against Guilt Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:09:22 +0000 http://selfishmom.com/?p=4664#comment-4744 I don't spank. It's really hard to teach your kids "we don't hit" when, well, we hit them. But I have tried spanking a few times. It didn't work.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('4744','Susan at Working Moms Against Guilt'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('4744','Susan at Working Moms Against Guilt','I don\'t spank. It\'s really hard to teach your kids \"we don\'t hit\" when, well, we hit them. But I have tried spanking a few times. It didn\'t work.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> I don’t spank. It’s really hard to teach your kids “we don’t hit” when, well, we hit them. But I have tried spanking a few times. It didn’t work.
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