BiblicalAtheist ;c-10111929 said:
That's why I think spankings or a good ass whooping is discretionary. Spanking absolutely did not work on my oldest, didn't phase her one bit. Redirection worked better. My youngest had the attention span of a goldfish and so grabbin up her foot and givin it a little slap brought her back to reality. Idk if I could/would ever beat one of my kids, I always thought if they did something heinous I would do it.
But the thing is your children have not been beat or even strongly physically disciplined and they've never don't anything heinous enough to deserve it in your opinion. You managed to make that happen without beating your kids.
We've both spanked my daughter in her younger years, but we fairly warned her that the shit was coming and she gambled on our sincerity. Cool, keeping acting up in class, you will get that spanking you were promised.
At the age of 10, we don't have to do that. She already knows. She also already understands the hypocrisy in corporal punishment. What I'm supposed to beat her for putting her hands on someone at school? It's not even logical.