Do you believe in good old fashioned discipline for children?

Most definitely I do! The older ways are the better ways, not just for the parent but also for the child. The child learns quickly that if they mess up you will be upset and you will punish them for what they have done or said.

I actually just thought about this. I tried watching comedians from thirty years ago. Before that I watched documentaries (many of them) about 50-100 years ago.

Our kids are pathetic weaklings who don't know how to care for anything. Compared to how children were treated, our children do not know the meaning of the word pain. "Oh, my cell phone won't work." "I'm bored".

Just kick your kid outside on his butt and leave him with a stick or a tree for a few hours. And if you even try to whine about ants or bugs, you can just stay right out there with them.

I even visited Europe a few years ago. Our teenagers and young are sticks compared to the dangerous and frightening youth of England. I sat across the room from a bunch of skaters in Oxford who were all sitting at a table cussing their hearts out about how they wish they could go to "bloody america" and that they could "do whatever they want" here.It's a total lie.

The youth have more power and education in England than they do in America. They are enhanced in everything. Except looks.

If anything, our children should be going (not to military boot camp) but to England for a change of mind. Careful students! They might understand what morals and values are on the way!

As a parent, I have spanked my children on occasion. It was not often, mostly when the child breeched a safety issue or one of utter disrespect for others. It was not often.As a preschool teacher, I learned about positive reinforcement and I began to use it not only in the classroom, but at home.

Over the past 10 years, I have learned how to teach children to have good behavior. It works, now I would never need to resort to spanking, it is all about teaching a child. I have even recently written a hub about it!

The main thing is it works!

Violence as a means to discipline children will only teach them that violence to discipline others is okay, meaning that if someoen say something bad to them, they'll punch, if someone does something they disapprove of, they'll punch.

Yes, I am taking the view a tad extremistic there.

I see every child as a person. Younger, smaller than the ones we usually deal with, but a person nonetheless. One capable of reason, one capable of being taught and being punished and disciplined without violence.

I can hardly believe it's still allowed to spank children in the USA and many other parts of the world. In Finland we have had an antispanking law since 1984.

Sometimes I do,But a child can be discipline with out a rod too just take things away. But, I know where your coming from.

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