Thursday, March 26, 2009
I Just Re-read My Last Post and Realized That You Might Be Wondering If I Slap My Children!
Here, I posted a family interview. If you read A's answer to the first question, you will see a phrase that says, "It's a smack in the face when you talk to me like that." It just struck (pardon the pun) me how that really sounds...and my heart tripped up for a moment. I DON'T SMACK MY CHILDREN IN THE FACE. What that means is that when my daughter talks to me in a certain tone that tweenies tend to sometimes have, she sounds disrespectful, like giving a smack in the face to authority. And I have a hand motion I do with it, like someone brushing off authority. I don't gesture and threaten to hit her! Is that clear? Please don't report me. I don't get a lot of blog traffic here, so I hope today there wasn't someone new who read the first few lines and clicked away, horrified by that first answer. yikes. proofread, Jane, proofread before publishing!
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Well...since I think we share brain waves (you, me & Classic Mama) -- I knew what you meant.
My mom did slap me once. I was being especially sassy and disrespectful and she did it for the surprise factor. It surprised me so much that I forgot about it (She keeps telling me the story) and I never did it again. *L*
It never crossed my mind to read it that way. So no phone calls to the men in white suits and butterfly nets today! :) PS - from all the "I love you" answers, I think it would be RATHER obvious that you love your children and they know it! :D
This cracked me up. Why are we so paranoid that people will think we are evil parents if we disipline our children?
I am a firm believer in spanking up to an age. Then it becomes a matter of what privalages can I take away.
I read the book "Sheparding a Childs Heart." which gives biblical examples to disipline. I LOVED it.
My mother was AWFUL at smacking me when I mouthed off. Full on face slap in the mouth. She'd also smack our heads together if we fought. Umm, yeah that was abusive!
My toddlers got the "spoon" across their bottoms if they were warned and then did the behavior again. We are now into the time-out in your room phase. They, I feel are too old for the spoon, and too young for toy removal, (they'll just find something else to play with) but time away from the rest of the family and what's going on works so well at this stage. The mouthing off hasn't come yet, and I am scared to death of it. That book I was talking about tells of working on the childs heart to change so they'll WANT to change the behavior...
I have to buy the DVD study to go with it because it's a great book.
Hang in there! We all go through moments. :)
Funny! I would never think you smacked your children in the face. But thanks for the clarification for those out there who don't know you as well as we do!
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Seems like we all knew what you were saying. But I'm sure there are people out there who would misinterpret/twist your words. Sad to say.
I'm not sure what's up with my blog lately. I'm going back to my old one for now.http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/KarenW/
you funny girl! i'd never in a million years think you were a slappin' mama! i have had these blogger nightmares too.
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