How did your parents discipline you when you were a kid?

[emarie803]

 I was spanked. Then I'd be grounded and have privilages taken away.

[Sus79]

 Wow! I can´t belive so many of you got spanked  My parrents never layed a hand on me or my sisters, we got our privelegdes taken away, a stern talk, or got sendt to our rooms, and we alway knew when no ment NO! I don´t see any reason to slap/spank or hit a kid in anyway, and if I see any one do it in a store or on the street, I´ll try to step in or report it to the police.

[bumblebby]

I don´t see any reason to slap/spank or hit a kid in anyway, and if I see any one do it in a store or on the street, I´ll try to step in or report it to the police. 

Really? That surprises me. I would never report a spank on the bum to the police, besides it is not against the law here (Canada). I would think the police would think someone was wasting their time to report a spank on the bum. Now if I saw a child getting beaten, say with punching I surely would call the police. Is spanking illegal in your country?

I see nothing wrong with a spank on the bottom. My mother had 5 kids (4 girls, 1 boy) and she would take us all grocery shopping or to the library at the same time and we did not act out, run around or yell. We knew better. My teachers always reported to my parents how well behaved we were in class. Being disrectful to a teacher simply did not happen in my family. I am stunned when I hear how some kids act in school nowadays.

[koala1966]

 Wow! I can´t belive so many of you got spanked  My parrents never layed a hand on me or my sisters, we got our privelegdes taken away, a stern talk, or got sendt to our rooms, and we alway knew when no ment NO! I don´t see any reason to slap/spank or hit a kid in anyway, and if I see any one do it in a store or on the street, I´ll try to step in or report it to the police.

You might not believe in spanking, and I can respect that, but that doesn't make it wrong.  What would be wrong is to interfere with another parent disciplining their child in the manner they see fit.

Anyway, spanking is in the Bible, and that's good enough for me.

Proverbs 23:13-14 (New International Version)
13 Do not withhold discipline from a child;
       if you punish him with the rod, he will not die.  14 Punish him with the rod
       and save his soul from death.

[Queen Mum]

Today the ''discipline" I got would be definite child abuse.   

There is a big difference between giving a kid a swat on the butt and beating them with a board.

[Mommybruno]

My mom was a spanker, but my dad was worse...he'd go on and on and on with his disappointment speech until I was practically begging for a spanking! Never made me feel guilty, just bored.

I was hard to discipline, as my mother loves to tell me. She'd say, "Stop that or you're going to bed!" and my response would be, "Eh, I'm tired anyway."

My fave story is when I was about nine months old, maybe a bit older. I was in a walker, and determined to stick my finger in an outlet. My mother kept smacking my hand and telling me no. She swears I was biting the inside of my baby cheek to keep from crying, stubbornly trying to electrocute myself. My Dad was like, "Just move her!" That battle of wills between my mom and me lasted for some years!

[4peasinourpod]

My fave story is when I was about nine months old, maybe a bit older. I was in a walker, and determined to stick my finger in an outlet. My mother kept smacking my hand and telling me no. She swears I was biting the inside of my baby cheek to keep from crying, stubbornly trying to electrocute myself. My Dad was like, "Just move her!" That battle of wills between my mom and me lasted for some years!

omg...you just described my 5 year old

[Mommybruno]

My fave story is when I was about nine months old, maybe a bit older. I was in a walker, and determined to stick my finger in an outlet. My mother kept smacking my hand and telling me no. She swears I was biting the inside of my baby cheek to keep from crying, stubbornly trying to electrocute myself. My Dad was like, "Just move her!" That battle of wills between my mom and me lasted for some years!

omg...you just described my 5 year old

You have my sympathies, LOL!

[Firegems]

 My parents believed if you needed a spanking you got one. But very rarely did we actuall get a spanking because we knew that if we pushed to far we would get one.

I have used that method on my son and very rarely does he ever push me to the point of actually having to tap his butt.

There is a big difference in disciplining your child with a tap on the butt and being abusive about it.

[baltoscrapper]

 I didn't really get in trouble. My brothers tortured me enough to count as punishment! LOL!

When I did get in trouble, I got the stern "talking to" and about how disappointed my mom was with me for whatever I did. I was a "pleaser" so disappointed them really hit me hard. I guess that was enough.

[carrie123]

 My parents never spanked us...we knew the boundries of what we could and could not do or say. Not like kids today. If we were told to behave, we behaved. I think some parents try too hard to be "friends" to their kids and in turn the kids have no respect for elders or their parents.

[Flapdoodle]

I don´t see any reason to slap/spank or hit a kid in anyway, and if I see any one do it in a store or on the street, I´ll try to step in or report it to the police. 

Really? That surprises me. I would never report a spank on the bum to the police, besides it is not against the law here (Canada). I would think the police would think someone was wasting their time to report a spank on the bum. Now if I saw a child getting beaten, say with punching I surely would call the police. Is spanking illegal in your country?

I see nothing wrong with a spank on the bottom. My mother had 5 kids (4 girls, 1 boy) and she would take us all grocery shopping or to the library at the same time and we did not act out, run around or yell. We knew better. My teachers always reported to my parents how well behaved we were in class. Being disrectful to a teacher simply did not happen in my family. I am stunned when I hear how some kids act in school nowadays.

   Oh, do NOT get me started.
I truly belive that it's because of people who get into other people's business concerning disciplining their kids that today's kids are so rotten!

Not ALL kids need spankings, as some of here have said. But THERE IS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BEATING AND SPANKING.

I'm telling you, I hate going into stores anymore because people let their kids act like little animals. So many kids are not being taught manners and are not getting the discipline and guidance they NEED to grow into decent adults.

Yes, SOME people take it too far and beat their kids. THEY should be punished for it, not the rest of us. 
(Sorry Sus, but that really got my hackles up)

[scrapmomma02]

 Oh gosh I was grounded alot  when  I was growing up. I kept all my letters from middle and high school and went back one day to read them. almost every single one of them had something to do with being grounded.  But I also got spankings when I did things wrong

[Flapdoodle]

 You know what the worst part about getting a spanking was?

I totally HATED being sent to my room to WAIT for it.  ACK!!! The spanking itself wasn't so bad. The wait was. 

[Flapdoodle]

 Okay---who're the two peeps who chose "Michael Jackson"?? *LMAO!* 

[bumblebby]

I'm telling you, I hate going into stores anymore because people let their kids act like little animals. So many kids are not being taught manners and are not getting the discipline and guidance they NEED to grow into decent adults. 

You work in a store, don't you? I can only imagine what you see!

Lack of manners is quite evident to me these days. I can not tell you how many times I have had a teen right in front of me open a door and let it close in my face. Granted, I am fully capable of opening a door myself. As far back as my memory goes, I was holding the door for adults. You did a quick check over your shoulder to see if someone was there and held the door for them.

Don't get me wrong, I do know some wonderful teens. It just seems there are more without manners than with.

[Sus79]

 Wow! I can´t belive so many of you got spanked  My parrents never layed a hand on me or my sisters, we got our privelegdes taken away, a stern talk, or got sendt to our rooms, and we alway knew when no ment NO! I don´t see any reason to slap/spank or hit a kid in anyway, and if I see any one do it in a store or on the street, I´ll try to step in or report it to the police.

You might not believe in spanking, and I can respect that, but that doesn't make it wrong.  What would be wrong is to interfere with another parent disciplining their child in the manner they see fit.

Anyway, spanking is in the Bible, and that's good enough for me.

Proverbs 23:13-14 (New International Version)
13 Do not withhold discipline from a child;
       if you punish him with the rod, he will not die.  14 Punish him with the rod
       and save his soul from death.

Well it says in the Danish law that you are not allowed to raise your hand upon a child, and that you can be punished with prison if you do! So in my country it is wrong to physically punish a child. And I truly belive that there are better ways to disiplin your/mine/our children, JMO

[bumblebby]

Well it says in the Danish law that you are not allowed to raise your hand upon a child, and that you can be punished with prison if you do! So in my country it is wrong to physically punish a child. And I truly belive that there are better ways to disiplin your/mine/our children, JMO  

Laws can and do differ from country to country and I can respect that.  

[TraciL]

 I was just talking about this the other day with friends and all 3 of us were spanked with wooden spoons!  I can never look at my wooden spoons without thinking about the time my mom broke one on my behind!  I also agree with what Laura said about spanking.  My boys just laugh at me when I spank them DH says I am not doing it hard enough, but it hurts my own hand and then they laugh and I give up.  But grounding or taking away privilages seems to work wonders with them.

My mom broke a wooden hair brush on my butt.  I am not saying I didn't deserve the spanking - they only did it if I did.  My Dad made her use her hand after that because he wanted her to know how hard she was hitting - (so it wouldn't get out of line)My last spanking was in 7th grade - my Dad had to leave work to come and get me at school and when he drove up I was in the waiting doorway part with my coat open (it was winter in WI) and when we got home he spanked me because he said that if I was sick enough to come home then I shouldn't have my coat open.  that one I think was ridiculous, but the others in my life were justified. :)He is way different with his kids now (17 & 13) I'm 43.  I don't think he has ever spanked them.  And let's just say that imo they could have used it.  What kind of child doesn't show up for his father's 70th birthday party (16 at the time)  I thought that was extremely rude.  They talk back to him and tend to be disrespectful and very opinionated for children.

[Flapdoodle]

 I can respect laws. But I still stand firm on my beliefs, too.

I'd never BEAT a child. Never. But if all else failed and I thought they needed it, I'd have no problem giving them a smack in the arse to get their attention and let them know I'm not kidding.