To spank or not to spank

In today's society we have a generation plus of unruly children and a generation of frustrated parents. With increasing legislation to control the extremist of society we have created an increasingly difficult monster. Even with the best of intentions a parent has little recourse of discipline without some repercussions. If some nosey busy body is not interferring, our children are being taught to report all physical contact. You can even get that deameaning stare for raising your voice to a child in public. Never mind that they are running down the aisle without any sense of their surroundings. You can only leave a store so many times. Eating a fajita in a cramped vehicle with a screaming child is not my idea of good dining. I am not sure if I have any quick solution. I know that I do not approve of unruly behavior and behind closed doors it does not go unpunished in our household. I recieved punishment in public if I was unruly and I survived and the police did not show up at our front door. We do though feel the constraints of society when we leave our home and feel a great amount of frustration.


I think we even get mixed messages from our own family most particularly our elders. They coddle their grandchildren and neices or nephews to a point that there is an inconsistency in discipline. Siblings never seem to agree on each others methadology of raising children. Looking in my own family tree I see differences even between my parents and their siblings. Some parents were much more tolerate of their childrens behavior differences then others. They each raised their kids in what they thought was ideal. I laughed as my younger sibling interrupted their conversation and came across a room to intercept their child in which I was already heading towards and going to lead them back. It was as if some bad influences was going to rub off if I were to lend a helping hand. Oh well their loss. They will get tired of this after a while and will welcome any help where it can be found. We should be on a united front not a divide one Maybe some day we can acheive this not only in our personal realm but our public one also.