SAH/WOH - Why?

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Registered: 11-18-2005
SAH/WOH - Why?
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Mon, 02-20-2006 - 7:41am

I am sure this has been done before but I was wondering this in light of recent posts lately.

Why did you decide to sah/woh?

Was it a choice or something expected of you?

Was your plan to sah/woh though out or impulsive? Long-term or short-term?

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Registered: 01-18-2006
Mon, 02-27-2006 - 4:24pm

Really? Mom was right there at recess saying Get that coat on Jr. I didn't realize the mom's at your kids school stopped by to tell their kids to put on a coat. Interesting.

I would agree that sometimes a coat on the playground isn't necessary. It is amazing how much colder it is in the morning at 8am than it is after lunch when my son goes out to play at school.

 

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Registered: 11-12-2003
Mon, 02-27-2006 - 4:24pm
I would also like to add, that you calling my posts insults doesn't make them insulting. Would you care to point out what was so insulting?
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Registered: 09-08-2003
Mon, 02-27-2006 - 4:25pm

Forgive me if I am posting to the wrong person here, but didn't you say your kids were allowed soda on Friday night?

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Registered: 01-18-2006
Mon, 02-27-2006 - 4:26pm
Ok..So I guess if someone is losing it and starts spanking their child with an object would give you warm fuzzies. Sorry but we don't lose control with our kids. They don't have that effect on us. Again like I have said before. We have very good children that really are very well behaved. Both DH and I were very easy kids and somewhat quiet. We are just lucky I guess.

 

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Registered: 01-18-2006
Mon, 02-27-2006 - 4:27pm
No I didn't ask you that. I asked you clearly just like you asked. WWYD if your child just walked up to you and smacked you? I am looking for WYWD, nothing else.

 

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Registered: 12-29-2004
Mon, 02-27-2006 - 4:32pm
It's not about whether your kids are well behaved. I'm sure your kids are very lovely. I'm just not seeing the point of spanking, either on a calm and rational basis or on the basis of anger. And striking them with objects really isn't what we've been talking about.
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Registered: 11-03-2005
Mon, 02-27-2006 - 4:37pm

Aha ... here you be wrong, dearie.

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All throughout this thread, spanking has been equated with hitting, abuse and even murder. Why are the anti-spankers allowed to equate spanking with obviously-more-extreme-actions, but the spankers are told "that isn't what we're talking about"?

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Registered: 12-29-2004
Mon, 02-27-2006 - 4:42pm
I'm not getting the point of your query. Is it supposed to be some sort of mitigating circumstance or bonus point if you spank without an object? Does that make it more mainstream or acceptable?
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Registered: 12-29-2004
Mon, 02-27-2006 - 4:44pm
What do you suppose I'd do? What would I do if one kid smacked another? Would it clarify matters if someone else then got smacked? I don't think so. I'd probably look the little smacker in the eye and tell him if he did that again there would be a consequence. If he's too little to be talked to, I'd remove him from the situation and sternly reprimand him. Geesh, what else would anyone do?
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Registered: 11-03-2005
Mon, 02-27-2006 - 4:45pm

Yeah. You're a great parent if you spank your kids with a belt. Yep. That's what I said.

Don't be deliberately obtuse.

The point is, the anti-spankers all along have equated spanking with abuse, and even murder. But the second a spanker elevates things to "hitting with an object" they're told they are changing the subject. Why is one group (the antis) allowed to elevate things, but the other group (spankers) are not?

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