SAH/WOH - Why?
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SAH/WOH - Why?
| 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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"I don't believe that a spanking is the very worst possible thing that can happen to a child."
I don't think anyone would argue its the "very worst possible thing." But that really has never been my point. It's a loss of control, IMO, its violence, its at best, physical abuse, though low level admitedly, and at worst, humiliating and damaging.
Sure, its worse to get hit by a car, or verbally abused in some instances. But since when do we judge parenting choices by whats the worst possible thing? If we did that, then neglect would be acceptable as its really not the "worst possible thing." I mean being sexually abused (I was and no I'm not equating that to spanking so don't even go there) is not even the worst possible thing. Getting pregnant from it would be worse right? Or death is worse right? You see where I'm going with this right? There is always a "worst possible thing" and personally I don't use that to guide me in my parenting choices.
Quite the opposite. I try to choose what I think is the best thing, given the situation and my tools at the moment.
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I disagree. It's a very slight possibility.
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Hey, thanks for proving one of my points. The threat of a spanking works wonders with dd and ds. And I don't even have to threaten it very often. It's very very very rare these days.
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