Home Hot Topics Articles Directors' Choice Awards About Us / Contact Us Activities & Curriculum Activities for Outcome-Based Learning Arts & Crafts Music for Learning Recommended Reading Sharing Boards: What Do YOU Think? NEWSlink Current National News Conference Calendar Topics In Early Childhood Education Art and Creativity in Early Childhood Education Job Sharing Board State Licensing Requirements Stay Connected! Each month we'll send you an email filled with articles and ideas for your classroom. Subscribe Now Date: 1/23/2007 12:00:00 PM Author: Linda Arocho (t0good@webtv.net) Subject: Spanking Everyone take a breath - We're all adults and we're all professionals - none of us know each other - I think we can refrain from name calling. I have total control over all of my own children without having to resort to spanking any of them - Even the little ones. I am able to keep them within the boundaries I set by using natural consequences and some punishments. I always follow through. Those are the same techniques that I use with my daycare children and again have no trouble within my classroom. That being said, I don't see it my place to tell any parent the absolute right or wrong way to raise their child. I was never spanked a day in my life, but my husband was beaten every single day of his life. He does have issues that stem from it, but he doesn't abuse our children - never has, never will. There are many parenting techniques that don't work and spanking is one of them. People say that children today are messed up because parent's can't spank them. THAT is not the case. Children are messed up today because parents are more interested in being the child's friend than in being the parent. THAT is the problem. Name: Email: Subject

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