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Unicornmom77 · 01-14-2004, 02:42 AM

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Originally posted by buttrfli

Some people are afraid to spank their kids in public... I am not one of them!

ME EITHER!! I have been followed out to my car a few times! LOL BRING IT ON!! MY KIDS ARE HEALTHY AND SAFE!! And pretty darn well cared for too lol!!

I cant imagine a kid doing that to an adult in a store!!

fatesfaery · 01-14-2004, 03:09 AM

Well.....I honestly believe that if more kids received discipline at home, some of the talk shows would have to be taken off the air because 1/2 their subject matter wouldn't exist.

Now, I do realize there are exceptions and some kids are just stubborn and determined.

I don't remember ever really having to pop or swat one of mine in a store(though I'm sure I did at some point). Both my kids were always pretty good in public, they saved all their badness for at home!

I know neither one of mine ever hit or kicked me.

ebgreen74 · 01-14-2004, 03:36 AM

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Originally posted by JENNIFERCATLADY
A couple years ago I was sitting in this Mexican//Native American restaurant when this woman walks in with her brat, I mean kid. Well I'm sitting at my table minding my own business when this little brat runs over to my table and grabs a bottle of salsa and proceeds to down half the bottle before I could say or do anything. Did I mention that this salsa was so hot that it put blisters in my mouth (not that I'm complaining, that's the way I like it). Well the brat's face turned blood red and he had snot and spit running all the way to the floor, did the mother do anything? Yup, the mother jumped all over the restaurant owner. HELLO?!?! Whatever happened to a little discipline at home? Am I THAT old? I mean HELLO!!! Watch your brats, make your brats behave!!!!! Sorry to rambling on!

i AGREE!!! We were in Baskin Robbins a few weeks ago and a kid came in with his parents and kept shoving past us to look at all the flavors. The parents just continued to allow it to happen without saying a word to the kid. I'm sorry I know kids get excited by ice cream but if my kids were shoving past people to get to the ice cream-guess what-they wouldn't get any ice cream!

Dolly<3 · 01-14-2004, 11:41 AM

I was always a good kid. People in public always commented on how polite and well-behaved I was - but when I got home I must have been a holy terror b/c my siblings still think I'm a brat.

I say at least once a day that I can't believe the kids in my neighborhood act the way they do. Acting like that wasn't even an option when I was little.

Hellions.

I was in a restuarant getting food to go once and there was this large man sitting in a booth alone, eating his meal. This little bratty girl sitting close to him with her mom said REALLY loudly "Why is that man only eating a salad?" and her mom said "Maybe he's on a diet."

how rude! THEN the little girl said while laughing "Well it's not working!!!" Then the mom got all red and didn't say anything. It still makes me mad and it was about 4 years ago.

I've yelled at brats on my street for jumping (on purpose) in front of my car as I was going down the street. One little girl stood in front of me and put her hand out like she could stop me. So I honked at her and yelled at her. I was expecting a visit from her parents that night but they never came down.

I kept having a problem with this little boy climbing over my fence and climbing over it again to get in the neighbors back yard. He broke my gate. I told his dad (who is a state trooper!) and he said he'd take care of it. It happened again. I called again and he said it wouldn't happen again. It didn't happen again.

I've seen kids playing with my mailbox before and over xmas break, they broke it off by hanging on it. UGH!

They used to hit my car with baseballs on accident when I was standing right out there near it. I told him not to let it happen again and what do ya know... it happened again. So I went inside and called his mother and he got called inside. He scratched my neighbors truck by riding up beside it and scraping it with his handlebars. My neighbor didn't do anything. I told him I was standing outside when he did it. He didn't want to cause any problems.

Ok I'll quit ranting now.

Whew! That felt good.

YYounghouse · 01-14-2004, 12:29 PM

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Originally posted by momfromTN
Several Reasons:
1. You cannot LOOK at your child wrong in public or some nosy biddy will call social services on you.

2. No training at home. Kid runs the house, probably.

3. In this society,all spanking is considered taboo for some stupid reason, and we are supposed to whine, cajole and beg our kids to behave, or count to 3 or some other nonsense. Now, I know there ARE real abusers out there, but someone who merely spanks is NOT an abuser. Puleeze.

ding ding**** this is the correct answer.

***buttrfli*** · 01-14-2004, 03:35 PM

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Originally posted by MsLynn
well in oklahoma the govenor passed a law saying its ok to spank your child. so a proper spanking isn't something we have to worry about being reported in our state at least

I am just curious when that happened??? I have lived here all my life and never heard of a law allowing parents to spank their children. I didn't know it had ever been illegal! Boy my mom has pulled her car over and busted my butt on the side of a road before! LOL

I would sure like to read it if you know where it is available to see

wubbywa · 01-14-2004, 08:00 PM

Just imagine how many of these types of kids are in a classroom together and if you try to keep order you have the parents on your back. Parents are some of the reason why I cant wait to retire. I love working with kids but we do need support from mom and dads and we dont get that very often. Yep I swatted mine a few times and he is a well behaved kid.

wubbywa · 01-14-2004, 08:00 PM

Just imagine how many of these types of kids are in a classroom together and if you try to keep order you have the parents on your back. Parents are some of the reason why I cant wait to retire. I love working with kids but we do need support from mom and dads and we dont get that very often. Yep I swatted mine a few times and he is a well behaved kid.

sahmsfreeb · 01-15-2004, 12:39 PM

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Originally posted by AngelGrim
My mom would have whooped my behind right there in front of everybody. She always told me she wasn't gonna put up with no bull and I thank her for it now.

AMEN!!!

feliciac · 01-15-2004, 03:38 PM

Lol, I can't believe I cam across this thread. Hubby and I were having this converstaion the other day.

I guess I might be considered a big meanie cause I have told other people's children to behave if they are causing problems for me. Hey, if you won't make your monster, oops child, behave then don't be offeneded when someone else does. And before I get flamed, let me say I only do this in certain situations. Like the little kid that kept running into me in the grocery store. The last time he did it, I looked at him and told him he needed to slow down and watch what he was doing because he had already run into me too many times. Of course I said it loud enough for his mother to hear, and she promplty put him in her cart, lol.

JENNIFERCATLADY · 01-16-2004, 01:40 AM

feliciac you mean, mean evil person...........just kidding! I thought I was the only one that did things like that!