Tony Blair Spanks His Kids

Its against the law in Sweden to spank your kids. I don't entirely agree with it but since being with my girlfriend who is from Sweden, I have learned a lot more self control and patience.

 

You have to be pretty weak to hit a child.

 

A spanking is justified if the child is out of control and not responding to any other form of discipline. Spankings though shouldn't be used except in extreme circumstances, but to say they should never be used is naive.

 

Nobody said anything about hitting a child. They're talking about spanking. Spanking isn't hitting.

 

Justify the violence all you want. It doesn't make it true.

 

Who are you, Bill Clinton?

 

No. I'm droxford.

spanking is not hitting.

 

How about smacking?

Is smacking hitting?

 

hitting is hitting. There's a difference between slapping, hitting, spanking etc.

People like Meowgi like to bundle them up in to one negative image of "hitting a child" in order to build ammunition for their argument. But the truth is that spanking a child is not the same as hitting a child.

 

Whatever. You just want disctinctions to justify your violence. It's all the same.

 

Yeah - that's right. You got me all figured out. I like violence so much that I enjoy beating up my daughter and I like to make excuses so that I can get away with it.

 

just so yall know they call it smacking over there

 

Congratulations on building your own personal utopia at home. I haven't quite reached nirvana at my house yet.

 

Smack is more of a slang term. Most dictionaries don't recognize "smack" as meaning to slap (or any similar description).

 

I never said you enjoy it. It's just an accepted part of our culture. Many other cultures based on different spiritual teachings that stress nonviolence do not use physical discipline. They know better.

 

I got my ass beat when I was a kid and while I feel I got it more than I deserved sometimes, there were times it was definitely warranted.

I reserve spanking my kids only for when I feel it is absolutely necessary. Its been well over a year since I spanked my son (8) and I've never spanked my daughter (5). She's pushing it though. I've just about had it with her b****ing and whining.

 

Bush is right then I guess to rule the world. He knows better.

 

you should elaborate your point before going overboard with the violence talk. its not as if we are talking about physically abusing the child. we are talking about a smack on the butt.

i think i understand your point about how parents should not have to resort to hitting if they know how to communicate effectively with their children. those nanny 911 shows demostrate that perfectly.

obviously its just semantics but words like violence are generally associated with vicious beatings and not a simple spanking that is not meant to injure.

 

Kids today could use more spanking...or punching and bullying by their older siblings, whichever works.