Monday, June 01, 1998
Discipline cannot consist of physical abuse
June 1 1998
Children need discipline and if they don't receive it at home where are they going to get it? The woman who mentioned "men disciplining their wives"----that is totally different, the wife is an adult who should have already been raised and disciplined by her mother and family, her husband has no rights to that. But children have to have limits set and consequences if those limits are ignored. I totally agree with physical discipline as the bottom line after the time outs etc.
Another thing I'd like to mention is that the state won't let you discipline your child, but they want you to pay for their juvenile facilities when the child becomes a juvenile delinquent. This makes no sense to me.
It's not that complicated.
1) You have to rear the children you have.
2) This includes discipline as well as guidance.
3) The discipline cannot consist of physical abuse.
jane
