Oct. 08, 2003
It amazes me
how many kids these days act like spoiled rotten brats. And I gotta put up with
'em. On a daily basis I see so many parents letting their kids walk all over
them in public and even more cases of snotty teenagers acting like totally
arrogant morons. And no place seems to have a larger collective group of pansy
assed parenting than in southern California. Were we ever that bad before? I'd
like to think most of us weren't. Because if we were, we'd get our asses beat
by our parents. And rightly so!
This whole
new anti-spanking movement is just so completely absurd it makes me sick.
Frankly I think those who started it either were abused as children or they
never got a spanking in their life. And I find it hilarious that these
anti-spanking "experts" are saying that their "studies" show
how spanking destroys a child's self esteem and causes them to become deviants
later in life. How in the hell do they accurately find this out? Do they put the
kid over their knee, spank their ass, and then ask them how they feel?
And kids are
not stupid. They know that if strangers start asking them about the effects of
spanking in a calm and caring voice, there's probably a good chance they can
find a way to get out of being spanked in the future if they play their cards
right. If you had asked me when I was a kid if spanking made me feel bad or
destroyed my sense of self worth, I would have told you that I hated spankings
and I didn't feel they were necessary. What child thinks that any kind of
punishment is a good thing?? It's just like asking a hardened criminal if they
think the justice system destroys their self-esteem. No one wants to be punished
and almost everyone will try to find a way out of it. It's human nature.
As I alluded
to in the previous paragraph, I got spanked growing up. It didn't harm me one
bit. I've never raped anyone because of it, I've never killed anyone, I've
never robbed any stores, nor have I turned into a serial killer. And it
certainly never caused me to lose my self-esteem or become angry later in life;
you can thank high school and south Texas for that. And I know MANY people who
were spanked growing up -- some more often than I was. And they turned out to be
model citizens and working professionals with a heart of gold.
Now let me
make one thing clear: I'm not advocating abuse. I'm not advocating beating kids
(though I know some who could use it). What I *am* advocating is ...
