My 3 year old wouldn’t listen today so I popped her lightly on the butt and she responded with “Is that all you got?” I left the room so she wouldn’t see me laugh. IMMD
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… Never mind “rebellious teenager”. That kid is a dominatrix in the making. – Kitten
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Haha! I used to do that as a kid, but I would laugh uncontrollably. Made my parents nuts. Hell, I still do that. You hit me and I giggle.
You left the room?! My mom whopped my ass when I said something similar.
I have to agree with MacheteJack – your kids are gonna walk all over you as they grow up.
If my son ever said anything like that to me, I’d give him a spanking to remember. Backtalk is the kind of disrespect I won’t tolerate from him. Kids need discipline in order to learn how to function well in society.
Why does a kid need to know how to function in society? That’s not the only option to living life, you know. What if your kid plans on growing up to live in the woods, or on a boat? People have done it.
I’m not saying don’t teach a kid how to function in society (should they ever change their minds), but being a short tempered dick in order to teach them something they might not even need to use is kind of risky, doncha think?
That makes so much sense. Every kid wants to grow up to be a hermit in the woods, so they don’t need to know how to act in public. Why did I not think of that before.
Disciplining a child for misbehavior does not make me a “short tempered dick”, nor does it make me a bad parent (for all of you anti-spank protesters out there). Also, the idea that respect might not be something he needs to use is ludicrous. Your post makes it clear that you don’t have kids.
Well I have kids and I have never had to hit
them to teach them anything. Hitting children
only teaches them to hit. Lead by example. Plus
I find that parents who use corporal punishment
really just don’t have the patience to teach
their children properly so they resort to using fear
as a means to an end. Children test their
boundaries to define their world, it has nothing
to do with disrespect. Respect is not even a
concept they understand at that age.
That said, there is a fine, yet clear line between spanking a child in order to discipline and out-and-out beating them. One must be vigilant not to cross it. Perhaps those who are so boisterously opposed to it have only seen examples where the line was crossed.
quite simply…it’s better that a parent give a kid a little swat on the ass than trying the same thing in the real world and someone who doesn’t care about them beathign the shit out of them. That does happen in my neighborhood. Kind of the “electric fence” theory, the kid gets a shock instead of getting creamed by the truck in the road.
*beating*
Sure kids need discipline. But kids also need to learn how to stand up for themselves. If you spank your child every time they have something to say back to you, then you’re teaching them that it is never okay to talk back to anyone, which simply isn’t true.
What’s going to happen when someone bullies your child at school? Is he supposed to just take it?
Everything needs to be in moderation, and I’m sure that the OP doesn’t hit their child everytime the child makes a mistake. Hey, I could be wrong, I don’t know the OP. But that being said-you don’t think a child knows the difference between a peer and a parent? I said and did alot of things to other kids at school that I would never say to my parents, and vice versa. Not in a bad way, but if another kid told me to, let’s just say “Go sit in the corner” there’s no way I would do it.
I agree with you, M. I shudder at the thought of these undisciplined, disrespectful, wild kids growing up and running our country someday.
Chill out!
While i agree that sometimes you have to hit your kids, “a spanking to remember” just makes you sound like an incredibly angry bitter person who obviously got the living shit beat out of them by their parents. Believe me i got the shit beat out of me as a kid for the tiniest little things and it did nothing but make me react angrily and violently to any perceived slight against me. Your not teaching your kids respect but violence. There are other very effective ways to discipline your kids with no hitting involve but you have to have patience and be a decent person to be able to do it.
I got spanked for every little thing too, including what others did that I didn’t do…I didn’t turn out violent or angry.
wow, lazy much?
some people (you) just shouldnt have kids!
hope your son grows up to slap you up right back
She’s 3!! “*smack* Respect mah authoritahhhh! Now you know how to function well in society. Go play.” Yeah, that sounds great
Child abuser. I am all for disciplining children reasonably, but “spanking to remember”???? Abuse.
It´s not enough to label the little one a future unrespectful teenager – but surely they learn fast, so control should always be used.
You know…. I’m pretty sure that anyone who hasn’t passed puberty can probably be safely labeled a “future disrespectful teenager.”
It’s in the nature of teenagers: they’re hard-wired to push the boundaries of how disrespectful they can be without getting into TOO much trouble.
One incident in her life does not make you an expert on her childrearing skills.
Well, in fairness to the poster, she didn’t want her daughter to see her laugh. That’s a good thing, the kid sees you laugh, then they think it’s ok to say it again. Since the kid didn’t get the reaction they wanted, they probably won’t say it again.
I have to agree with this as well.
Right. It’s never “cute” for a child to be disrespectful or disobedient.
Wow…I’m glad Ramen Noodle wasn’t my parent growing up. Do us all a favor, RN…grow a sense of humor!
The kid was THREE years old…not 13. A THREE year old will make mistakes. So will the parent. Do you have kids? If you do then I feel sorry for them. If you don’t, STFU!!
I don’t know why you’re geting crap. I completely agree with you.
My parents always used a belt.
dude the little kid is 3 years old. calm down.
I remember once when I was younger, my mom went to smack the back of my head. I ducked and she ended up smacking herself in the face. IMMD
hahahaha that must of been amazing
I still giggle to this day.
Never mind “rebellious teenager”. That kid is a dominatrix in the making.
Exactly what I was thinking.
More like a voracious, bratty bottom.
Alot of the teenagers at my school who claim to have been spanked for every smart remark they made as a child, are often the most loud, distracting, and disrespectful ones.
I, personally, was rarely spanked as a child (Mostly due to my parents own negligence) and yet I’m not a stereotypically rebellious teenager. I’m actually a bit of a wallflower.
Come on, guys. How many of you are parents??? I would have laughed my arse off. Sheesh!
Lighten up, will you?
Exactly. I’d have had to leave the room, too.
My parents often hit me in anger. I never dared to speak back; I never had a voice. It’s been over 10 years since I moved out, 3000 miles away, and I hardly communicate with them.
Y’know, I love how everyone takes the IMMD as either child abuse or a child not being punished enough. Just hitching to the band wagon here, I’m calling it paedophillia.
Wouldn’t go so far as to say that… just overreaction.
I can’t stand kids being cheeky but at the same time, I think I would have done as the mother did in this instance and go off and laugh somewhere.
Anyway, what 3 year old listens every time?? It sounds like the mother was only giving a gentle reminder.
“Popped her on the butt”? Yep, sounds like it to me!
Guys, guys, guys – the humour in this isn’t that the child answered back, but that she said something you’d be really surprised to hear from a three year old.
Don’t take it so seriously; mom handled it fine.
I find it so disappointing that I’m on this site to relax and “lighten up” and I find that people feel the need to discuss something so innocent. You’re insulting each other and using this site to promote your own moral convictions. Kids need discipline – she didn’t beat the kid. Get over it.
thank you, snw!
I thought it was a cute and funny story and could see both parties (parent and child) laughing about this comment, both on other sides of the house.
what a stupid farce has been made out of this story by some people who obviously don’t have enough humour to enjoy the story as it is.
chill out people – life is so much happier when you are able to laugh about thinks, you know
Hey people.
Read this.
Then don’t post any whiney bullshit.
I would have laughed too. I love the things little kids say.
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