Busy Mom Q & A: Spanking Yay or Nay?
My youngest having a consequence moment. Q. My mom says I don't spank my kids enough and that's why they don't respect me, but I just don't feel right hitting them. Should I spank them more, or is there another way to let them know I'm the boss? A. Well, there's a lot to unpack here and I don't know if we can get to it all. I'm going to pick two things I think are most important and go from there. I'll be in the comments if there are more questions. Let me start by addressing the spanking question, and I'm not sorry, but I'm going to blunt. Your mom is WRONG (<--all caps means business). Over the last few decades, studies have proven time and again that spanking does more harm than good. I come from a long line of spankers and we all turned out fine, but how do I know just how "fine" everyone is on the inside or how much better than "fine" they could have been without being physically dominated and temporarily beli...
