I have never been in favor of spanking children, even though
the bible mentions it. But unfortunately I can’t say that my girls never have
gotten a slap, but it has really been more reserved for special circumstances like when they kept going on and on with wrong behaviour despite warnings or they had done something absolutely crazy or dangerous or other
situations where I felt really desperate enough, like them making loads of
noise in the night when we were staying in someone elses house. But I normally feel bad about it. I just don't like hurting anyone and especially a child, even though it is a way to correct them.
Unfortunately, children are children and they don’t always
listen or sometimes do something naughty or bad. When Ixora was 2 and we were living on our own, I started to
use the time out method. When she repeatedly would not listen, I would send her
in time out in the hall. Then we moved to Ireland and moved in with others and
in cases like that I don’t feel that…