You have probably heard the expression, "Spare the rod, spoil the child." Do you agree with it? Perhaps you were spanked as a kid. Was it appropriate? Some people see spanking as an outdated method of punishment or even child abuse, while others view a swat on the bottom as a parent's prerogative. Where do we draw the line when it comes to disciplining our children?
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Rosemond Refutes Four Decades of Research
- From Center for Effective Discipline
By Center for Effective Discipline
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Perhaps you should follow your own advice...
If you had taken the time to read what Rosemond writes, cites, and condones/admonishes in his writing (books), then you would notice that there are accompanying citations (they site research and studies that have been done)... that's firstly. That refutes the baseless claim of lack of facts and/or verifiable experience from which to draw. Secondly -- and again, something that would have been understood had you taken the time to check out what you were disagreeing with before actually stating that it was flawed-- is that he does not specifically condone spanking . He views it as a viable child-rearing tool, but one that should be reserved for specific cases where you need to get the child's attention as they are losing control. (Tantrum, etc) Also that is caveated with a general-type guideline for use, stating that once a child is four or older, it theoretically shouldn't be happening much more than once a month. He specifically argues the widely-accepted belief that spanking is a child-rearing philosophy in and of itself. He examines the Biblical teaching that addresses sparing the rod and comes to the (well-researched) conclusion that the rod does NOT in fact refer to physically punishing the child. Next time, I would highly advise checking out your facts before making such an uninformed claim. -Maria
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January 20, 2009 10:00PM
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*He specifically argues *against* the widely-accepted belief that spanking is a child-rearing philosophy in and of itself...
I accidently put "argues", which makes it sound like he advocates it. Just for clarification.
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January 20, 2009 10:37PM
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