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>Hey Sweetie, I'll be happy to fill out your survey. > >>Were you spanked as a child if so by who ?h > >Oh yes, while spankings weren't the only form of >punishment in our home growing up, they were the goto >punishment. Both Momma and Daddy spanked us, over the >knee on the bare butt. Daddy always spanked by hand >and Momma did most of the time but sometimes used her >hairbrush. > >I also got spanked by my Granny, My Aunt Connie and >Uncle Roy, my best friend Ramona's Momma and Daddy and >I got spankings and paddled in School from First >through Seventh Grade. >> >>Do you attend church (its fine if not) ? > >Yes, Ma'am I was brought up a Southern Baptist and >Church was an important part of my life. I still >attend the same Church I grew up in with my family. >> >>Are you stricter than your parents were? > >NO. I have let my children get away with things I >should have spanked them for. They don't get punished >anywhere near as often as I did. Like my parents, when >I spank them it's over the knee and on the bare butt. >> >>Do you think society is slowing moving back towards >>supporting spanking as the main discipline for kids? > >No I see society as a whole for better or worse is >moving away from spankings as discipline for kids. >Only nineteen states allow spankings in School and >even living in the South where spanking in School is >pretty common more and more School Systems are banning >it. When I was going to School, Spanking was the most >common punishment. My children go to the same Schools >I went to and they banned Corporal Punishment two >years before my oldest son was born and I'm glad. If >my kids need a spanking, it needs to be left up to my >husband or me. > >> >>Have you ever witnessed any spankings in public? > >Yes I have. Quite a few times. At School, in public >restrooms, even in stores and outdoors. I've even >seen public bare bottom spankings, but those were >mostly done in restrooms. >> >>Do/Would you allow babysitters to spank? > >My Momma and Daddy usually were my babysitters and I >allowed them to spank my kids. However, they have the >tendency to spoil them. My oldest daughter is >twenty-four and she spanks her little girl when >needed. sometimes she will sit for me if my Husband >and I decide to go out. I have given her permission to >spank her brothers and sister, but so far it's been >nothing more than an "attention getter" to my youngest >son because it was close to bedtime on a School Night >and he was supposed to get his bath and wouldn't stop >playing his game. They both admitted she gave him more >of a pat than a slap. I have also given the Momma's >of a few of my children's friends permission to spank >them if they didn't behave at their house. It's only >happened a couple of times. > >> >>How should we keep teens growing up too fast? let kids >>be kids. > >Kids are growing up faster now because the world has >changed since I was growing up. I prefer to let them >take it at their pace instead of trying to keep them >as little kids. My youngest three are fourteen, twelve >and ten. My fourteen year old has become quite >independent and is starting to show a strong sense of >responsibility. My twelve year old is developing into >a young lady early just like I did and like me, she >can be really hard headed sometimes and she has my >temper too. I love her dearly but she, like me is an >Alpha female and sometimes we butt heads. She is >beginning to take responsibility for her life but >sometimes she lets the mouth overload her butt. My >youngest son is a little clown and has the tendancy to >act without thinking. > >As far as letting them stay children, I look forward >to their growing up. Because they are learning things >that we as adults take for granted. > >> >>Do you use a private/christian/home school approach, >>are you like me see public schools as failing our >>kids? how do you counteract their teachings at home? > >Actually, I'm satisfied with my children being in >public education. The main problem I see with home >schooling is the lack of diversity. I also think kids >miss out on the opportunities to socialize and work >with people of other nationalities, backgrounds, >religions and so forth and from what I've seen many >kids who grew up with home schooling or in Faith Based >Schools, are not well equipped to deal with people who >"are different" My oldest daughter was raised by >Christian Nationalists. She was homeschooled by them >as well. She grew up in a very restrictive if not >abusive environment. She was not allowed to "mix" with >people who were "different". That's more or less the >kind of atmosphere my Granny was raised in and she >tried unsuccessfully to raise Momma and my Aunt like >that. But they rebelled. they wanted to go to Public >school and they wanted to have friends who went to >different churches if they went at all and of >different races, etc... In Kayla's case, when she met >the young man who would become her husband and father >of her child, her parents HATED him specifically >because he was black and they forbid her to see him. >She did anyway which got her some pretty bad beatings >from her Daddy. When she got pregnant at seventeen and >they found out who the Daddy was, they demanded she >abort the baby and never see Marcus again. She refused >so they disowned her and threw her out. Marcus lived >with his Granny and they ended up taking Kayla in. >They both quit High School and Marcus was working two >jobs and she worked some part time to try to build >their life and got married at eighteen. It was hard >for her having to learn to be around and work with >people who were different from her. But she adapted. >> >>Did you drink out of hoses and have to stay outside >>till streetlights came on as a kid? > >Pretty much. We had a curfew and if we broke curfew >without a good reason, our bare butts paid the price. >The last spanking I got from my Momma was at seventeen >and it was for coming home and hour and a half past >curfew. I also got spanked in front of my boyfriend at >the end of our first official date at sixteen for >coming home thirty minutes late. Momma took the >hairbrush to my bare bottom right in front of him. >> >>Discuss! lol > >Sweetie, I hope that covered all the questions, but as >I always say, if you have anything you'd like to ask, >please do.

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