You Don't Have to Spank to Have a Nice Child
You Don’t Have to Spank to Have a Nice Child
My husband and I have decided that we do not wish to spank our child. While we believe in punishment, we aren’t able to rationalize spanking when we tell our child that is it not appropriate to hit other people.
At this point, our two-and-a-half-year-old son is doing pretty well, behavior-wise. I’ve certainly had some tough days (you can read about them in the pages of this blog). I imagine that spanking would be easier than the methods we have chosen (time outs, being very consistent, and so on). But so far, I’m enjoying the thoughtful, sweet child he is becoming.
Yesterday I bought him a monitor that shines fish on the ceiling. He’s been having trouble sleeping and I thought that having a little movie on his ceiling would be helpful. I told him earlier in the day that I had a new thing for him, and just before naptime I got it out to set it up.
He watched me open the box and said in his sweetest, most polite voice, “Mama, did you buy me something?
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No spanking - Brenna
Wow, Brenna, you must be doing something right! We don't spank our daughter either. My view is that if I say it's not OK for her to hit other people, then it's not OK for me to hit her. Trying to teach a three year old to reason rather than lash out can be difficult at times, though I think she's got the idea now. If your son is behaving this well at two, you're doing a great job, because parenting is very hard work (and a great joy).
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Thanks, Sharon!
By no means is he perfect, but he's doing OK right now. I just can't rationalize asking him not to hit and then hitting him for discipline. I'm glad I'm not the only one!
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