Indeed, I think we all know by now that you can be arrested or
visited by the police if you spank your kid and that kid tells someone
at school that you hit them. They call it child abuse, and it is getting
to the point you cannot discipline your child anymore. Worse, the
schools say that the kids come to school so undisciplined that they
can't teach such an unruly classroom. Meanwhile, the teachers cannot
discipline either, otherwise some parent might sue. Thus, because of all
this the behavior in the classroom is terrible, and no one learns much.
In essence our schools have become a giant daycare center, akin to the Boys and Girls Club or worse a place resembling Chunk-e-Cheese. Don't laugh, because it's not all that funny. But, let's add a new dimension to this topic and take it to a much higher intellectual level seeing as we are all adults here and our school days are over, no more bullies to deal with these days.
There was an interesting article in the Wall Street Journal titled; "Study Says Yelling Is As Hurtful as Hitting, by Angela Petersen published on September 5, 2013, which stated; "A good warm relationship with mom and dad doesn't protect teens from negative effects of parents yelling, cursing or lobbing insults such as calling teens 'lazy' or 'stupid' the study found."
Okay so, enough PC (political correctness) for one article, let's talk about step parenting. As a step parent, disciplining your step children is a tricky business. You have to give them your love and support, but being a step parent you have to tread carefully. Not only are step children far more likely to over embellish stories of child abuse after a mere spanking, but the authorities are more likely to believe them as well. Of course, you don't have to spank them, you could just give them the verbal version.
Still, with studies like the one mentioned above, who is to say that the authorities will not find that to be "child abuse" also. Meaning, you cannot discipline your kids. Well, you might say that "if I cannot discipline them and if they get into trouble with the law in the future, then it's not my problem," okay, but isn't that really a cop-out (no pun intended). It appears all this PC is taking away your duty, responsibility, and your need to have a happy home - and it will if you let it. Please consider all this and think on it.
In essence our schools have become a giant daycare center, akin to the Boys and Girls Club or worse a place resembling Chunk-e-Cheese. Don't laugh, because it's not all that funny. But, let's add a new dimension to this topic and take it to a much higher intellectual level seeing as we are all adults here and our school days are over, no more bullies to deal with these days.
There was an interesting article in the Wall Street Journal titled; "Study Says Yelling Is As Hurtful as Hitting, by Angela Petersen published on September 5, 2013, which stated; "A good warm relationship with mom and dad doesn't protect teens from negative effects of parents yelling, cursing or lobbing insults such as calling teens 'lazy' or 'stupid' the study found."
Okay so, enough PC (political correctness) for one article, let's talk about step parenting. As a step parent, disciplining your step children is a tricky business. You have to give them your love and support, but being a step parent you have to tread carefully. Not only are step children far more likely to over embellish stories of child abuse after a mere spanking, but the authorities are more likely to believe them as well. Of course, you don't have to spank them, you could just give them the verbal version.
Still, with studies like the one mentioned above, who is to say that the authorities will not find that to be "child abuse" also. Meaning, you cannot discipline your kids. Well, you might say that "if I cannot discipline them and if they get into trouble with the law in the future, then it's not my problem," okay, but isn't that really a cop-out (no pun intended). It appears all this PC is taking away your duty, responsibility, and your need to have a happy home - and it will if you let it. Please consider all this and think on it.