Paddling children in school

[kfx400rob]

i think it would be best to give kids or parents the choice, i bet most would take the paddling. i would, get it out of the way and don't miss a ton of class time in detention. but then you can still call it humane because they had the choice.

[yunt2ride]

i think it would be best to give kids or parents the choice, i bet most would take the paddling. i would, get it out of the way and don't miss a ton of class time in detention. but then you can still call it humane because they had the choice.

The thing about choice is there are no choices when you grow up, there are consequences. You break the law, you pay the price. You have some kids that get into trouble just to go to ISS and not have to do any schoolwork. They are waiting for the day that they turn 16 just so they can get out of school. Another thing with ISS is that now you have to have a teacher in there watching there sorry azz. Give them that paddling or make them write an essay and get it over with. Why should one student who causes a disturbance in class effect the students who are there to get an education. If they know that they will get paddled or have to do more school work then they would behave.

[JayDawg]

I went to Christian schools most of my life and up until high school they paddled the students for certain things. I got my butt beat almost daily too then Mom would find out what I did at the end of the day and round 2 came from her. I have to say this though. At the school that I went to, it was never abuse but nothing more than a few swats on the butt. The principal always talked to you before you were swatted and let you know what you were being swatted for (as if you didn't know already) and then once he got done swatting you he would talk to you some more and maybe try and give you advice on what to do differently the next time so you would not have to go to the office.

For you parents though just remember this.



(Only kidding folks)

[AintSkeered]

If your independent or liberal thinker doesn't look like that either, you've failed in your job as a conservative! BTW, what's your child doing home alone? You at the bar or what?

[Keeter]

i think it would be best to give kids or parents the choice, i bet most would take the paddling. i would, get it out of the way and don't miss a ton of class time in detention. but then you can still call it humane because they had the choice.

The thing about choice is there are no choices when you grow up, there are consequences. You break the law, you pay the price. You have some kids that get into trouble just to go to ISS and not have to do any schoolwork. They are waiting for the day that they turn 16 just so they can get out of school. Another thing with ISS is that now you have to have a teacher in there watching there sorry azz. Give them that paddling or make them write an essay and get it over with. Why should one student who causes a disturbance in class effect the students who are there to get an education. If they know that they will get paddled or have to do more school work then they would behave.

There should be some constructive good from being punished. Writing an essay, it keeps their mind busy as well as possibly teaching them lesson...mentally. Give them a topic to write about that is educational. 

[JackL]

Either way, Nobody is paddling my child. I just cant see someone taking that into their own hands.

Good old Dean Jones at my high school (Northeast, for the Broward locals) had a very long paddle with holes drilled in it, and he was a very big brother. I always preferred that to my fathers belt, even the time he accidentally caught the back of my legs. Paddle or phone call, ha, ha, ha, ha! I knew what I was picking. My parents probably never even knew I was ever paddled once.

Put them on a "chain gang" at school where they have to do hard physical and degrading work while wearing bright orange jumpsuits in front on the rest of the school. That would do it for me.

This is an excellent idea! ISS is a total joke, this would work well I believe.

[Able]

Forget paddling ! I saw we beat them with 5 - 18 inch long strands of barbed wire affixed to a handle       

[yunt2ride]

Forget paddling ! I saw we beat them with 5 - 18 inch long strands of barbed wire affixed to a handle       

Thats what some adults need.

[Kaw3604x4 Princess]

Wow, I can hardly bear to read all this.  No one lays a hand on my child (FYI our schools do not paddle), and those who have met our children can attest to their behavior.  You do not have to spank a child to get them to behave.

[unforgiven]

no,just spoil or bribe them huh

[05greengriz]

no,just spoil or bribe them huh

Not at all, instill an environment that you would have enjoyed when you were a child. When the child says or asks a question, take the time to see what the child has on his mind not reply I don't have time right now. I am a firm believer that if you learn anything the correct way first you always revert back to that, and that goes for anything. I'm not saying that my child is an angel by any means, but he damn well knows respect, common courtesy and how to act.

[Kaw3604x4 Princess]

no,just spoil or bribe them huh

If that is the only way YOU know how.  My children have been and continue to be raised on respect.  Consistency is the key, like greengriz said, take the time to be a parent.  I see so many kids pushed off to the side (or drug around) it is unreal.  We do not spoil and bribe our children.  We lay it out...here is what is expected....these are the consequences....and we are consistent about it. We also teach by example in our home, by being the type of people that we want our children to be.  How you can you expect a child to demonstrate respect and good judgement if you do not do so yourself? My children at the ages of 6 and 9 also volunteer their time one afternoon a week so they can see how fortunate they are.  We are not wealthy in dollars, but I feel that true wealth is in a family and if you invest in it, you will recieve the best return.

[AintSkeered]

That tired old spoil and bribe them line comes only from those who lack effective parenting skills or are too lazy to use them! What's your incentive to work?

[JackL]

Wow, I can hardly bear to read all this.  No one lays a hand on my child (FYI our schools do not paddle), and those who have met our children can attest to their behavior.  You do not have to spank a child to get them to behave.

I have never once had to even consider spanking my child, even after all the times my parents wished an evil offspring on me while I was growing up.

Unfortunately you fail to see the big picture here, which is not everyone is fit to be a parent in the first place, and the public schools are ill equipped to even educate some of these children, let alone instill any sort values in them. The end result is a dilution of education and a vicious circle which is tightening.

What this country really needs is to quadruple the amount of money we spend on education.

[Kaw3604x4 Princess]

What this country really needs is to quadruple the amount of money we spend on education.

This I agree with.

And I see enough bad parents out there, but there are also some really good ones.

[renmus]

I truly believe if the money is spent on education today, it would not be needed for jails tommorrow.

And I can see the lawsuit coming on if they did the chain gang embarassment situation.  Here in St Lucie Co there is an issue going on about a teacher who let the other children in a kindergarden class "vote out" another student who was very disruptive.  The mother took the child for testing and he is borderline autistic.  Now the school board is being sued for traumatizing the child.

[AintSkeered]

Ban idiot teachers. Or, paddle them. Next question, please!