[quote]pushharder wrote:
[quote]Christine wrote:
…Children one’s drain energy, finances, time and patience…
[/quote]
FWIW, this ^ did not apply to me. It was a pleasure to raise our kids. I enjoyed it. It took all of what you mentioned above but it was not “draining.”
And we homeschooled our kids through the 8th grade.[/quote]
I would honestly like to know how many parents feel the way Christine decribed…
Personally, I don’t know of any.
There was a time when I was younger that I had a similar attitude towards parenting, but that has changed through the years.
I’m sure it can be draining on the mind and financially at times, of course. But, it’s certainly rewarding.
[quote]imhungry wrote:
[quote]pushharder wrote:
[quote]Christine wrote:
…Children one’s drain energy, finances, time and patience…
[/quote]
FWIW, this ^ did not apply to me. It was a pleasure to raise our kids. I enjoyed it. It took all of what you mentioned above but it was not “draining.”
And we homeschooled our kids through the 8th grade.[/quote]
I would honestly like to know how many parents feel the way Christine decribed…
Personally, I don’t know of any.
There was a time when I was younger that I had a similar attitude towards parenting, but that has changed through the years.
I’m sure it can be draining on the mind and financially at times, of course. But, it’s certainly rewarding.[/quote]
For my friend breastfeeding was literally draining. They were like little vampires sucking the life out of her. lol
Although it seems like that was just at the beginning, maybe when the body isn’t used to it?
[quote]pushharder wrote:
[quote]Christine wrote:
…Children one’s drain energy, finances, time and patience…
[/quote]
FWIW, this ^ did not apply to me. It was a pleasure to raise our kids. I enjoyed it. It took all of what you mentioned above but it was not “draining.”
And we homeschooled our kids through the 8th grade.[/quote]
If they didn’t drain parents patience, there would be no reason to use corporal punishment and child abuse would be virtually unheard of.
And I know that the little buggers are expensive.
[quote]Christine wrote:
[quote]pushharder wrote:
[quote]Christine wrote:
…Children one’s drain energy, finances, time and patience…
[/quote]
FWIW, this ^ did not apply to me. It was a pleasure to raise our kids. I enjoyed it. It took all of what you mentioned above but it was not “draining.”
And we homeschooled our kids through the 8th grade.[/quote]
If they didn’t drain parents patience, there would be no reason to use corporal punishment and child abuse would be virtually unheard of.
And I know that the little buggers are expensive.
[/quote]Some children won’t respond to anything but spankings. I didn’t. Spanking vs. angry abuse equal apples and oranges. Parenting is rewarding, even if tiring but certainly not draining.
[quote]HoustonGuy wrote:
[quote]Christine wrote:
[quote]pushharder wrote:
[quote]Christine wrote:
…Children one’s drain energy, finances, time and patience…
[/quote]
FWIW, this ^ did not apply to me. It was a pleasure to raise our kids. I enjoyed it. It took all of what you mentioned above but it was not “draining.”
And we homeschooled our kids through the 8th grade.[/quote]
If they didn’t drain parents patience, there would be no reason to use corporal punishment and child abuse would be virtually unheard of.
And I know that the little buggers are expensive.
[/quote]Some children won’t respond to anything but spankings. I didn’t. Spanking vs. angry abuse equal apples and oranges. Parenting is rewarding, even if tiring but certainly not draining.
[/quote]
Spanking and “angry abuse” are apples and oranges?
Tiring and draining aren’t apples and oranges?
[quote]HoustonGuy wrote:
[quote]Christine wrote:
[quote]pushharder wrote:
[quote]Christine wrote:
…Children one’s drain energy, finances, time and patience…
[/quote]
FWIW, this ^ did not apply to me. It was a pleasure to raise our kids. I enjoyed it. It took all of what you mentioned above but it was not “draining.”
And we homeschooled our kids through the 8th grade.[/quote]
If they didn’t drain parents patience, there would be no reason to use corporal punishment and child abuse would be virtually unheard of.
And I know that the little buggers are expensive.
[/quote]Some children won’t respond to anything but spankings. I didn’t. Spanking vs. angry abuse equal apples and oranges. Parenting is rewarding, even if tiring but certainly not draining.
[/quote]
I can’t imagine a reason to ever hit a child. Unless, perhaps, if they are literally the child of satan.
Do you have horns?
[quote]imhungry wrote:
[quote]HoustonGuy wrote:
[quote]Christine wrote:
[quote]pushharder wrote:
[quote]Christine wrote:
…Children one’s drain energy, finances, time and patience…
[/quote]
FWIW, this ^ did not apply to me. It was a pleasure to raise our kids. I enjoyed it. It took all of what you mentioned above but it was not “draining.”
And we homeschooled our kids through the 8th grade.[/quote]
If they didn’t drain parents patience, there would be no reason to use corporal punishment and child abuse would be virtually unheard of.
And I know that the little buggers are expensive.
[/quote]Some children won’t respond to anything but spankings. I didn’t. Spanking vs. angry abuse equal apples and oranges. Parenting is rewarding, even if tiring but certainly not draining.
[/quote]
Spanking and “angry abuse” are apples and oranges?
Tiring and draining aren’t apples and oranges?[/quote]yes and yes. This was discussed ad nauseum in the last spanking thread.
[quote]Christine wrote:
[quote]HoustonGuy wrote:
[quote]Christine wrote:
[quote]pushharder wrote:
[quote]Christine wrote:
…Children one’s drain energy, finances, time and patience…
[/quote]
FWIW, this ^ did not apply to me. It was a pleasure to raise our kids. I enjoyed it. It took all of what you mentioned above but it was not “draining.”
And we homeschooled our kids through the 8th grade.[/quote]
If they didn’t drain parents patience, there would be no reason to use corporal punishment and child abuse would be virtually unheard of.
And I know that the little buggers are expensive.
[/quote]Some children won’t respond to anything but spankings. I didn’t. Spanking vs. angry abuse equal apples and oranges. Parenting is rewarding, even if tiring but certainly not draining.
[/quote]
I can’t imagine a reason to ever hit a child. Unless, perhaps, if they are literally the child of satan.
Do you have horns?[/quote]
Depends on who you ask I guess.
[quote]HoustonGuy wrote:
[quote]imhungry wrote:
[quote]HoustonGuy wrote:
[quote]Christine wrote:
[quote]pushharder wrote:
[quote]Christine wrote:
…Children one’s drain energy, finances, time and patience…
[/quote]
FWIW, this ^ did not apply to me. It was a pleasure to raise our kids. I enjoyed it. It took all of what you mentioned above but it was not “draining.”
And we homeschooled our kids through the 8th grade.[/quote]
If they didn’t drain parents patience, there would be no reason to use corporal punishment and child abuse would be virtually unheard of.
And I know that the little buggers are expensive.
[/quote]Some children won’t respond to anything but spankings. I didn’t. Spanking vs. angry abuse equal apples and oranges. Parenting is rewarding, even if tiring but certainly not draining.
[/quote]
Spanking and “angry abuse” are apples and oranges?
Tiring and draining aren’t apples and oranges?[/quote]yes and yes. This was discussed ad nauseum in the last spanking thread.
[/quote]
That doesn’t stop you any other time 
Plus, i’m new to this spanking thing, so humor me.
[quote]imhungry wrote:
[quote]HoustonGuy wrote:
[quote]imhungry wrote:
[quote]HoustonGuy wrote:
[quote]Christine wrote:
[quote]pushharder wrote:
[quote]Christine wrote:
…Children one’s drain energy, finances, time and patience…
[/quote]
FWIW, this ^ did not apply to me. It was a pleasure to raise our kids. I enjoyed it. It took all of what you mentioned above but it was not “draining.”
And we homeschooled our kids through the 8th grade.[/quote]
If they didn’t drain parents patience, there would be no reason to use corporal punishment and child abuse would be virtually unheard of.
And I know that the little buggers are expensive.
[/quote]Some children won’t respond to anything but spankings. I didn’t. Spanking vs. angry abuse equal apples and oranges. Parenting is rewarding, even if tiring but certainly not draining.
[/quote]
Spanking and “angry abuse” are apples and oranges?
Tiring and draining aren’t apples and oranges?[/quote]yes and yes. This was discussed ad nauseum in the last spanking thread.
[/quote]
That doesn’t stop you any other time
Plus, i’m new to this spanking thing, so humor me.[/quote]
Just read the last one. It’s all there. On a phone and don’t feel like keeping up with the extremely long posts this will turn in to. Maybe lata.
[quote]imhungry wrote:
[quote]HoustonGuy wrote:
[quote]imhungry wrote:
[quote]HoustonGuy wrote:
[quote]Christine wrote:
[quote]pushharder wrote:
[quote]Christine wrote:
…Children one’s drain energy, finances, time and patience…
[/quote]
FWIW, this ^ did not apply to me. It was a pleasure to raise our kids. I enjoyed it. It took all of what you mentioned above but it was not “draining.”
And we homeschooled our kids through the 8th grade.[/quote]
If they didn’t drain parents patience, there would be no reason to use corporal punishment and child abuse would be virtually unheard of.
And I know that the little buggers are expensive.
[/quote]Some children won’t respond to anything but spankings. I didn’t. Spanking vs. angry abuse equal apples and oranges. Parenting is rewarding, even if tiring but certainly not draining.
[/quote]
Spanking and “angry abuse” are apples and oranges?
Tiring and draining aren’t apples and oranges?[/quote]yes and yes. This was discussed ad nauseum in the last spanking thread.
[/quote]
That doesn’t stop you any other time
Plus, i’m new to this spanking thing, so humor me.[/quote]
Some parents try to claim that they only spank after they have clammed down.
I just don’t buy it.
Like I said earlier, children crave boundaries and consistency. Being consistent in the dicsipline of the boundaries can be tiring on a parent. I believe that this is when the parents break down and spank.
[quote]imhungry wrote:
[quote]pushharder wrote:
[quote]Christine wrote:
…Children one’s drain energy, finances, time and patience…
[/quote]
FWIW, this ^ did not apply to me. It was a pleasure to raise our kids. I enjoyed it. It took all of what you mentioned above but it was not “draining.”
And we homeschooled our kids through the 8th grade.[/quote]
I would honestly like to know how many parents feel the way Christine decribed…
Personally, I don’t know of any.
There was a time when I was younger that I had a similar attitude towards parenting, but that has changed through the years.
I’m sure it can be draining on the mind and financially at times, of course. But, it’s certainly rewarding.[/quote]
Perhaps I didn’t explain this clearly enough.
While I don’t dispute that raising children can be ultimately enjoyable and fulfilling, I believe that it is difficult and problems arise when parents underestimate exactly how difficult it can be.
And, as I have brought up previously, I believe that consistency in disciplining children is one of the more difficult aspects of parenting. However my childless observations lead me to believe that consistency is one of the more important traits of a successful parent.
[quote]pushharder wrote:
[quote]Christine wrote:
Some parents try to claim that they only spank after they have clammed down.
I just don’t buy it.
Like I said earlier, children crave boundaries and consistency. Being consistent in the dicsipline of the boundaries can be tiring on a parent. I believe that this is when the parents break down and spank.
[/quote]
Time to step away from the plate, Mitz. You can’t make sound, valid judgments about something of which you know little from actual hands-on experience.
You’re the 5’11", 155 lbs kid who’s been to the gym all of a few months and read some Flex magazines and is now on the bodybuilding forum trying to tell everyone how to gain mass and strength.[/quote]
Okay then, anywone here with kids want to chime in on how it is that only lazy parents resort to spanking then?
[quote]pushharder wrote:
[quote]Christine wrote:
If they didn’t drain parents patience, there would be no reason to use corporal punishment and child abuse would be virtually unheard of…
[/quote]
You don’t spank a child because your patience has been drained; you spank them for training purposes - to make them better human beings.
Good grief.
[/quote]
How does teaching a child violence result in a better human?
[quote]pushharder wrote:
[quote]Christine wrote:
[quote]pushharder wrote:
[quote]Christine wrote:
Some parents try to claim that they only spank after they have clammed down.
I just don’t buy it.
Like I said earlier, children crave boundaries and consistency. Being consistent in the dicsipline of the boundaries can be tiring on a parent. I believe that this is when the parents break down and spank.
[/quote]
Time to step away from the plate, Mitz. You can’t make sound, valid judgments about something of which you know little from actual hands-on experience.
You’re the 5’11", 155 lbs kid who’s been to the gym all of a few months and read some Flex magazines and is now on the bodybuilding forum trying to tell everyone how to gain mass and strength.[/quote]
Okay then, anywone here with kids want to chime in on how it is that only lazy parents resort to spanking then?[/quote]
I was the opposite of the lazy parent and I spanked my kids.
And I’d do it all over again if I had to do it again.[/quote]
I’m sorry that you felt the need to hurt your children.