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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The first time I spanked was after my oldest, then 3, had three times pushed his infant sister back from a seated position so she hit her head on the floor, for his own amusement. Timeouts and talking about being gentle hadn’t worked.

I said “this time you’re going to get spanked for doing that. You’ll be spanked now, and if you do it again. This is what it means to get spanked,” and I pulled his pants down, put him across my lap, and spanked him maybe five times.

It certainly wasn’t the last time I spanked, but it was the last time he committed that offense.[/quote]

This is exactly why I have an issue with parents who spank. Where were you? Why weren’t you making sure your infant was in a safe place and your 3 year old was engaged elsewhere? Putting the responsibility for a three year old to know what their actions mean in this case doesn’t make sense. You reached the end of your capacity as a parent and that’s why you spanked. I had an infant and three year old and never remotely had to deal with this situation because infant was not left unattended with older child and older child was engaged in an appropriate activity.[/quote]

Agree with this, and it applies in the case of spanking a kid for running onto the road/parking lot. I would feel terrible for letting them get into that situation. I would spank myself![/quote]

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