Comments on: Spanking Lowers I.Q.

By: O Bloody Hell

O Bloody Hell — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 06:52:29 +0000

You know, I will grant that spanking might lower IQ (not saying it does, but… might), but has anyone checked for a correlation with spanking and increased common sense?

My money is there will be a much stronger correlation than the IQ one, and it will show a positive increase in common sense when spanking was present.

By: Paul Gordon

Paul Gordon — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 16:01:40 +0000

spanking and other forms of corporal punishment mean that someone has lost control,

If you catch a toddler trying to poke a hairpin or paper clip into an electrical outlet, do you try to “reason” with him/her?

Or, do you apply an immediate lesson that may improve the chances of that toddler living long enough to benefit from more gentle persuasion later?

By: DaveR

DaveR — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 13:23:10 +0000

The thing I’ve found with raising my own kids and watching my sisters and friends raise there kids, all in very different ways. It all boils down to discipline. The second they start crawling is when you need to start establishing boundaries. A small smack of their hand when they get into something they shouldn’t. That’s how they learn – if I do this, something bad will happen, so I’m not going to do that. By the time they are walking and talking you will find that you actually don’t NEED to spank them very much. That stern look, and even threat of a spanking will stop 99% of the bad behavior.

And be consistent!!! Don’t mildly rebuke one time, and then over-punish the next time for the same thing. If they do X, then they get this punishment – all the time. If they do Y, they get that other punishment – every time.

And make sure they know (you wouldn’t believe how much kids actually DO understand) that they are being punished for doing X, Y, Z wrong – and BECAUSE you love them, you don’t want them to do that. They will learn the most important lesson of their lives – that ACTIONS have CONSEQUENCES.

And probably the #1 point of this whole issues (though clearly not mentioned, but I believe it has the MOST affect on child rearing) is people need to actually be PARENTS for their kids and not just want to be their kids “best friends” or “the coolest mom/dad”. If there any truth in this story, it’s that dumbed down liberal ejumacation lowers IQ’s more that anything else!

By: Bob

Bob — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 20:31:52 +0000

What a load of horse manure. We have three grown children, all college graduates, two working on masters’ degrees. One taught school for about five years and now is a paralegal who is a heck of a lot smarter than I, is a whiz at ancient languages, and is pursuing a master’s degree in history. Another has a major in counseling and is working on a master’s degree in that field. Still another earned an undergraduate degree in a medical field and works in a hospital. Every one of them is extremely intelligent and tested well above the norm when they were in elementary, middle, and high school. When they were kids I had no problem tearing up their little butts when they were rebellious. Every one of them now is a well-adjusted, responsible, mature adult working a productive job and has a strong marriage. They love each other and enjoy being together, not to mention coming home to visit mom and dad. Our family is close and enjoy each other’s company. I hear other parents complaining all the time about how much grief their grown kids are giving them and then I thank God for ours. I have an earned doctorate and my mother didn’t mind spanking me, either.