Politics, Religion and Spanking. The three topics you avoid at all costs. Dr. Leman steps into the discussion. There are two main spanking camps: the spank away camp and never, ever spank camp. What does Dr. Leman suggest?
Discipline is a hard issue for parents these days. There used to be a general consensus on what was appropriate. With today’s diverse opinions, Dr. Leman lays out a plan for you. Listen to the whole episode to get his full view on spanking.
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Items from the podcast
- Spanking is an open hand to the bottom. It is not hitting your kid in anger. It must only be on the bottom and no where else.
- Spanking is now considered the worst thing you can do to the kid. Yet, there are limited appropriate times to use spankings.
- The entire number of times that the Lemans used spanking was a total of 8 times for all 5 kids.
- Most people misrepresent or misuse spanking.
- Dr. Leman believes an open hand is better than a neutral object, because you will know just how hard you spank your child. With a neutral object, you may hit harder than you realize.
- If you were ever abused, don’t use spanking.
- Spanking isn’t the only option to discipline.
- Only use spanking for very special issues.
- When in doubt to spank or not to spank, don’t spank.
- If you are spanking a lot, there is something wrong with your relationship with your kid.
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