Yeah, I will totally admit it. I'm a huge Star Wars fan. I love all of them (well not #3 - yuck! Gore!).
I've been seeing a bunch of stuff floating around social media lately about how corporal punishment is a good thing. Really? I don't think so.....
Whenever I see stuff like spanking your kids is a good thing, I think we're just perpetuating violence. Let's say I had a 4 year old and I spanked that child (i.e. I hit them) for doing something that upset me. Then that child is at pre-school. Another kid takes their shovel in the sandbox. What's the response. "Hey, you made me mad! So I'm going to hit you." Yup, perpetuating violence. Never a good thing.
I'll never forget when I was seeing my oldest munchkin (a boy) having behavior issues at pre-school. At first, I thought it was him. I took him to a 'Christian' counselor. The 'Christian' counselor told me that I needed to be spanking him more. Say what? I set boundaries at home. We occasionally did time outs. Spanking? Seriously? Not cool with me. I had scripture thrown at me by the counselor as backup to the idea. We left that counselor and never went back. Instead, I decided to observe from the hallway my son's preschool class. The teacher and the students didn't know I was there. It turns out, the teacher was raising her voice A LOT at that little class. My precious munchkin was terrified of her. Once we got the teacher to not yell at my kid, all the behavior stuff improved. No spanking necessary. Sheesh....
It frightens me to see things that are not nice (like spanking) being upheld by Christianity. I'm Christian. I love Jesus. I need Jesus. But I just don't understand how folks who follow Jesus, clearly not a violent person, can promote violence. I just don't get it.
Maybe I should just become Jedi. Nah....I still love Jesus.
Peace.
I've been seeing a bunch of stuff floating around social media lately about how corporal punishment is a good thing. Really? I don't think so.....
Whenever I see stuff like spanking your kids is a good thing, I think we're just perpetuating violence. Let's say I had a 4 year old and I spanked that child (i.e. I hit them) for doing something that upset me. Then that child is at pre-school. Another kid takes their shovel in the sandbox. What's the response. "Hey, you made me mad! So I'm going to hit you." Yup, perpetuating violence. Never a good thing.
I'll never forget when I was seeing my oldest munchkin (a boy) having behavior issues at pre-school. At first, I thought it was him. I took him to a 'Christian' counselor. The 'Christian' counselor told me that I needed to be spanking him more. Say what? I set boundaries at home. We occasionally did time outs. Spanking? Seriously? Not cool with me. I had scripture thrown at me by the counselor as backup to the idea. We left that counselor and never went back. Instead, I decided to observe from the hallway my son's preschool class. The teacher and the students didn't know I was there. It turns out, the teacher was raising her voice A LOT at that little class. My precious munchkin was terrified of her. Once we got the teacher to not yell at my kid, all the behavior stuff improved. No spanking necessary. Sheesh....
It frightens me to see things that are not nice (like spanking) being upheld by Christianity. I'm Christian. I love Jesus. I need Jesus. But I just don't understand how folks who follow Jesus, clearly not a violent person, can promote violence. I just don't get it.
Maybe I should just become Jedi. Nah....I still love Jesus.
Peace.
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