tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5051258436941012775.post1176121890649649283..comments2023-12-30T00:30:21.906-08:00Comments on The Hippie Housewife: I've Been SpoiledHippie Housewifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14718357472343295031noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5051258436941012775.post-55218581942848586082010-07-24T17:51:21.643-07:002010-07-24T17:51:21.643-07:00So I just came across your blog the other day, and...So I just came across your blog the other day, and I just wanted to say I loved this post even though it is like 3 years old. LOL <br />Thanks for the encouragement to be a loving, grace-filled parent. :) I often have that feeling of "Am I crazy or did that person really just say _____" whether it is about discipline, a breastfeeding myth, etc. Nice to hear I'm not the only one that feels that way sometimes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5051258436941012775.post-31723343931374833852008-11-29T19:07:00.000-08:002008-11-29T19:07:00.000-08:00@Anon, I don't see how those verses support spanki...@Anon, I don't see how those verses support spanking...but that's really beside the point.<BR/><BR/>I'm not sure how you got any of that out of what I wrote. I'm sorry that you did. I was writing about <I>so much more</I> than just spanking. I was writing about my own discovery of the attitude within parts of the Christian church that children are things to be brought into submission by any means necessary, not to be held too much for fear of spoiling them, not to have things explained to them because they should just jump when their parents tell them to without needing to know why, and so on and so forth. It was that controlling and heavily punitive method of childrearing that I was talking about - not merely spanking.<BR/><BR/>And althought this post is more than a <I>year</I> old, I still very much see this attitude coming from Christians more than I see it coming from anyone else. I think that is such a sad reflection of what the church has become. Regardless, if that's not you, then good - <I>great</I>. I wasn't talking about the sort of parent you are.<BR/><BR/>You're right, it <I>is</I> absurd to assume that a parent who spanks their child does not cuddle and hug them as well - thank goodness I wasn't suggesting as much. <BR/><BR/>I'm sorry that you were insulted and felt that I was harsh. It <I>was</I> harsh for <I>me</I> to discover that this attitude was so prevalent in the Christian church, when I had been surrounded by a group of Christian women who didn't have that authoritative attitude as far as their children were considered. It still makes me very sad - and if that showed through in my words, well, I'm afraid I still stand by them.Hippie Housewifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14718357472343295031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5051258436941012775.post-91519499608619789742008-11-29T14:27:00.000-08:002008-11-29T14:27:00.000-08:00Spanking is certainly not the only method of disip...Spanking is certainly not the only method of disiplince, however, it is a Biblical method.<BR/><BR/>Proverbs 29:15 The rod and reproof five wisom. But a child who gets his own way brings shame to his mother.<BR/><BR/>Proverbs 22:15 Foolisihness is bound up in the heart of a child; The rod of discipline will remove it far from him.<BR/><BR/>Proverbs 17:10 A rebuke goes deeper into one who has understaning than a hundred blows into a fool.<BR/><BR/>It seems to me the only verses in the Bible that deal with discipline either mention using the rod "spanking" or rebuke and reproof. I believe it is Biblical to use the two together.<BR/> <BR/>That does not mean you have to spank your child for every wrong heart attitude, there are other forms of discipline to employ, but you must be consistant in rebuking your child's heart, whatever the method.<BR/><BR/>Spanking is definately a hot button issue. I suppose the thing to remember when talking to other Christians about discpline is that each probably truely believes are are doing what is Biblical. <BR/><BR/>I think spanking is Biblical, (although there are some qualifiers regarding how it should be done-mostly with a right heart) you disagree. I know you must believe not spanking is biblical,so you do not use it. End of story, there does not need to be hostility on either side of the issue. <BR/><BR/>To imply that those who spank don't react with love an grace towards our children is insulting. To say that those who spank are not guiding thier children gently but firmly is sad. TO think that I, although I spank my son do not cuddle and hug my baby boy is absurd. <BR/><BR/>It is okay to share you opinions, but you are so harsh in doing so. There is a clear division of Christians who spank their children and don't spank them, but we should not be so thoughless to one another.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5051258436941012775.post-19137886974678524092007-09-03T17:36:00.000-07:002007-09-03T17:36:00.000-07:00Welcome to the wide world of fundamentalist Christ...Welcome to the wide world of fundamentalist Christians! It's staunch. It's unwavering.<BR/><BR/>It's also quite the opposite of Jesus.<BR/><BR/>I have friends who still spank their teenagers.<BR/><BR/>When my son was four, he and his sister were invited to the circus with another family. Once my son got to their house, he got very homesick (this was his first time to do something like that away from us). He wouldn't stop crying. Before calling me to come get him, they tried many different things, one being the father threatening to spank him!!!!<BR/><BR/>There's not enough room in this little box to explain how this still makes me feel today.<BR/><BR/>I'm glad you're spoiled. It's a pleasure to easily be able to surround yourself emotionally with those that support your Christ-like parenting.<BR/><BR/>The only other non-spanking mother I know in our whole town is Pagan. How backward is THAT?Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07276000726366302069noreply@blogger.com