Punishment

Punishment sucks. No fun for the parent, nor the child. Some parents may spank their kids for discipline. Not in my house. I just don't think it's necessary. It's never necessary to hit a child. Call it spanking, it's still hitting a child. Time outs, taking away privileges - those things are just no fun at all. But it's important as parents to stick with the punishment, when your heart might say that he's learned his lesson, let's just forget the punishment. Can't do that. That harms a child much more. Punishing the kids just is not fun, but it's gotta be done from time to time.