Here are a list of articles on Spanking from Sandra Dodd’s site. Stories of families who did and stopped, a story of a woman who was spanked, but her parents begged her not to. Help to stop spanking, Overcome pressure to spank.
Unschoolers and Spanking
My husband and I were both spanked growing up. My husband didn’t want to spank, but I thought it was the way to go. We ended up trying it a few times when Nakiah was a little over 2. We didn’t like it. It didn’t feel right. We read more and more about spanking and gentle discipline from the time she was 2.5yrs old until now. During that time we quit spanking and we’ve never looked back.
It never made since to us. How can you explain to a child that we don’t hit, but we’re hitting him/her?
Do you realize babies as young as 8 months old are being smacked on the hand?
We believe there are other forms of discipline. It takes more work and thought on our part, but we are their parents. Aren’t our children worth that extra work and thought?
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Well done for giving up. I abhor almost all violence and believe that parents using it against their children is a huge part of its perpetuation.
By: smilingcynic on May 25, 2010
at 4:26 PM
Cool blog!
Rocks Tops
By: Rock Tops Granite on December 28, 2009
at 1:34 PM
Part of my problem with it (other than it’s violent and unkind) is that I don’t believe hitting/spanking is ever okay when you’re angry, and the thing is… when you aren’t angry, you have lots of patience, kindness and ideas to deal with the problem other than with hitting.
So not a good idea, as far as I’m concerned.
By: Stephanie on August 31, 2009
at 9:19 PM
Debbie, there are some situations where the urge is so strong. Those are the times where I really have to check myself. Breath, count, walk away. Whatever. We’re humans, not robots!
Thanks for the comment.
By: Darcel on August 30, 2009
at 1:07 PM
We never spanked out kids for those same reasons. Physical violence is wrong. Now, I’m not going to say the urge wasn’t ever there:)
By: debbie on August 30, 2009
at 11:56 AM