To the editor:
NFL football player Adrian Peterson, who recently hit his 4-year-old with a stick, justified it by saying that his father raised him the same way. He claims that corporal punishment helped him turn out to be a successful football player. I believe Adrian has been successful because he was taught to work hard, not to give up, practice a lot, and play as a team.
Spanking is usually a result of a parent’s anger or unrealistic expectations of their child. Spanking doesn’t teach responsibility for one’s actions, how to make good choices, how to respect others and oneself. Instead a child raised with a lot of spanking often grows up to be angry, irresponsible, sneaky, resentful, and may use violence to get their way.
My father spanked me and it hurt our relationship. He always said it wasn’t hitting because it was done to train a child to behave. To me, as a child and now as an adult, it is hitting! I think parents need to have firm, consistent rules and teach children responsibility, but nowadays we as parents have so many ways to discipline a child in a positive way.
Raise your child with firmness, love, and respect, then they will treat others the same way. Learn new ways to discipline by coming to the Parenting Now class series at Dry Hollow Elementary in the Dalles on October 7th. To sign up call Nancy at 1- 855-308-2236 at the Next Door. Learn ways to become the best parent you can be!
Nancy Johanson Paul
Hood River
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