If you have read or watched any parenting TV shows or books you will see all too often people advise the parents to take a time out for themselves if the situation is getting out of control. This makes perfect sense, a lot of the reason I dislike spanking as a consistent form of discipline is because I feel a lot of parents spank when angered and in turn are hitting their children harder than need be. I know when I was a kid I got whooped by the belt, a wooden mitten, my parents hand, whatever was closest and that is probably the norm for most of the people who are adults today. I just can’t see myself being a huge spanking kind of Mom, I am more the …
