Okay, sorry, I’m sorta going off on Willafred who answered before me…

Are you saying that paddling is a uncivilized act? As a teacher I am not really pro-hitting in this day and age. As a future parent…

(we are talking of appropriate paddling of course)

If teachers were able to do that, we would not be doing the right thing. I know we teachers are standing in front of the class room while we teach, but at the same time we are also teaching students how to act and react to things such as emergencies, bulling and even how to relax after someone says something they don’t like.

If we hit our students, we are teaching them it’s OK to be aggressive. Who knows if we teach our students its OK to hit, maybe one day it will back fire and the students will start to hit the teacher or any other adult.

As a parent with kids in school…absolutely not! I don’t hit my own children and god help anyone who lays a hand on my kids!

If my kids are being little sh*ts in class, call me…I’ll take care of it – I actually parent my kids and don’t let them get away with murder as is the norm for many parents today.

Your statement about “kids need it” is close. They need parents who PARENT, not parents who try to be their friends. Many parents think their kids are “wonderful little angels” in school and if a teacher, god forbid calls home, they berate the teacher for picking on little Johnny. It is not the kids who have issues…it is the parents!

Thank you to all of the parents who teach their kids respect and manners and can step up to the plate of being a parent!