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    Parenting: the Bottom Line
    Parenting: the Bottom Line
    Parenting: the Bottom Line
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    Parenting: the Bottom Line

    By Ron Mackey

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    Parenting: The Bottom Line was born out of the never-ending controversy of whether or not spanking should be used as a disciplinary tool by parents. In response to this hot topic, author Ron Mackey examines the role of the parent as disciplinarian and the importance of raising children to understand the difference between good and bad behavior. Guiding and nurturing children with love and patience will establish a solid foundation allowing them to grow up to become responsible adults.

    All too often, parents in todays society postpone using any kind of discipline with their children until they are old enough to understand the reason for the punishment. But by postponing this critical part of the growth cycle, they discover that their children have developed behavior that has become so deeply ingrained that the habits cant be easily broken.

    Parenting: The Bottom Line provides insight and useful information that is designed to help parents overcome some of the difficulties that they may encounter, as they raise their bundles of joy from infancy to adulthood.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTrafford Publishing
    Release dateFeb 3, 2011
    ISBN9781426955228
    Parenting: the Bottom Line
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    Ron Mackey

    Ron Mackey graduated with a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. He is a twenty-year United States Air Force veteran and is currently an alternative sentencing domestic violence contract instructor for the City of Las Vegas Municipal Court.

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      Parenting:

      The Bottom Line

      Ron Mackey

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      © Copyright 2011 Ron Mackey.

      All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the written prior permission of the author.

      Printed in the United States of America.

      isbn: 978-1-4269-5520-4 (sc)

      isbn: 978-1-4269-5521-1 (hc)

      isbn: 978-1-4269-5522-8 (e)

      Library of Congress Control Number: 2011900564

      Trafford rev. 01/26/2011

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      Parenting :

      The Bottom Line

      Little Tommy entered the local supermarket with his mother. She placed him in the grocery cart, and they began their journey down each aisle. Things were going well, she thought, but as she turned down the aisle with the candy and sweets she encountered a problem with her darling son.

      He began to beg for some of the familiar sweets that he saw in the bright and colorful wrapping. But during the previous week, Mom and Tommy paid a visit to the dentist, who found far too many cavities in Tommy’s teeth. So, Mom decided that Tommy could no longer have his favorite treats.

      Now, that was not what her son wanted to hear. So, he began screaming at a high pitch, and throwing a temper tantrum. There was no doubt that Tommy’s loud crying and screaming could be heard throughout the entire supermarket.

      So, what was this young mother to do? What were her options? She could simply ignore her son’s bad behavior, as many parents do in today’s society. She could take him to the restroom and negotiate with him to calm down, because he was embarrassing her. She could just give in and buy him the candy and be done with his tantrum. But that would show him that his tantrum won him another victory over mean mommy. Another option she had was to get his attention with a swift pat on his back side. But wouldn’t that type of response get her arrested for child abuse?

      So, in order to avoid any further embarrassment, she decided to forego her grocery shopping trip for the day. She left all her groceries in the cart and departed the store to wait for a better time to come back and shop alone.

      As I thought about that days’ encounter, the first questions that came to my mind was, who was in charge, the child or the mother? And if she had the belief that she could be arrested for spanking her child for the purpose of correcting his behavior, was she correct in her thinking?

      It had been stated by Lawrence Kutner, Ph.D, that spanking simply does not work as a disciplinary technique. Well, I do not agree with his assessment. I believe that there are times when talking can be used as a tool for correcting the behavior of children,

      And other times sending the little ones to there room without the television, I-Pod, videos, or any form of entertainment could possibly get your point across. But when all the other methods of discipline fail, nothing else gets their attention like a few swats on the old seat of understanding.

      The subject of spanking, as a means of parental discipline, has sparked much controversy over recent years. And I have read about many people, including doctors, psychologists, and child development specialists, espousing the notion that the spanking of children leads to the likelihood of violent behavior in later years.

      Dr. Katherine Jones, a clinical psychologist in Alabama, stated that even Black parents have become softer when it comes to disciplining their children. She once commented that one of the primary problems with parents is that they are more self-absorbed in their careers and individual needs.

      She went on to say that parents don’t have a lot of time for parenting and attending to their children as they had in the past. Now, I truly agree with her insight. I see it every day.

      When a child gets in trouble at school, some parents don’t make time to go the school and meet with the teachers to see what the problems are with their children. Nor even bother to attend local PTA meetings. And those types of parents get angry with the teachers for bothering them, and wasting their time about their children.

      I believe that such actions by some parents is a form of neglect, and is in essence child abuse. Every child that is born into this world deserves special care and protection from their parents, and whether parents realize it or not, love, guidance, correction, and discipline are a very important part of the responsibility of being a parent.

      Parents need to understand that parent-teacher conferences are a very important part in a child’s life, in that it allows the parents and teachers to work together in order to help a student learn and be successful.

      And meeting the student’s teacher and understanding classroom rules and expectations is a benefit for the parents and students. And if the parents know the rules of the classroom and the educational expectations, they will be able to enforce those expectations at home and help their child better adjust to those expectations.

      Dr. Jones also stated that "many parents

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