What's Your Discipline Gadget?

Am I a bad momma if I induce corporal punishment on my kids at times? Would you do it to your kids and do you believe that corporal punishment is sometimes necessary to instill discipline in your children?

My hubby and I are guilty as charge as being lenient parents probably giving our kids too much freedom of expression at home. I consider them lucky. I grew up with a firewood or belt on my butt and mongo seeds or salt on my knees all the time. I shudder at the thought but I never hated my mom for doing such. However, I never want my kids to experience the same.

But I do I have this at home.

Small canes like this are sold
in stores here in Singapore

 
We bought it for the sake of fun but had never used it on my boys. I never needed it.

This is enough.

And I could use this if I want to, but I don't.

Yes, I do give my two boys a whip when needed but this is the form of discipline that is sparingly used at home. It is extreme measure for us and a whip or two is already enough. I am proud to say that my kids are not rowdy. They are just kids. Makulit, malikot minsan, maingay, makalat but that's what kids are.

Babies in the New Generation are Technologically Advanced

My little boy is still two years, two months and two days old to be exact. At his age, he hardly speaks. His vocabulary is building up fast but he isn't talking straight yet. However, his technical skills is amazing. At his age, he can operate basic computer applications by himself already.

He turns on the computer if he finds it off, proceeds to login using the Open User I created for other family members. Depending on what he would like to do, he would click on the Start menu and click on Mozilla if he wants to watch his YouTube videos. Since I hardly clear the browser's cache, he finds his way to what he wants by clicking on the address bar which automatically highlights the URL, press backspace and types "Y". YouTube is usually the first entry which he then clicks on. He then spends several minutes watching his favorite animated videos, mostly, alphabet and counting videos.

If he gets bored with it, he goes to the Start menu again and search for the Folder in My Computer which contains his favorite pictures: Elmo, Barney, the Sesame Street, stars, butterflies. He doesn't know how to double click yet so I taught him to click on a picture and press enter to view it in a larger frame. He also knows how to drag and drop objects particularly to the Media player when he watches his favorite stored videos.

He also knows how to navigate to the Audibles section in YM's. So don't ever wonder if and when you try to send me a message and you get countless audibles. That's not me. (My YM is auto log in).

Sigh, my little boy is growing up fast technologically. I'm afraid that by five he'd be browsing porn sites, LOL! I am actually minimizing his computer exposure now. Not that I don't want him to learn fast. I am just lessening his exposure to radiation. Kids should be more active physically. Sigh again! Not very possible in my place.