My son was being out-of-hand obnoxious this afternoon. Not listening. Talking back. Just flat out 6 year old awful.
So…
After uselessly counting to three. And threatening to take away his electronics privilege for the rest of the day falling to deaf ears and an attempt at an eye-roll…
I grabbed him, flipped him over and gently hit his bottom. Over his pants. Out of sheer frustration and in hopes of getting my point across. It’s something I VERY rarely do, the potchkie on the tushie.
Before anyone gets all preachy about spanking, let me reassure you, it was NOT even close to being considered a spank. It was a mere tap. I can’t even feel guilty about it because had it been bear bottomed, it wouldn’t have left even the smallest red marked hand print. Not to mention, it didn’t leave my hand all tingly from impact.
I had to do something though. And so that is what my frustration took over and did.
Anyhoo…
He looks at me.
Shocked, at first, because spanking isn’t my typical reaction.
Then, he smiled. A devil’s grin. Seriously.
“Mommy,” he said, so sweetly. “That’s ok. You can spank me. I like it.”
Do you see the look on my face, people? He LIKES the spank.
WTF?
We outgrew the belly button fetish. Now my 6 year old likes the slap.
OY. VEY.
Oh boy. You’re screwed! Oy to the Vey indeed my friend!
I think he knew it didn’t hurt enough and since it wasn’t something you normally do…being put over your knee is probably what seemed “fun” to him. LOL He is lucky you didn’t spank him harder so that he would feel the affect!!
I did spank my first 4 boys….and they aren’t monsters! LOL I personally believe that some of the kids that never get a spanking tend to be the monsters. I have never spanked my step kids. My husband has only spanked them a hand full of times in the 6 yrs I’ve known him….but only after he has removed himself from the anger. He wouldn’t do it right away (not like me…I did spank in the moment if it was needed.)
It isn’t right for everyone….I know that. But I also think there are times it can be used appropriately and no I dont’ consider myself a monster for doing it.
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That’s funny. My little one is always trying to get me to spank the older one. He thinks it’s funny when she gets into trouble.
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In all her years on Earth, Sydney has yet to feel the palm of my hand on her butt. Knowing how much of a temper I have (Napoleonic complex thank you), the last thing I would do is lay the wrath down on her. I have walked out of the room and put a nice dent in the drywall and one time even smashed one of those little plastic chairs from a table/chair set and seeing her eyes wide open with whatever comes close to “WTF” for a child helped me make my point. I also never counted all the way to “3” and can not imagine what would happen if I did. I know her mom got to “2” and Sydney said “3” out loud but never for me.
Course, looking at it now it doesn’t seem to matter a whole heck of a lot considering her attitude. Maybe I should have 🙂
That little pervert. Kids are such dicks.
That is too funny. I tried spanking. It didn’t work. I don’t think my kids did it right. Now I just take away their stuff. That seems to work better. Oh and if I am frustrated, walking away and pretending I am Queen UgaBooga really gets to them even at 11 and 9 years old. Probably because Queen UgaBooga doesn’t cook, or talk, or look at anyone under 5’4″ tall. It’s good to be the Queen.
Oh my! That can’t be good. Maybe he is just messing with you or thought you were playing with him since spanking isn’t something you normally do.
I know it sounds horrible but, he’s just trying to be a tough booger. It probaly did hurt and he didn’t want you to know. That’s what I used to do when my parents hit me. Once a year, like clock work came the spank. And I’d hold it in like a toughie, but good LORD I was dying inside. ha!
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We don’t spank either but very occasionally, we will give our 5 yr old a tap on the tush to grab her attention. One day recently in the grocery store, I tapped that ass and she turned around and said very loudly “Mommy, please spank my butt. I love it!” Mortified doesn’t cover it. We hope she grows out of it. Needless to say, we did not linger in the grocery store. 🙂