Heather Micaela
09-14-2007, 12:01 PM
Ds is watching Mr. Rogers and yesterday Lady Elaine Fairchild was disciplined for ruining a bunch of King Friday dolls by painting her face on them :giggle. Her discipline was that she had to help the doll maker for 2 days in the factory.
But today she got overzealous and wanted to have the consequence of every little mistake at the factory me a spanking :jawdrop. (I was about to turn this off, but didn't). Then the commisioner of discipline reminded her that she ruined the dolls on purpose and all they had her do is help the doll maker, so it was wrong for her to want people to get spanked for making a simple mistake. Then he went on to tell her that discipline is about learning and that discipline should be good for everyone in the end :rockon When Lady Elaine said "I thought it was a bout punishment and spanking." the "commisioner of discipline" said that should be just a very tiny part.
Yes there was another mention of spanking by Mr. Rogers when the Trolly came back. He asked "Has your mommy or daddy even spanked you when you hit someone or bit your baby borther and sister?" That is because they get very scared. It does not mean they love the baby more, but because the baby is helpless.
Now, as much as I wish Mr. Rogers would've said "Spanking is wrong." - he was teaching children not adults. And I am sure that some of them are spanked that watch :(. So like that that spanking wasn't commended, but at least he gave a glimpse of why the parent might have reacted that way. And the overall message was that discipline is about learning and that even bad things can turn out for good :tu :heart
But today she got overzealous and wanted to have the consequence of every little mistake at the factory me a spanking :jawdrop. (I was about to turn this off, but didn't). Then the commisioner of discipline reminded her that she ruined the dolls on purpose and all they had her do is help the doll maker, so it was wrong for her to want people to get spanked for making a simple mistake. Then he went on to tell her that discipline is about learning and that discipline should be good for everyone in the end :rockon When Lady Elaine said "I thought it was a bout punishment and spanking." the "commisioner of discipline" said that should be just a very tiny part.
Yes there was another mention of spanking by Mr. Rogers when the Trolly came back. He asked "Has your mommy or daddy even spanked you when you hit someone or bit your baby borther and sister?" That is because they get very scared. It does not mean they love the baby more, but because the baby is helpless.
Now, as much as I wish Mr. Rogers would've said "Spanking is wrong." - he was teaching children not adults. And I am sure that some of them are spanked that watch :(. So like that that spanking wasn't commended, but at least he gave a glimpse of why the parent might have reacted that way. And the overall message was that discipline is about learning and that even bad things can turn out for good :tu :heart