I have an unruly 3 year old, my husband is suggesting that we start bending her over our knee. My husband was born and raised in the south and feels that spanking is the only way to raise children with respect. My parents only spanked me like 4 times in my entire life.

As a parent I don’t believe that spanking is the way to go. I think that consistency, positivity feedback and modeling good behavior is the way to raise children. At this point timeout isn’t working and our daughters behavior is out of hand. I know kids go through phases, I’m hoping that this terrible stage will end soon and my sweet babygirl will come back lol.

We haven’t spanked her yet, but my husband keeps saying that we should. When I say spank I mean laying her on our lap and tapping her with our hand 3 times. I keep telling my husband that spanking seems harsh, but I don’t want to raise a disrespectful child.

How do you discipline your children?