Is Discipline Non-Existent These Days?

[Toregone]

As a parent of a young child it is hard in this society to disipline. That doesn't stop my husband and I from sending out child to his room, spanking his bum sometimes, teaching him manners, and *gasp* raising our voices sometimes.

I say it is hard because of cases like what happened to my husband last night. We were grocery shopping and at the check out my son started whining for candy. After a couple of attempts to placate him he started raising his volume and went into full blown tantrum. My husband said "Ok, we're going to the car." and proceeded to take him to the car while I paid for the groceries. Apperantly while he was struggling to get my kicking and screaming 3 year old safely into his car seat he raised his voice and said "N! Sit down now! You have to be in your seat!" The same thing I've said a dozen times in the same situation. While a gentleman in the truck next to us got out of his vehicle and started to lecture my husband about not raising his voice to a child and how yelling helps nothing, don't do it... God, the guy is lucky I wasn't there and only heard about it after. My hubby is nicer than I am

When complete strangers feel it is thier right to put the guilt trip on a parent after seeing a small snippet of the picture something is wrong. It makes it hard as a parent today, you feel the censure of society and it's not just in your head, people will actually bust your chops on things. Maybe I'm just old school but I still believe in disipline for my child, will send him to his room, take away toys, and do not tolerate disrecpect. Be dammed what the guy in the grocery store parking lot thinks.