I Was Spanked, But I Refuse To Spank My Own Children

October 17, 2017

When you’re a kid, you don’t know any different when you’re little. You don’t know what’s normal and what’s not. When you’re a kid, all you know is your own experience.

I was spanked as a child, although not often because I was also the rule follower. I was the one that didn’t dare test my parents. I was the one that tried to…

Meredith Ethington is a writer and a mom to three, trying to help her kids understand sarcasm and her need for personal space. Meredith's debut parenting book, Mom Life: Perfection Pending, provides an uplifting yet realistic look at all that is expected of moms in the 21st century and is now available on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and at Absolute Love Publishing. She proudly writes for many of her favorite parenting sites, including Scary Mommy, Babble, Momtastic, and on her own blog. Follow her on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter, where she loves to laugh at herself and admit that while parenting is the best thing ever, it's also the hardest job on earth.