Glad to not be a parent

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/08/14/florida-mother-accused-beating-son-for-using-facebook/?test=latestnews

It's stories like this that have convinced me that some people are not fit to be parents. And its a shame that you can't stop people like that from having kids.

I realized a long time ago I would not be a good parent. I have little to no patience for things and kids seem to make a lot of unnecessary noises which bothers me.  For a few years I babysat for my best friend during the summer while she was working/going to school and her husband worked.  After 8 hours I was always worn out and ready  for home.

But even if I was a parent I would hope that I wouldn't result to unnecessary measures to punish them.

It seems that this mother had the right intention but very poor on the punishment side of things.

If I were a parent I think I would want to monitor what my children do on the computer or who they talk to on their cell phones. I would put an adult block (?) on the cable and internet..

As for punishment, I can know say I would do things a little differently than what my parents did to me. My parents main punishment was to ground me which consisted of sending me to my room and no TV for the whole time of the punishment. This only bothered me during football or baseball season.  The rest of the year I didn't care because they never took my stereo away.

I have  thought about things I would do if I were ever a  parent.  I think that a good punishment would be to have a small room where there would be a book case, a table and chair and a writing pad. I think I would have my child write about what they did wrong.After they had done that my wife and I would sit down and talk with our child about what they had done and should have done. And I would  have them be ground for hopefully a sufficient amount of time which would include having to go to that small room and do their homework.

At least that is what I hope I would do.

I do believe that no child should be touched in anger.