Tough Love

narrative verse

Tough love

Rebecca was a horrid child.
Her antics drove her mother wild..
Child experts offered their advice
but seldom came to visit twice.

Although her mother tried her best
Rebecca outdid all the rest.
She was unpleasant rude and crude.
An anti social attitude.

She seldom did as she was told
and thought she had the right to scold.
Her mother's efforts at control
She seemed to have no other goal.

Than making life a misery
for members of her family.
But then her grandma came to stay.
Rebecca came to rue the day.

Grandma applied psychology
Rebecca placed across her knee
She tanned her little bottom hard.
Grandma had but scant regard.

For what the experts had to say
She raised her kids in the old way.
A firm hand lovingly applied
across Rebecca's small backside.

Quickly changed her attitude.
Because her Grandma understood.
That little girls should never be
allowed to think that they were free.

To act and speak unpleasantly
without they paid the penalty.
Rebecca very swiftly learned
she got exactly what she earned..

She soon became a paragon.
Her bad behaviour was all gone.
Which demonstrates that Grandma knew
exactly what she had to do.

To make Rebecca toe the line
applied a little discipline.
In her own old fashioned way.
It worked a treat I have to say.

She changed Rebecca's attitude
and earned her mothers gratitude.
Old fashioned ways had proved the best
to change Rebecca from a pest.

Into a most delightful child.
Although the experts all reviled
her methods. They could not deny
they were effective.I wonder why.


Perhaps they lack experience
as well as simple common sense.
Until they've raised a family
I doubt if they will ever see.

That discipline lovingly applied
beats everything which they have tried.
A child must know her boundaries
She cannot do as she pleases.

I think this story serves to show.
Although the experts think they know.
Experience will always win
when teaching children discipline.

20/05/2009

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[LisetteCanWrite!]

Wow... such reality and truth.. so many are against spanking.. yet there are those they definitely do need it I believe.. see it is good to have a slight fear of consequence to keep some in line! Instead I see so many parents yelling and saying harsh words to their kids that is far more hurtful than any spanking.. words hurt more!!! As for the laws that govern where I live.. spanking is becoming more and more unacceptable.. and the kids who really need the help never get it.. see real abusers place a fear in the children of those helpful services so that the children are too terrified to seek help! I grew up all around REAL abuse.. in a very poor area and know the difference.. I even tried to stand up for acceptable spanking.. more than once vocally.. each child is an individual and must be treated as such.. some simply need a spanking in my view.. this is something I hope they address and review again one day.. as I watch youth wandering the streets and getting out of hand.. with clearly NO fear, respect or thought of consequence!!! The worst is they do not even show remorse after they are caught.. they laugh at the consequences! Bravo.. I can certainly appreciate what you have written here! =)