Having spent some time exploring the practicalities of administering a spanking, our Christian mother now turns her attention to those times when a sore bottom is NOT appropriate…
In his excellent books, such as Dare to Discipline, Dr James Dobson makes the distinction between childish behaviour, where training is required, and outright rebellion, where the appropriate response is a spanking. By outright rebellion, he is referring to those occasions when, after due warning, the child is determined to do what he wants; and it is at that point that the parent needs to assert his authority.