Mom gets Probation for Spanking Child

• OneBuckeye

  

  CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – A Texas mom has been sentenced to probation and has lost custody of her children for spanking her daughter.
  
  Rosalina Gonzáles of Corpus Christi pleaded guilty on Wednesday to Injury to a Child for swatting the 2-year-old on her buttocks.
  
  According to prosecutors, Gonzáles in December hit the girl with an open hand, leaving some red marks.
  
  Police arrested Gonzáles after the child's grandmother reported the injuries and took the child to a hospital.
  
  Gonzáles will serve five years probation, take parenting classes and follow guidelines laid out by Child Protective Services
  
  KZTV10.com reports that the ruling judge in the case made it clear that spanking is a crime.
  
  "You don't spank children today," Judge Jose Longoria is quoted as having said. "In the old days, maybe we got spanked, but there was a different quarrel. You don't spank children."
  
  
  
  Read more: http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/news/2011/06/21/texas-mom-gets-probation-for-spanking-her-daughter/#ixzz1Q0ZWCSVx

  The quote by the judge is disturbing.
• BR1986FB

  Bullshit. The pussification of America continues. What are we supposed to do, give 'Little Johnny" an Xbox 360 so he can sit on his fat ass all day long munching chips & Ho Ho's? SMH
• iclfan2

  

  Wow. This is outlandish.
• Hb31187

  

  Lol my parents would be on death row if that gets you probation
• QuakerOats

  Judge was probably an obama appointee.
• justincredible

  

  Hb31187;809679 wrote:Lol my parents would be on death row if that gets you probation

  
  +1.
  
  It's sad that she was taken to the hospital over injuries. Red marks are not injuries. Also, Jose Longoria is a douche.
• Fab4Runner

  

  Hb31187;809679 wrote:Lol my parents would be on death row if that gets you probation

  
  
  Sames! My kids will be spanked if they act like little assholes.
• redstreak one

  

  Cripes, this is disturbing. You guys wonder why kids act the way they do today, they have very little fear. With judges like this, parents and schools are completely handcuffed when it comes to disciplining.
• coyotes22

  

  BR1986FB;809675 wrote:Bullshit. The pussification of America continues. What are we supposed to do, give 'Little Johnny" an Xbox 360 so he can sit on his fat ass all day long munching chips & Ho Ho's? SMH

  
  Yep. This is also why we have school shootings, pervs, and other idiots running around today. And why the Juvenile Detention Centers are full,,,,,, Because parents cant/wont spank their kids. Instead we are suppose to give them a "timeout"! Bull crap!!!! My kids get spanked when needed. And they know it. I HATE the timeout thing.
• Tiger2003

  

  Fab4Runner;809688 wrote:Sames! My kids will be spanked if they act like little assholes.

  
  And you will be on probation. .
  
  
  Like most of you have said my parent would be on death row. Don't know how many times I got the backhand to the mouth. The worst part was I had braces but that sure didn't stop them. My Grandma would always use a wood paddle with holes in it. Damn that fucking hurt.
• coyotes22

  

  Tiger2003;809714 wrote:And you will be on probation. .
  
  
  Like most of you have said my parent would be on death row. Don't know how many times I got the backhand to the mouth. The worst part was I had braces but that sure didn't stop them. My Grandma would always use a wood paddle with holes in it. Damn that fucking hurt.

  
  My dad had a wooden paddle, when I was growing up, too
• BR1986FB

  coyotes22;809720 wrote:My dad had a wooden paddle, when I was growing up, too

  
  Either got the belt or got to pick my own willow switch. I was lucky. My dad chased my older brother down the road cracking him with one of those orange extension cords after my bro stole my dads truck to go see his girlfriend and hit the ass end of an Amish buggy (no injuries).
• ts1227

  

  I was surprised to see it was the grandmother that acted upon this. You would think at her age she would condone spanking and generally not being a pussy.
• coyotes22

  

  BR1986FB;809784 wrote:Either got the belt or got to pick my own willow switch. I was lucky. My dad chased my older brother down the road cracking him with one of those orange extension cords after my bro stole my dads truck to go see his girlfriend and hit the ass end of an Amish buggy (no injuries).

  
  Well, by the time I came around, we had invented a way of turning wood into things, other than using them for fire and paddles.
  
  Plus the trees at my house, were all oak trees. No switches to be had.
• thePITman

  

  I would be furious with my mother (or mother-in-law) if she did this to me after spanking my child (if/when I have them).
• fan_from_texas

  It's tough to tell from the article how bad the spanking actually was--certainly there are situations where spanking can cross the line into abuse, and generally, the question is whether it leaves a mark (i.e. a bruise).
  
  Re spanking/not spanking: I support the right of parents to spank, but study after study shows that spanking isn't a particularly effective means of discipline. If you want your kids to be well-raised, provide clear rules/expectations and consistently enforce them. The manner by which you do that doesn't matter as much. It's not like bad parents would suddenly become great parents if only they could spank; on the contrary, bad parents end up getting lazier and act like spanking is going to do their job for them.
• thePITman

  

  fan_from_texas;809818 wrote:If you want your kids to be well-raised, provide clear rules/expectations and consistently enforce them.

  
  I think the issue here is the way(s) to "consistently enforce" the rules. With those methods being limited to "sitting in time out" or grounding a child, it gets harder and harder to send a message.
• Heretic

  

  Hb31187;809679 wrote:Lol my parents would be on death row if that gets you probation

  
  Yep. So would mine.
• DeadliestWarrior34

  

  BR1986FB;809784 wrote:Either got the belt or got to pick my own willow switch.

  
  Too young to get the switch but got to pick my belts. Swear the brown ones dont hurt as much.
• BR1986FB

  DeadliestWarrior34;809863 wrote:Too young to get the switch but got to pick my belts. Swear the brown ones dont hurt as much.

  
  The thing about the switch that sucked was that you always had to go "big" when picking it out. If it was too small the parent did the honors.
• fan_from_texas

  thePITman;809822 wrote:I think the issue here is the way(s) to "consistently enforce" the rules. With those methods being limited to "sitting in time out" or grounding a child, it gets harder and harder to send a message.

  
  I'm not sure that's true. No doubt parents have to be more involved/creative if they want to discipline through means other than hitting their kids. Proper discipline of a child takes work on the parents' end, too, which is something some parents don't like.
  
  I was spanked; Mrs. FFT was spanked; and we're certainly not anti-spanking. But she's a psychotherapist who works with kids & adolescents, often related to discipline issues. Overwhelmingly, parents come in who set poor boundaries and are inconsistent with their discipline, and yet think that only if they spanked more, the kid would behave. Parents often spank out of anger, as a way to vent their own frustrations, which isn't helpful to a kid. Particularly for younger kids (say, younger than 8), it is very confusing to be told not to hit, and then know that if they do it, someone will hit them. Those mixed messages are really confusing for younger kids. Spanking is very effective for immediate compliance, but it's not as effective for long-term behavior modification.
  
  The bottom line is that spanking isn't some panacea that resolves all discipline issues. Only consistent, involved parental enforcement--in whatever manner--gets long-term results.
• GoChiefs

  

  redstreak one;809693 wrote:Cripes, this is disturbing. You guys wonder why kids act the way they do today, they have very little fear. With judges like this, parents and schools are completely handcuffed when it comes to disciplining.

  
  And then everyone wants to bitch and blame the parents when the kid fucks up.
• -Society-

  

  ts1227;809788 wrote:I was surprised to see it was the grandmother that acted upon this. You would think at her age she would condone spanking and generally not being a pussy.

  
  I wouldn't be surprised if the grandmother was only 28.
• BR1986FB

  -Society-;810064 wrote:I wouldn't be surprised if the grandmother was only 28.

  
  No shit. See that stuff ALL the time these days. Churn them babies out young so we can start collecting them there welfare checks. smh