Margaret Inocentti was blessed with two beautiful children.
Like all children, hers would occasionally misbehave. Margaret
would spank them without giving it a thought. "After I would
spank them, I would get a knot in my stomach. I saw their little
faces just look at me with fear and I felt so awful, my heart
would sink."
One day while watching The Oprah Winfrey Show, Margaret realized
she was not disciplining her children from a point of love. "I
recognized that spanking my children was diminishing not only my
spirit but theirs as well." She made a conscious decision to stop
spanking her children.
Now Margaret takes time to be present to her children and listens when they
are acting out or acting inappropriately. "I wanted to raise children who felt free to think for
themselves and realize the gifts they had to offer life. My children are a gift."
"There is a reward in the sense of joy in overcoming my urge to spank my
children and learn to listen instead."
