To smack or not to smack!

I don't really like smacking, but I also have to say that I am not totally against it. This means that with both of my children there have been some times that the have been smacked. I, however, tend to reserve any smacking that I need to do for times when the children have put themselves or someone else in some kind of danger. Additionally, I also waited to start smacking them until they were old enough to understand the reason that they were being smacked.

Hello chatterbox and welcome to myLot. I too believe in a swat to the rear of a child that is misbehaving. The thing is it shouldn't be hard but more as a surprise. Now your little one is hitting you. But maybe she was patted on the face at sometime. In my opinion you should catch her hand when she looks like she is going to hit you and firmly say not stop hitting. Spanking s do not teach kids to hit unless it is done all the tie. Spanking should be for serious infractions. I raised 6 kids and they didn't hit. They just loved to yell and argue.

this is an act that children just do they didnt have to see to learn .just keep telling her know and dont hit mommy thats not nice. i hope it all works out for you

Your daughter is only 19 months old, she probably thought she was playing with you, I think you should tell her NO firmly and sort of explain instead of physical punishment. I don't think it is right to have physical punishment to children no matter what age they are...