Disciplining Children: How far is far?

As a stay at home mother, I tend to look up different topics online. I happend to one day look up discipline. Which honestly prompted me to to write this blog for you. Parenting has changed so much over the years, everything from the methods used for teaching, right down to disipline has changed. What made me realize this, was a discussion I had with my 11 year old son. For 11, he is a smart child. I just recently decided to sit down and talk to him about things he was learning in school, and what I found out shocked me. In schools where I am located, they teach children that certain methods of disipline are deemed as child abuse, and that if their parents do any of these forms of disipline to them, that they are to call the authorities. I was appalled by what I was hearing coming from my son, not because he was telling me this, but because the school system was teaching them these things. When a parent takes care of their child, to me it consists of displine, structure, food, clothing, shelter, water and last but not least love. When the school teaches your child that disipline(some forms) are not legal, your child then starts thinking they can get away with much more than they actually can. I think of it like this. The methods of displine back when I was younger as I am sure many others out there consisted of this, a spanking, kneeling in the corner, or grounding to your bedroom for the day/evening. Now when talking to my son, I brought up a few of these things and asked him what the school was teaching him in regards to these few things. He said and I will quote this "Mommy, they say you aren't allowed to spank me on my butt if I am bad". Now I don't spank my children because I really don't believe in it but what is the school teaching our children if they are telling them, that we as their parents aren't allowed to do certain forms of disipline? Times do change, but just how far is too far when it comes to disipline with children? As I searched the web looking for tips and advice to help the parents out there I came across an article that I found to be helpful with tips and advice on how to deal with some situations that in the past were able to be handled diffrently than they are now.
Discipline Tactics Article:(Copy and Paste link in browser)
http://www.webmd.com/parenting/discipline-tactics

Education in Schools: How soon is your child learning sex ed?

Do any of you remember the day that you were taught about the human reproductive system? What grade were you in? Just recently, my 11 year old son and I were having our daily talk about what he was learning in school. He is in the fifth grade and I always love hearing his stories about what happend in school that day. What my son said next shocked me. I asked him what he was learning and he told me "We are learning about semen". Needless to say my jaw hit the floor and I was stunned. Either I am getting too old, or they have started teaching that fundamental a bit early. Since when, do 11 year old children need to know about semen? I know that this is an explict contented blog, but I wanted to get someone elses opinion about this. How soon is too soon?

A declairation of a first time blogger

This is my first blog on here and I am nervous. I have never really done anything like this and I was told to come and check this out, that it was a way of getting my voice heard without alot of effort. They couldn't have been more right, this is an exciting thing for me, and I must say I am enjoying it emmensely. So by starting this blog, I will tell you readers out there a little bit about myself, just to show you that I am just like most of the women out there. I am a 32 year old mother of two beautiful children. However, unlike some mom's I am unable to go out into the workforce because of a medical condition. So most of my time, besides taking care of my children consist of being online and looking for the next "get rich" program that could help me support my family. Now please don't get me wrong, I am not looking for a handout or charity of any kind. I am a married woman, my husband works long hours to support myself and our children, but those "get rich quick" things that you see online look oh so tempting to someone like me. The thing is, I am the type of person that can't go spending money on a whim, or a possibility of making money. It has to be a sure thing. Money is a hard thing to come by for anyone out there, especially a single income household. So here I am making a blog and telling all the issues that face a woman in my shoes, to the entire world. It is a big nerve racking, because you never know how you are going to come off in something like this. You never can tell what someone will think about you by reading a paragraph or two that can be personal or it can be just down right entertaining. I intend to do something diffrent on here and want to make it a little of alot of diffrent aspects. I want this to be on a personal level, I want it to be entertaining and most of all I want it to be educational. I want to connect with people out there that are just like me, who face the same issues like I do, be it a stay at home father, mother, or a guardian to children, grandmother, grandfather, anyone out there that can connect and understand what it is like being the one that has to sit home and watch as your sigifigant other works their fingers to the bone and you feel powerless. You feel as if you can't give them assistance, and when they are so tired that they can barely stand up, it almost brings you to tears. So with this blog I want to do all these things, and much MUCH more. If I find information that could help someone like me, do things around their house, or make money just by typing up a few lines, I will share it with my readers, and give you all something to keep coming back to see me, and connect with me, as we walk through this journey together.