Kate Gosselin Spanks Leah

Kate Gosselin Spanks Leah

Friday, June 19, 2009

What do you think: Is spanking ever okay?

New photos from In Touch have leaked that show Kate Gosselin spanking a distraught Leah. In the first photo, Gosselin is raising her hand at her daughter, and in the second, her daughter is in tears.

According to In Touch, Leah had been asked to stop blowing a whistle and was not listening. "The girl was screaming and crying. Kate just pushed her away and walked off with her coffee," a witness told In Touch. "Her older sisters were trying to make Leah feel better."

But Kate is defending herself.

"Whether the paparazzi are there or not, I am a mother first," Gosselin told Life & Style Weekly. "I love my children and when they misbehave, I discipline them as I deem appropriate for the situation."

In this month's Elle magazine, cover girl and supermom Gwen Stefani firmly states she will NEVER reach the breaking point with her kids and resort to spanking.

What do you think of Kate's spanking incident? Do you spank your kids? Comment below.

On a lighter note, it seems that everyone -- celebrities included -- wants Kate Gosselin's hair. We're happy to oblige!

Gone Gosselin!

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Sometimes kids need to be spanked. I’m not saying a beating; just a quick swat on the tush. I’ve had to do that to my kids twice (once for both). Both times they cried - not because I hit hard, but because I did it. I cannot hit hard because of hand issues it was just more of a surprise. As parents we have to teach how to obey and sometimes a time-out is ineffective or inappropriate. Are you going to keep giving a time-out for trying to put a finger in a light socket? No, you time-out the first time then spank the second to make sure you get your point across. I don’t advocate spanking all the time. But once in a great while it is the proper tool to use.

- Me

Posted 06/17/09 04:04 PM

Gwen Stefani says she will never reach the breaking point because she doesn’t know what the breaking point is yet. Or because she has nannies to shield her. If she was parenting her children day in and day out, sooner or later she would snap.

- Anonymous

Posted 06/17/09 04:35 PM

Good response Kate! We don’t know what actually happened, as I noticed they are still shots and not live action camera shots. I imagine there are pics lurking around from about 10-15 minutes later and Mother/child still love each other, there are no bruises and your basic-life-on-TV childhood going on.

- TXMom

Posted 06/17/09 04:54 PM

I’m a 30yr old mother of 1 boy whom is 9 years old. I grew up on spankings my entire life. And, if I dare to disrespect my mother now as an adult, I will STILL feel the raft her mothering!! I condone spanking, so as long as no one gets hurt. I see all the time in Wal-Marts, shopping malls, grocery stores, etc where kids are running around, talking back, being disrespectful and not listening to the adult or parent in charge. I believe that spankings and a good talking to does the trick and I never have those problems of my child having a tantrum. Kids need to understand to respect their parents and to listen! When you are doing the best you can in raising your kids, and they begin to walk all over you and act inconsiderate in the decisions they make, a parent needs to step in and spank that tail while also explaining and acknowledging why that spanking was neccessary! Kate did nothing wrong to me, and I commend her for an awesome job with all her kids while maintaining a celebrity lifestyle now with a constant watch by the media! Keep up the Great Job Kate!!!!

- Mommy in TX

Posted 06/17/09 05:49 PM

I think spanking is totally okay when necessary. The last two words being the key words here. I know people who are completely spank-happy with their kids, over the smallest things, and it rather disgusts me. I’d consider that borderline abuse.

- anonymouse

Posted 06/17/09 05:57 PM

The sad part of this whole story is that these children are never smiling in any of the pictures that I have viewed. It just does not seem like a happy household and the children seem to be carrying the burden of mommy and daddy wanting to be famous. Family first, Grow Up.

- Lori

Posted 06/17/09 06:10 PM

I spank my son and I am proud that I do. There is nothing wrong with a few good swats on the rear. It is NOT illegal and it takes care of the problem immediately. Now, if you do it all the time it loses effectiveness and is worthless. But when my son ran from me in the store, I spanked him. And you know what? He didn’t run again. Kate Gosselin needs to learn that if she’s going to spank her children, she needs to do it inside her home so she isn’t plastered all over the internet. I don’t spank my child in public. I take him to the restroom or do it at home. Go ahead, judge me. But I have a well behaved child who now at 4 rarely needs a spanking.

- Anonymous

Posted 06/17/09 06:24 PM

Spanking is needed more. parents are afraid to spank now a days. kids would be better off and less likely to end up bad kids in trouble if they got a good whack every once in awhile for bad behavior. Hurtful words and speaking nasty to children is more harmful than a good swat on the butt! my opinion and sticking with it!!!

- Ada

Posted 06/17/09 07:20 PM

agree a lot of unrespectful children a little spank doesnt hurt

- Anonymous

Posted 06/17/09 07:42 PM

the kid probably deserved it.

- Anonymous

Posted 06/17/09 07:55 PM

How is hitting a child going to teach them to do the right thing? What about when your child hits another child? How do you justify that you can hit your child but your child better not hit anyone? I have not ever spanked and my children ages 3 and 10 are extremely well behaved… no hitting necessary!

- Anonymous

Posted 06/17/09 08:12 PM

Why the Hell does everyone care how Kate is raiseing her kids , she is doing what she feels is right for her family and NO other person should judge her or how she disapilnes her kids ! it is her famliy not yours

- sonya

Posted 06/17/09 10:23 PM

I agree that there is a big difference between spanking and child abuse, and I’m so sick of hearing actors and entertainers preach from atop their soap boxes. What makes them more qualified, or their opinions anymore valuble than the rest of us? How many ACTORS are actually experts in child rearing?give me a break. All this P.C. Crap is why our children grow up the way they do today. Out of control, arrogant, entitled (so they think), A-Holes who havebeen cateredto for their whole lives, because their parents were scared into thinking that a little discipline would damage their child!

- Rachelle

Posted 06/17/09 11:19 PM

The kid probably deserved a spanking…if she did, good job.

- Gail Cooke

Posted 06/17/09 11:36 PM

calling all real moms lets take a stand this is AMERICA WE HAVE THE RIGHT to rise our kids like we see fit. we need to stop letting the big wigs from telling us how to live our lives thats whats making us crazy.if we cant control our kids at a young age they wont listen when they get older. just ask them.so if you see me at the market giving my kid a spanking for there bad behavior back me up.i dont want my kids in jail or dead.i know that real moms that spank there kids also love there kids too. p.s. after spanking your slap your husband too.

- laura barrett

Posted 06/18/09 11:56 AM

“CAN WE JUST ALL GET ALONG” WE ADULTS KNOW THAT WE DIDN’T GET SPANKINGS WE GOT WHIPINGS. KIDS TODAY ARE SO SPOILED AND WHINNY. WE LET THEM HAVE THEIR WAY JUST TO KEEP THEM FROM CRYING. SPANK THEM, WHIP THEM, PUT THEM IN A CORNER. MY DAUGHTER COMES BACK APOLOGIZING & SHE THINKS TWICE BEFORE SHOWING OUT AGAIN. KATE NEEDS TO GET OFF T.V. AND LIVE A NORMAL LIFE. SHE DID NOTHING WRONG. HOW ABOUT TAKING PICTURES OF THE PARENTS CRYING IN AFRICA BECAUSE THEIR KIDS HAVE NOTHING TO EAT AND WE CAN SEND DONATIONS.

- Chanel

Posted 06/18/09 01:02 PM

Great,now she needs to give Maddy the odd wack or two.

- Helen

Posted 06/18/09 07:50 PM

Anyone that cannot raise a child or children without laying their hand on them needs to learn some discipline skills. It shows a lack of control on the parent’s part and teaches a lesson that being physical towards another is ok in some circumstances. Go ahead and try to explain the difference between “swatting” and “hitting” to a 3 year old child. And that one is ok and the other is abuse. I wish that all parents could experience supervising a group of 10-12 children in a daycare setting (including field trips!) for up to 8 hrs a day, five days a week and not be able to lay a finger on them, yell, threaten or mistreat them. It would open their eyes. And.. hopefully make them realize that they are sending the wrong message to their children when they spank them.

- Try something else for a change

Posted 06/19/09 02:18 AM

My children ride a in a school bus with 7 problematic kids everyday. Sometimes they don`t get home until 5pm. The school bus driver has to pull the bus over and return to the school so the pricipal can lecture these kids about, spitting, throwing things out the window, swearing, getting out of their seats, and crawling under seats. Why is this happening? When I was a child the bus driver would kick you off the bus. These kids just get lines. But they worried the heck out of 50 other parents waiting for their kids. AND people want spanking abolished?????These children are school aged children, BTW. And this happens weekly, at least.

- Helen

Posted 06/19/09 11:05 AM

lighten up people leave these people alone so what if they spank there kids the show more love than discipline when you have that many kids you need to do something she loves her kids alot of our parents and grandparents were disciplined alot harsher than she is on her kids if her kids dont want to listen and throw tantrums maybe sometimes its better to spank than do worse

- andrea

Posted 06/19/09 01:03 PM