Is it normal to spank 17 year olds?
I am 31 years old, and I took in 3 teenagers as if they were my own daughters, I took them in when they were 15 and I live with them on and off because they leave and come back all the time. I took them in because I wanted to be a mother and because I felt bad for them because they didnt have a good mom and they had difficult childhoods. I went against my family in order to live with them because no body in my family likes them. It's going to be 3 years since I took in the first one. I have been dedicating all my money to them and to be able to live with them. I feel like I am their true mom, and I think they see me as a mother. I discipline them with spanking because in the beggining I tried other ways of discipline and they walked al over me, I tried talking to them but they didnt pay attention, they would be like: when are you gonna be finished talking?. I tried taking things away but then they would just entertain themselves with something else. if I took everything from them they didnt care because they were used to not having anything in life since they grew up poor, they would just sleep all day, and act depressed, and that made me get worried cuz they all suffered from depression and even had selfharm issues. A year ago I finally got tired of them walking all over me and started to use spanking as the only means of discipline, 2 of them are 17 and I had to spank them both, they say they are too old for that but I dont know what else to do, its that or just letting go and allowing them to do whatever they like.