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Jana Kramer<\/a> is speaking out on a parenting debate that\u2019s stirring up strong opinions \u2014 and she\u2019s not holding back.<\/p>\n During the Monday (Aug. 11) episode of her Whine Down<\/em><\/a> podcast, the country singer joined cohosts Kristen Brust and Kathryn Woodard to discuss The Bachelor<\/em> star Madison Prewett\u2019s spanking comments and her husband Grant Troutt\u2019s parenting views on discipline.<\/p>\n Troutt called the idea of spanking daughter Hosanna \u201chilarious,\u201d citing Bible verses in defense of corporal punishment \u2014 a stance that sparked a candid conversation among Kramer and her friends.<\/p>\n Prewett and Troutt\u2019s spanking comments came during their own podcast<\/a> and have since sparked strong reactions online.<\/p>\n \u201cThe Lord\u2019s discipline is always off the heels of disobedience or sin,\u201d Troutt said.<\/p>\n He continued, \u201cWhich will be hilarious, by the way, when we start spanking Hosanna. Which we will, on the record, because the Bible clearly says, \u2018Folly is bound up in a child, but discipline drives it far away.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n Read More:\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>100 Faith-Filled Country Songs to Lift Your Soul<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cIt also specifically says discipline with a rod. Well, some people could say, \u2018You can discipline them with time-outs.\u2019 Hold on, it says with a rod,\u201d Prewett added.<\/p>\n Brust said she found it \u201cwild\u201d to automatically assume spanking would be part of parenting.<\/p>\n \u201cWe talked about our views at home, but I never assumed I\u2019d have to spank [my kids],\u201d she explained. \u201cI\u2019ve never forward thought about hitting my kid.\u201d<\/p>\n Woodard admitted she had spanked her children in the past, but stressed it was \u201cnever out of anger\u201d \u2014 and that \u201cit didn\u2019t really work\u201d for her family.<\/p>\n Kramer, an outspoken believer in Christ, questioned whether the Bible truly supports spanking.<\/p>\n \u201cI don\u2019t think God wants us to take a rod and hit our kids,\u201d she said. \u201cThat\u2019s the piece I don\u2019t understand. The rod can be your tone.\u201d<\/p>\n Read More:\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>These 11 Country Stars Are Unapologetically Vocal About Their Faith<\/a><\/p>\n The \u201cWhy Ya Wanna\u201d singer \u2014 who shares Jolie, 9, and Jace, 6, with ex-husband Mike Caussin, and Roman, 20 months, with husband Allan Russell \u2014 made it clear she wasn\u2019t judging Prewett\u2019s and Troutt\u2019s parenting style.<\/p>\n \u201cI think there are other ways to discipline,\u201d the One Tree Hill<\/em> alum said. \u201cI associate it with my negative past of things, and I don\u2019t think you should ever be joyful about hitting.\u201d<\/p>\n While Brust, Woodard, and Kramer didn\u2019t all share the same personal history with spanking, they agreed that it\u2019s a deeply personal topic that every parent approaches differently.<\/p>\n For every country artist that invites the world to see their kids, there is one who would rather you focus on the back of his head. These 13 country artists are quietly (or in one case, not) private when it comes to their kids. That means very few pictures and short responses if asked about them.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Gallery Credit: Billy Dukes<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nThe Spanking Debate Origin<\/h3>\n
Kramer and Friends React<\/h3>\n
Faith, Parenting, and Different Views<\/h3>\n
Agreeing to Disagree<\/h3>\n
13 Country Stars Whose Kids We Never See <\/h2>\n