why are people so whack when it comes to spanking?

Question

is it really against the law here to give a misbehaving 5 year old a dose of the switch? i posted a question about it and was treated like a child molester, when in fact i'm the favourite nanny to 4 little angels who know better than to test my limits. so what i give their hinies a nice shade of red when they misbehave, it hurts their pride more then their a**! all this with full consent of their parents who would practially beg before letting me quit as the kids adore me! anyone actually AGREE with me or has seen how good this method works???

Answer 1

i have a 7 year old daughter and if i see her misbehaving i whipp her on her butt it is not child abuse as long as you whip thier butt and not leave mark on them it didn't kill or hurt me and my husband and the way i look at it it won't kill or hurt her but i am told i do have the most respectfull kid their is because i also believe spare the rod spoil the child there really in my book is no other way of discipling a child

Answer 2

I don't believe in hitting a child and as you put it "give their hinies a nice shade of red"? What's up with that? Maybe you were treated that way because it sounds like you take pride in what you do to those children. There are other ways of disciplining a child that doesn't involve physical abuse. You really need to get help and I feel sorry for those children. I hope those parents out there open their eyes and get those kids the right supervision.

Answer 3

I agree with you....Flat out alot of kids are out of control and there is a difference between beating a child and spanking them...it hurts their pride but they learn not to do it again and for anyone that says they are going to report you should look at their lives and see all the wrong they probly have done as a child...hell they probly still are doing wrong and have the nerve to get upset with you....Their kids are most likely the ones that really need the switch....Good methods of parenting.....Its against the law but majority of the law makers got their tails spanked a time or two.

Answer 4

I think a 'switch' or a whipping stick is a bit much. However, I believe that a bent over the knee when a child is deliberately disobeident, (not tired or lacking the words for explanation of their actions) this 'spanking' method is approved by most physicians. To wack a butt with no support could invite alot of spinal problems. Always make sure to support the opposite side of the body to be spanked. Naughty mouths should be smacked lightly, as you said, it's not about hurting them as much as their pride.

Answer 5

Because like many issues, everyone has their own opinions and by gum, they're RIGHT and everyone else is WRONG.

Some of the arguments against spanking are that it teaches children that it's ok to hit and as the PP mentioned, some people do consider it to be abusive.

I kind of figure you have to take each situation and child into consideration before making a judgement. What works for one child/parent is not going to work for another.

Answer 6

It seems to me that everyone nowadays takes everything to the extreme. Some people even consider reprimanding a child in public, or at all, child abuse. I think that people need to understand the difference between abuse and discipline, and abusers need to learn the difference as well. Spanking a misbehaving child is not abuse, in my book. I have had to spank my son, and I don't have to anymore because he doesn't want to get spanked again. And there are kids I see in malls and supermarkets that I want to bend over my knee and teach them a lesson because their parents have completely neglected child raising other then what trophies little Johnny and Susie have won.

Answer 7

I agree with spanking, as long as you use your open hand on a clothed butt! And I ALWAYS make sure my kids understand why, and give them hugs and kisses after, and tell them I love them, and I just want them to be safe, and to listen. I think if there is a mark that lasts more than 10 or 15 min. then it has gone too far and is considered child abuse. I have taken several classes on child abuse, and they all basicaly say what I just said.

Answer 8

My motto is God made hands and God made butts. They go well together. I'd rather teach my kids right from wrong than have to bail them out of jail or identify them in the morgue later.

Both my husband and I were spanked (with hands and wooden spoons) as children and neither one of us are in counseling for it. I wish more people would butt out and let us raise our kids these days instead of passing judgment.

Answer 9

If the parents did their job, there could possibly be alternative methods to correcting the children. Unfortunatly, they aren't so in that case: Please continue not spoiling the child by sparing the rod. If your rod runs low, or breaks, or gets lost in a kids @ss, email me and i will supply you with many more. Some kids need it more than others. Give it to em' nanny!

Answer 10

sometimes a good swat is what it takes for the situation, sometimes a time out works best.. however some parents fear that some parents lose control and the spanking becomes an all out beating.