Do you believe in beating a child as a method of scolding?

Answer 1

Beating...NO...spanking ...yes

Answer 2

First of all Beating a child is totally wrong and it is or can be classified as Child abuse. If you see a child getting beaten...I mean hard hits to the body at would and will cause immediate harm to the child, then you need to report this to the authorities immediately.

Beating a child is not to be confused with spanking the child. Spanking is a form of punishment that is swift and only really hurts the one spanking the child.

Whipping the child with a belt can be constrewed as child abuse if the whipping would cause welts or cuts.

Scolding on the other hand is not child abuse. It is one way to verbally punish or rebuke a child for something he or she has done wrong. By no means is beating in any sense of the word anything to do with scolding.

Children need limits and when they break those limits there should be consequences to and for their actions. Parents who understand these limits need to have a plan of action to punish their children. Corporal punishment should only be use in certain circumstances. More positive means many work better.

Answer 3

Depends on what you mean by "beating". I feel that three open handed swats on the rear end without leaving marks is fair punnishment for things that the natural consequence of would be worse than the spanking. Example: A child runs out into the road. The natural consequence of this would be getting hit by a car. Though if this happened and they lived through it they wouldn't do it again it is a very dangerous way to learn a lesson. They would associate the pain of being hit by the car with the action of running out in the street and would choose not to do it again. Instead I would prefer to substitute a spanking for the natural consequence so they associate that controled pain with running out in the street and choose not to do it again thus probably saving their life. Whereas if a child threw a toy, this does not need a spanking the natural consequence would be the toy breaking or taking the toy away to teach them that they don't get to keep things they don't take care of.
Anything more I find to be abuse and is unacceptable.

Answer 4

No --at some point the child will have to learn to make good or bad decisions on their own, not out of fear of a beating. It causes anger and resentment in kids and destroys the relationship up until the time that the beating stops and then you have nothing left and the angry teenager has no reason to listen to you. Reason with your child, use your brain. Make them write sentences, do yucky chores around the house, write a letter of apology, etc... This works better. And pray for and with your kids, only God can guarantee success

Answer 5

I don't believe in spanking or beating and here's why....I spanked my son one time and it didn't make a difference it just put fear in him. So, I started with the time out method and it works magic and now that's he's older, I take away things that he enjoys such as playing games, surfing the net, going outside and etc. Physical harm to a child should be illegal and I would turn in anyone that I saw spanking or beating a child.

Answer 6

A child comes into this world ~ a blank slate! What you put on that blank slate effects the person's life. Beating, adds pain and defeats the purpose of getting the child to UNDERSTAND what you are wanting, in terms of behavior. Don't think for one moment that pain equals understanding, because it doesn't. If some sort of punishment is in order, then finding ways to get the attention of your child, and then communicating in such a manner that you can make yourself understood will achieve much better results, and without inducing fear.
Good luck with your decisions.

Answer 7

not beating but spanking him or something like that. Too many people are to soft on their kids in these days, I got cussed out by an 11 year old a few months ago at work because I wouldn't sell him something. More discipline the better.. But not beating

Answer 8

Beating? What the hell? If you have kids, I really hope you don't beat them. Even just a spanking isn't right. Spanking/hitting is just a way to release your anger and take it out on your kids. It should never be used to scold. Never!

Answer 9

A good old fashioned spanking is ok in my opinion. There are to many parents out there now days that are afraid of their own children. The kids run the household and tell the parents what to do, because they are to scarred that someone will report child abuse. There is a difference in spankings and abuse. It just makes me sick when I see disrespectful kids running around with no manners, talking back to their parents and hitting them. I often wonder who is in charge. So, to sum it all up yes I believe in spankings. Don't get me wrong and think I am for abuse.

Answer 10

Beating and spanking not the same thing.
Beating is relentless physical abuse, spanking is a swat on the bottom.
It also depends on the child. Sometimes spanking doesn't work, sometimes time-outs don't. You just have to be consistent, whatever the method.

Answer 11

Beating a child only teaches them that hitting is an answer, so be ready for fights in school or to pay for the psychologist's bill later in life.