Are you Pro or Anti Corporal Punishment and why?

Question

1. Are you for or against Corporal Punishment, such as spanking, striking, hitting, of children (K-12) in schools or child care facilities, etc., here in the USA, and why?
2. Do you think Corporal Punishment should be allowed with adults in jobs, schools, facilities, etc., and why?
3. Why is a child subjected to Corporal Punishment, but Adults do not want it inflicted upon them? Why is adults rights put before our childrens rights?

Argument #1: "It didn't do ME any harm!"
Answer: Often people who declare this typical argument do so very defensively. They may feel they must defend the actions of their caretakers. To do otherwise is to admit that as children, they never deserved to have pain inflicted upon them. They must also admit to the feelings of fear, anger and mistrust that may have resulted from being hit by loved ones who were supposed to keep them safe from harm. Often, people who use this argument use or have used corporal punishment on their-own children, thus defending their actions to minimize guilt. However, their actions reveal that corporal punishment DID do them harm: It perpetuated the cycle of violence that they now endorse or inflict upon children.
Most abusers thus find themselves in the prison system. Is this a vicious cycle???

Argument #4: "I only use corporal punishment as a last resort."
Answer: This reasoning teaches children that it is acceptable to use violence as a last resort to getting their way or to solving a difficult problem. This teaches that violence is the end result to frustrating situations that seem to have no other solution. Wars are fought on this principle. This argument is no more acceptable than an angry spouse saying that they "only" hit their mate "as a last resort" to a problem.

Argument #2: "There's a difference between child abuse and a little spanking!"
Answer: Violent acts occur on a continuum. Some are extreme, such as acts of torture or murder; others are less extreme such as a shove or a slap. Regardless of where they fall on the continuum, they are all acts of violence. Before the late 1960's, a husband's slap of his wife was not regarded as an act of abuse. Today, that same act is unquestionably viewed as abusive (society still has a long way to go before wives are equally regarded as batterers for assaulting their husbands). The "spanking" of children is viewed in the same light today as wife hitting was viewed before the 1960's: NOT abusive by legal standards. Additionally, if an employer "spanked" the buttocks of an employee, it would be grounds for sexual assault. Is there really a difference between child abuse and "a little spanking", or is society too uncomfortable with the idea of protecting children's right to be free from assault in the w

way that adults are currently protected?

Answer 1

NO CORPORAL PUNISHMENT IS EVER NECESSARY FOR CHILDREN FROM K -12 ITS DEGRADING TO THE CHILD AND AFFECTS THEIR SELF ESTEEM....ONLY TIME ANYTHING PHYSICAL IS NEEDED IIS WHEN ITS USED TO RESTRAIN A CHILD FROM HURTING HIMSELF A TEACHER OR ANOTHER STUDENT... NO NOT FOR ADULTS NOT FOR ANYONE....ITS CAVE MAN BEASTIAL STUFF OF IGNORANCE... ITS JUST DEPLORABLE PERIOD.....WHOEVER SAID SPARE THE ROD AND SPOIL THE CHILD MEANING DO HIT HIM......WAS WRONG....IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ...IT WAS CATHOLIC...THE ENTIRE EIGHTH GRADE WAS FACE SLAPPED HARD FOR NOT KNOWING THE ENGLISH ASSIGMENT...HANDS WERE ROUTINELY HIT HARD WITH A RULER FOR SOMETHING WORTHLESS I THINK IT JUST MADE THE NUN FEEL GOOD OR SHE HAD PMS.... KIDS WERE THROWN IN THE CORNER AND MADE TO FACE THE WALL WEARING A DUNCE CAP....FOR NOT HAVING HOMEWORK DONE..PREGNANT AT 16 CLASSMATE HAD HER HEAD THROWN AGAINST THE BLACKBOARD UNTIL SHE THREW UP....AND WAS CALLED A SINFUL TRAMP.....ALL IN THE NAME OF.....????..DICIPLINE iIT TEACHES NOTHING .... NNNOOOOOOOOOOOCORPORAL PUNISHMENT ITS EQUIVALENT IS TEMPER FILLED HATE. TOTALLY UNNESSARY NO EXCUSES

Answer 2

This to me is a real tricky question. I have a 6 yr old daughter and I am sole responsible for her upbringing. This is a huge deal. I struggle every day wondering if I am doing the right thing. I was brought up with spanking, striking, hitting era. I can't say I am worse for the wear, but I can not find myself comfortable with doing anything to hurt my little girl, no matter what. My parent tell me every time she does something wrong that it is because I won't spank her. I don't agree, and won't spank her. I am not sure there is a right answer, in my situation I still feel like I am torn between how I was raised and how I raise my girl. This in my opinion may just depend on the particular situation that is presented.

Answer 3

There's no right answer.

You okay Coporal Punishment, and the privlege gets abused. Children are beat for the littlist mistakes. People take it to the extreme, and children are covered with bruises and cuts.

Right now, coporal punishment isnt allowed. But, after sitting through more than one class in which students were WAY out of control, and watching kids repeatedly get suspended for the same thing, clearly, suspension doesnt work. (Think about it, it's a vacation)

Should adults be subjected to it? Yes. How many repeat offenders do we have in our jail system? Too many. Sure, try jail, but when you screw up, let's try an alternative method.

Adult rights are put infront of Children's rights for the plain and simple fact adult's voices are louder. They can hire the attourny's, they have the education to know they can get out of something, and can always lean on the excuse that they're more mature because they're adults.

Answer 4

I raised and educated by the strict (*** whopping) nuns when I was little. Sometimes I was so sassy that my mother just had to smack me but now I honestly don't believe that made me a better or more "law abiding" adult. It did get my attention though. These days, if I were a parent, I would not want my child touched by anyone at school. It's all about respect for another living thing. It's all about assaulting something(animal abuse, too...) or someone defenseless. Finally, to speak to #3- adults should not have to be "hit" as a corrective intervention, hopefully, they are developed along sufficiently that one can verbally indicate to them the error of their ways.

Answer 5

I have a 6 yr-old and I spanked him but ONLY if he did something very bad to another person (like hitting, swearing or really offensive behavior).
I think you must not allow children to be rude or mistreat others. However I have rules: 1) Never spank when you are angry (it may lead you to child abuse); 2) Don't spank after they turn 5. I don´t think it will do any good. 3) After you discipline, explain to them why you did it, hug her, kiss her and tell her you love her.

Answer 6

I have smacked the bottoms of my 5 children when they were young, to get their ATTENTION. Any other type of hitting; IS Child Abuse! Most who beat their children are just venting anger and frustration, and is down right MEAN SPIRITED! If you do not want VIOLENT Children, don't teach them to be. One of the biggest problems today is ANGER Management! So learn and teach; "Thou Shall NOT Hit!

Answer 7

I am against it NOW but when my kids were small I used a Little cheese paddle on their bottom. I think I would not do that anymore. Perhaps I have learned to be more patient with the years. Perhaps I have become a kinder person

Answer 8

"Thou shall not hit" is not in the bible. "Spare the rod and spoil the child" is.If a person is taught to only spank the behind. Not the face, arms, back, or legs. A witness should also be present.

Answer 9

I'm for it, back when i was in school . we didn't have the bullshit going on as we do today. we had corporal punishment, we didn't have police inside our schools for protection. if two people had a problem, after school in the play ground. we fought , not with knives not with guns. you tear their mean asses up in school . soon they will realize what school is for. our nation is going to the dogs on a kind of the ACLU . it all begins in school. straighten them out there and it straightens out our country in the future. main thing is to take our country back, whose country is it anyways, not Hispanics. but the white and black Indians. rest as far as I'm concerned have no legal rights.

Answer 10

As long as you're not really hurting them, spanking kids is ok.