If you are a parent & spank / have spanked your child, what do you think makes the best spanking implement?

Answer 1

I don't think you should use your hand except with very young children. It is better to use something else--so it is associted with the punishment--not something that is an extension of you.

It is best to use the same instrument whenever possible. Some times just showing it has a profound effect.

I don't think belts and straps are a good idea. Switches are ok--but I they can leave welts--which though not serious--can be a problem in this day and age.

I use a paddle. A wooden spoon, hairbrush, paint stirring stick, ping pong paddle--anything like that will do.

Answer 2

Your hand.

when I do spank which is less and less as this seems to work best for us.

I send him to his room and tell him I will be there in a moment. I calm down and he gets real upset. ( Thats part of what works)
I go in and talk to him ( that works too)
Then i asked him if he thinks he needs a reminder sopanking, because all the talking, and other punishments arent working. He criies and says I guess.. ( I spank ,a couple swats on abare bottom) It dont hurt, it hurts my hand worse.

The last time i spanked my child, he followed a friend and did something hugs the police were involved. YES he needed, it!

That was 6months ago. I used to spank more often when he was younger, but i didnt go through all the steps, and he would do it again and again. With all the steps he gets more out of it.

Answer 3

I hate to spank my boys but I have had to do it on a RARE occasion. My husband usually does the spanking when they really need it. I think you should actually pop the back of their LEG with your hand. It just looks like it puts a lot of trauma on their lower back when you swat their bottom. For all these people who keep saying don't spank: they probably either aren't even parents or have brats for kids and in a few years they will try to claim their child has some kind of disorder. Get a clue.

Answer 4

hand only. I don't believe in spanking and have only spanked in situations where my child didi something dangerous like run into the road. You should never use anything other than your hand as you can hit to hard and cause damage if you can't feel how hard you are hitting. If your child ends up in the ER with a bruised kidney you will bring a world of hurt onto yourself. Find another way to dicipline.

Answer 5

it depends on how bad what your child did. hand usually dose the trick. but i they do somthing they know they are not supposed to do then use something like a comb a brush a belt what ever is convient. but spanking is way better than timeouts or any of that crap unless they are like really young. take it from a kid whose has been spanked and i am glad my parents did.

Answer 6

I will take this as some kid who thinks he's hilarious when in fact he is far from it. You NEVER EVER spank a child anywhere but the BUTT and you do it with a swift swat with the palm of your hand. Maybe twice but no more and ONLY when you have exhausted every other alternative or when he is in danger. If you hit the child anywhere else on the body, and/or you hit the child more the twice, and/or you anything other than the palm of your hand and that includes your fist, it is CHILD ABUSE and everything in the law should be used to punish you and to protect the child. I hope this is clear enough.

Answer 7

I say a wooden spoon or the back of a small hair brush. I disagree with the hand because it is more directly conected to hitting your child as paddle of sorts is a parenting tool like a time out chair. Never spank in anger and only for danger events. running off, playing with knives or sissors, something that threatens there safety not daily offenses of not cleaning your room or talking back.

Answer 8

never spank with anything other than your hand and it should be just the once and tell your child why they are getting punished never go over the top as your child will think that hitting is allowed and will copy your behaviour just think how do you want your child to turn out like and behave in the way that you would like them to behave remember they learn from you

Answer 9

My hand works fine, either over a clothed butt of bare.

I have found that the act of spanking is as effective as the spanking itself.

Answer 10

I used to ask my children to do/not do something (usually for their safety), then I gave them a verbal warning and only if that failed did I smack. I only ever used my hand to give one sharp tap at the top of their leg, that meant that I could feel how hard the tap was. I didn't have to physically smack either of my children after the age of about two, by that time the warning was enough to let them know the matter was serious.