Lets say your child when to a school that allowed paddling, you knew the principal and overall liked them. Would you allow them to paddle your child? My sons go to a school that allows it, but I'm not sure if I should let them. We do spank are children sometimes and to tell you the truth I do not think they will ever need to. However I would rather them get the paddle than be supended if they ever got in trouble. What do you think? Does anyone allow their childs school to use corporal punishment?
2006-10-23 19:51:34 · 13 answers · asked by ....... 3 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Parenting
Spanking is legal here in Texas where I live and it is up to schools to deside if it is allowed or not. Sorry for the typo BTW. Also I do not believe it will make a child violent.
2006-10-23 20:06:06 · update #1
I am kind of in the middle of this one. As a parent i would want to be notified. I don't like any non parents spanking our girls. However I do sometimes think bringing the paddle back to the classroom would greatly assist the teacher in keeping there students in line, thus enabling them to spend more time teaching. So for me, I would want to be called first, I would then come pick up my child, take them home and give them the spanking (and more). I don't think the paddle in the classroom is a bad thing though.
2006-10-23 21:08:21 · answer #1 · answered by olschoolmom 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I'd want a phone call. I'd want to know exactly what the crime was. If the punishment fit the crime at this point in time, then I'd ask to speak to my child and I'd ask who he wanted to spank him.
If he wanted me to do it (which would be the WRONG choice for him, and he'd only make it once), then I'd get the principal on the phone and tell him to come up with something different; detention and a report for starters. If he made the right the choice, then he'd be grounded with many priviledges removed back home.
But the boy would get something at both ends. Yes, double jeapordy, because if he knows that he gets double punishment for acting out away from my home, then he's far less likely to get himself into that sort of problem.
2006-10-24 03:35:59 · answer #2 · answered by Manny 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
YES.... schools are too afraid of getting sued these days and I think the kids now are more out of control when I was in grade school. If you like the school, and the staff you have to trust that they are not goignt o abuse that power. When I was little the school nurse (female) always went in the room with the principal (male)... that way everything seemed ok for everyone. Plus it puts a little fear in your child which is a good thing. They get warnings, but they know that after their 2 or 3 for the day they better be careful which makes them learn cause and affect
2006-10-23 20:13:04 · answer #3 · answered by k_powell76 1 · 3⤊ 1⤋
No, I wouldn't allow it. Discipline is the parent's responsibility, not the school's. I don't think that paddling teaches anything, other than to not get caught the next time, but the school should inform the parents of what the child did so that the parent can discipline him/her themselves. Parental discipline is much more effective than getting paddled at school, because the parent knows what works best with their own child.
2006-10-24 01:24:26 · answer #4 · answered by Laurie K 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I didn't know there were any school systems left where paddling was still legal...you learn something new everyday!
I don't spank my children as it simply is not effective form of discipline with them. However, even if I did use corporal punishiment, I would not allow any one other than myself to spank my child. This would be to protect my child as well as the school system.
2006-10-24 00:59:25 · answer #5 · answered by Annie 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
i am 23 and went to a catholic school as a youngster let me tell u something i moved from the city up to the midle of nowhere and these spoiled little white kids r the dumbest most ignorant kids on the planet and thier parents are no better those nuns wen i went to school hit us with rulers when we said something stupid and ya know what i can read btter then most my grammer is horrible but i grew up in a very urban area and pulled myself out of there was on my own at 15 been out since and am doing very well because of my parents and those nuns popping me when i was younger it builds character and honor respect and self discipline to succeed in life marraige and child raising
2006-10-23 20:03:23 · answer #6 · answered by tom p 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No, I would not let a school official hit the kid. A school that allows paddling is probably run by nutcases anyhow and probably has its share of nutcases on the faculty. In this situation, you and your child are probably safest if you tell the principal to call you if there is ever any disciplinary difficulty with your child, and that you will be there very soon to discuss it and will support a suspension with appropriate penalties at home.
If the kid misbehaves bigtime, let him/her get suspended. Then put the suspended kid on an all-chore, all-schoolwork, no-TV, no- video-game regimen while at home and suspended so that the suspension does not begin to resemble vacation. Hopefully it won't happen in the first place, though!
2006-10-23 20:03:27 · answer #7 · answered by silver.graph 4 · 0⤊ 4⤋
Definitely not!!! It is illegal and definitely wrong as a discipline method, as it doesn't build trust and responsibility to a child. Change school or forbid them from punishind your children like that. And don't spank them, this is not an effective method, it will only destroy your relationship with the kids in the long run and it will cause issues of violence to them.
PS. If anyone touched my kid at school I would sue the person and the school. Even if I spank the kid, which I don't, no one else has the right to, by law.
2006-10-23 20:01:17 · answer #8 · answered by cpinatsi 7 · 0⤊ 5⤋
Heck yeah. Paddling is good. It certainly didn't kill me or any of my friends. We survived it and we turned out just fine. YES, YES, YES.
2006-10-24 02:20:02 · answer #9 · answered by HazelEyes 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I thought spankig in schools went out a long time ago. There are laws that protect children from that. Why would you let some one elce spank your child? You are suppose to protect them from that. The parent has the right no one elce.
2006-10-23 19:58:13 · answer #10 · answered by Char 3 · 0⤊ 4⤋