Should coporal punishment be brought back .?

Question

Kids are running wild ,would the cane keep em in line as used with such loving care by the teachers of the 50.s and 60.s.

Answer 1

Why should the teachers discipline children? Discipline should start in the home! The job of teachers is to teach! The job of parents is to bring up their children and discipline them!

If parents took their child rearing responsibilities seriously and were good role models for their children instead of over indulging them with frivolities and allowing them to have and do whatever they want then the children wouldn't run wild! BUT parents are too interested in their own interests and see children as an unnecessary burden instead of seeing them as future leaders etc!

Answer 2

This discussion is maddening because there is this assumption that the schools are responsible for children's discipline, and that simply isn't true. It's the parent's responsibility. I was a teacher, and no amount of discipline at school helps if the child knows that the parent will back up their bad behavior. Guns in school? You think that has been happening because they decided not to spank kids anymore? That's some nutty logic if you ask me. How about making parents get a license and some training before they can conceive, and then we'll start seeing those guns disappear.

Whether we like to admit it or not, corporal punishment means actually hitting someone and inflicting pain. That's not "loving care" as far as I'm concerned, because it teaches the child that violence is OK, just as TV, video games, and parents teach their children that violence is OK. I'm a Christian, and Jesus said to turn the other cheek, and he lived out a life of non-violence. The "Spare the rod, spoil the child" verse is from the Old Testament, which is fine if you're Jewish, but we have kids from all walks of life in the public schools, so we can't use religion as a means to approve of hitting our kids.

Just my opinion. Thanks for listening.

Answer 3

I'm in my early 30s and we had the slipper and the cane when I was at school (not that I ever got it obviously) and we were all just a bit better behaved then than now.

But it'll never happen - I learnt the other day there is no such thing as the nit nurse (asault worries) or that oral hygiene woman who came down with the red tablets to chew on to see how well you'd brushed your teeth that morning (health and safety issues here).

Much as I utterly hate to use the most overused phrase ever - it's Political Correctness Gone Mad. I shall now go and bury my head in the sand somewhere.

Answer 4

I don't know about corporal punishment, but i do think that children need to know where the line is and that if they cross it there will be consequences. I think that people who have an air of authority should be encouraged to become teachers, ex-police and service people for example. Interesting classes help as well. However, the rise of assaults on teachers etc is a reflection on society as a whole.

Answer 5

absolutely! kids today have little or no respect for authority. I believe there is a limit when it comes to physically reprimanding a child... depending on the age of the child and wrong done, I see nothing wrong with putting a child over my knee and delivering a bare handed spanking on a bare bottom... no need for belts or wooden spoons... lest we forget that this isn't supposed to be fun for the parent either... punishment must fit the crime. also, for a particularly unruly child, even my own, I have no problem with a teacher grabbing him by the ear and dragging him out in the hall to be spoken sternly too before being sent to the principal's office.
I could go on and on.. I don't think a whack on th behind in public is abuse...

Answer 6

Without a doubt. Where has it got us by abolishing it? There is no deterrent at all and with the lack of respect for people, property,etc these days from the younger generation (due to parental control, morals and discipline) it is the only effective solution to try to regain a degree of respect and discipline.
Parents as well as authorities should re-introduce corporal punishment. Smacking, provided this is not excessive, from parents and birching for offenders could only improve our declining situation.
Capital punishment would surely act as a deterrent to a would be rapist, murderer and other serious offenders!!

Answer 7

Convent Schools positively thrive on it. Nuns are excellent at getting your hand in exactly the right place to bring the cane down on it. Must be repressed frustration. The cane our nuns used was about two feet long and tapered from thick to thin and they never missed. It never did me any harm (apart from the agony) and I still hate them for it. This was in the early 1940's. They may not be allowed to do it now (except when nobody is looking !)

Answer 8

I went through school in the 70's and 80's. We still had corporal punishment.

We did not have kids bringing guns to school.

We did not have rampant disrespect of the teachers.

Teachers were able to actually teach us in the classrooms.

Whatever parental group that decided to take the power away from the schools (when they expect the schools to raise their kids) should be subjected to a healthy dose of corporal punishment.

JMHO

Answer 9

Why should teachers or the Armed Services have to instill discipline in the youth of today? Parents/guardians should be held responsible for the behaviour of their children. Parents of out of control children should be punished, maybe then they would keep their little monsters under control at home. Let teachers "teach knowledge" and parents "teach discipline".

Answer 10

I'm not so sure about corporal punishment, but I like the idea of National Service instead of gaol. Most attitude problems in kids are down to bad parenting, usually from being spoiled.