Do you think Parents can raise a child without spanking (hitting) them?

Question

Furthermore, Do you think hitting children should become illegal.
Personally I think a line should be drawn somewhere, I think hitting your kid is the easy was out and only trains them in violence. I have a 11 year old and have never had to hit him, he's not perfect, but I think has a better mind set than kids that are hit.

If you should be allowed to hit your kids, then why shouldn't you be able to hit your neighbor if they do something wrong....

Answer 1

I agree 100%. I know that there are all different types of children. Some are easy, some are difficult, but no one ever said parenting would be easy. Hitting a child is the easy way out, and it is lazy parenting. I am sure there will be someone who will answer. "I was hit as a child and I turned out fine." I am so sick of this statement. I was also hit as a child and it was not fine. It made me insecure and untrusting. It has had life long affects. I would never hit my child, and she is not easy, believe me. I don't understand how anyone can look at their beautiful, defenseless child and strike them, no matter how big of a tantrum they throw. It is not ok.

Answer 2

Yes you can raise your children without spanking them... Spanking is okay when needed. If you give off a little spank here or there thats fine. But to hit them hard should not be aloud. I think some parents dont know where to draw the line. The whole bare bottom thing and things like that should be illegal. But a little smack (and i mean light enough to scare them not hurt them) should still be legal.

Answer 3

I think it depends on the child. Some kids are even-tempered and will fall in line with a simple time-out, but some can get out of control and so defiant there's not much else you can do with them.

I don't think it should be illegal, the government has no business telling parents they can't do this - and then hold them responsible when the kids grow up out of control. The media does a lot more to train kids in violence than parents could ever do.

I agree a line should be drawn, but I think that line is the difference between a controlled swat and a beating. In a beating, the parent is the one out of control.

Answer 4

I believe that every parent has a different way of parenting. Spanking a kid could mess them up as much as not spanking them. Spanking has nothing to do with how well a parent parents. Spanking is a personal choice. I can't believe it has become such an issue as to wether or not to make it a law. Parent do what they know how to do, and many do it the best way they know how. Spanking hurts kids temporarily. it doesn't leave life-long scars that are going to permanantly F-up a child. All y'all need to decide what's best for your family and proceed from there. There is no right way to raise a child, only many different ways.

Answer 5

I think a line should be drawn where a visible wound is made, then that's hitting too hard. If parents can't even touch their children, how are they supposed to discipline them? By telling them "don't do that" all day? Have you ever seen a kid listen to you just because you told them not to do that? Kids don't always respond to words. What if you put them on a time out, but they refuse to stay there? What if you take away their privileges, but they use them anyway?

The reason we shouldn't hit our neighbor if they do something wrong is because our neighbor's behavior is not our responsibility. We are responsible for our own kids' behavior.

Answer 6

I don't think there's anything wrong with spanking a child but there's definitely a problem when it turns into a beating. I don't believe that it trains them in violence. To those of us who know better, there is a major difference between violence and discipline.

Answer 7

NO determine ought to opt to spank their new child. yet for some dad and mom and a few toddlers a spanking (a controlled administration of momentary soreness to the backside) might properly be an extremely rapid and intensely powerful form of punishment. For others, different varieties of punishment may well be greater perfect and/or greater powerful. it could be large if there have been NO punishments and NO hazard or promise of punishments. yet even for adults, it type of feels such is needed ...or many could intentionally report fake earnings tax returns, could velocity on the roadways, could over-time park on the meters, and so on., and so on., and so on.

Answer 8

I can remember my mom spanking me, but I can't remember why she did it. This would mean that I learned nothing from her spanking me and all that it did was leave me with memories of her hurting me. That is NOT how I want my children to remember me, so I don't spank them. I don't need to anyway because they are good kids and if they do act up, there are a million other options over hitting.

Answer 9

Read the question before this one about a child so out of control that her parents and she were kicked off an airplane because she would not get in her seat and be belted in. Perhaps your child never needed a good swat but most do occasionally!!!

Answer 10

There's a difference between spanking a child and hitting them and no I don't think spankings should be illegal.

I also don't think you can raise a child *correctly* without spanking them. Tme-outs don't teach them a thing and taking toys away only works for so long.

Spanking is not taking the easy way out. If you ask me, telling them to "go to your room" or "go to time out" is taking the easy way out. When you do that, you don't have to deal with them. You can tell them to "go away" and feel good about it because you think that's actually disciplining them. But, in reality it's just letting them remove themselves from the situation without having to pay any consequences for their bad behavior.