What does corporal punishment have to do with bullies?

Question

I heard that corporal punishment is the reason why children bully others, but why? What is it in corporal punishment that turned the children bad?

Answer 1

Nothing, spanking has been done for generations with positive effects. Bulling is when children are screaming for attention. If a parent uses spanking along with lots of quality time and love, I can grantee you that child will be better off. Bulling is a result of lack of quality time children receive from their parents.

Answer 2

Bullies usually come from dysfunctional homes. They are often neglected, verbally abused, or hit by their parents out of anger. Or they could possibly be witnessing domestic violence between their parents. But there's a difference between a swat on the butt and wailing on your child because you've had a bad day or don't know how else to deal with your frustration. So, I don't think "normal" spanking causes kids to become bullies, but when parents are overly harsh with it, do it in anger, or don't show their kids any love, it definitely can cause them to develop issues and possibly become bullies.

Answer 3

I don't think the corporal punishment is the lone cause of becoming a bully but I can see the relationship. When an adult or person of authority uses physical punishment to control a child they cause the child to feel insecure and helpless. To help the child gain a sense of control they use the same tactics on another child. This can also be seen in the cycles of abuse within families. in essence a child learns what he lives.IF a child is bullied he will bully.

Answer 4

There is a huge difference between hitting your child and disciplining - I spanked all 3 of my kids - they are happy, loving, content and respectful - spanking doesn't mean wacking your kids when they get on your nerves - try reading dare to discipline by James dobson - it's a great book.

Answer 5

Bullies are angry, aggressive kids that take their anger out on others because they are insecure and mad. When you have a family that uses corporal punishment, it teaches that hitting is okay. Corporal punishment is a form of violence that teaches children that inflicting fear and pain on others is a way to control their behavior. Research shows that children who are spanked can become aggressive toward their peers. When you react with anger to childrens' behavior by spanking which is painful, we teach them to act without considering another persons' feelings-another consequence we need to avoid. Then when your child doesn't have empathy, it is impossible for them to learn to share, play well with others, avoid angry and violent actions, and take responsibility for their actions. Studies are showing that aggressive behavior and bullying is linked to corporal punishment.

You're right slcily, children do need to be disciplined but not by spanking. Spanking is punishment, discipline is teaching and you can do that with love. Love and spanking do not go together. How do you teach with hitting?

Answer 6

Nothing! It sounds like an adult got corporal punishment as a child and didn't like it so they come up with idiotic conclusions and get stupid people to believe them.

Answer 7

I do not think that there is anything wrong with spanking a child. Children need to be disciplined. .
Discipline with love is a good thing. It does not make children into bullies. Abuse does or can.
there is a difference in abusing a child and spanking a child.

Answer 8

It's the whole concept of "it's okay to hit" - when you hit a child, they understand that it's okay for larger people to hit smaller, weaker people. And when they get a chance to be the 'larger' person, bullying is sometimes the result. Not always - I was spanked as a child and was never a bully - but this is the general idea.