What do you think about corporal punishment for children?

Question

So, what are your views here. Do you think it is a must thing to put your children through. Or, do to think it's too harsh for kids to experience. Is boot camp the right was to punish unruly kids? What do you think?

Answer 1

I have personally worked in one of these "boot camps".

I can tell you beyond a shadow of a doubt that the kids sent to us, and their families, were thoroughly screened, and it had been determined that this was a last resort of the parents to get thier child(ren) to shape up.

Every single child in our program NEEDED that program, and almost 97% benefited from it. There are a few that just cannot be cured. But for the most part, it was a necessity in their lives, and it probably kept more than a few out of situations later in life that would have been much worse than the boot camp. (i.e. prison)

Yes I am in favor of such punishment, and I can tell you that the behavior I see in many more children these days far warrants such punishment.

Did anyone else notice that about 20 years ago, all these non-spanking advocates came out and it just became wrong to strike your child. 15 years after that, juvenile crime rose almost 65% in this country.

Did anyone else at ALL notice that?

Answer 2

It's an issue of someone getting mad and taking out their anger on their child, or doing it just for discipline, it's more important for a child to learn the disappointment their wrong behaviour causes, and to be punished in a way that means something, like no tv/internet, no music, concert, trips to teh mall, whatever works. Assigning some chore they would have to do anyways never really worked, got where we figured we may as well screw around and do something to deserve it. When we were little we used to get threatened with a belt, which when it hit the footboard of your bed coudl wake you out of a sound sleep. But then I also got a bloody lip for lying one morning when I told the truth, and I admit I doubted my father's judgement and authority from that day on. By the time you have to send a kid to boot camp you've already lost, might better disown him/her and adopt a kid and start over. Seriously, it's no different than raising a puppy to be a well mannered dog. But, doing something that endangers lives, that was always the most unpardonable offense and you could expect severe consequences for that, and admit when someone does something stupid like climb Mt. Hood and then expect to be rescued at peril of the resceurs lives, there is someone I think should have their butts kicked for stupidity.

Answer 3

There may be a better way, but as long as it isn't extreme people don't have the right to try to impose their own beliefs on parents who spank or slap their kids. I suspect that in some situations that is the best and most practical solution.

A lot more harm comes when do-gooders try to impose their ideas on other families, and you have situations like the woman who was sent to jail overnight for slapping her son in a grocery store. When the government steps in and starts running families, then it's a case of liberals run amok.

Answer 4

I think that parents should on occasion use corporal punishment for certain behavior.

One lite swat on the butt from my mom always got my attention when I was 5 to 7 because that meant that my behavior was so far out of line that "time-outs" weren't cutting it. I definitely didn't like it, and often the warning that if I continued on my course it was coming was enough to straighten me out. It wasn't abusive; it was shocking, and it redirect my actions.

Answer 5

my parents punished my, they hit me with a belt, with spoons, cds, tapes, plates, shoes, a telephone once, a dog bowl, a speaker, ...... a uhhh monitor......, a folder filled with sheets of steel, a fireplace poker, yeeuh and a chair, ive turned out great and i love my parents to death i love them because they told me when i was wrong and right, and seriously ive turned into a great kid, back then when i told my mom i was gonna call the police on her she told me u better call an ambulance and tell them theres a dead bi*ch in here, now a days parents will be at their knees for there kids, its a load of sh*t im not even kidding, its stupid how kids can intimidate adults, especially their parents, and im sick of all these parents that let their kids have their pants down to their ankles, and try to act like wanna be pieces of sh*t THE END

oh yeeuh parents have the right to punish their kid any way they please, as long as they arent bleeding to death, and kids that hate their parents are stupid cuz they dont know much, and probably have an IQ of 12

Answer 6

I can say that corporal punishment was alive and well when I was in school and there were never any school shootings and the kinds of violence that you see these days in school and out of school. Now, it's almost like the kids run the schools and the teachers can't do anything.

Answer 7

I think it is absolutely necessary for children. It should not be the first resort but sometimes it is the best way to teach a child no means no.

When I deserved a paddling I got one, I turned out to be a really good citizen.

Answer 8

I think it just doesn't work. We are raising your kids to be adults. Spanking them just sends them the message that its an acceptable way to deal with things. When they are as big as or bigger than you, you will likely lose all control of them.

Personally I like natural and logical consequences. When an adult hits someone, its assault, they go to jail. Give them a timeout or take away privileges.

Ive never heard of kids being hit by an adult in boot camp. They are just yelled at, given consequences, and made to do things to teach them SELF discipline.

Kids will experience harsh things in this world anyways. They should be able to fall back on someone they trust, and there are better ways of teaching self defense.

Answer 9

kids? do you mean like 10yr olds? or 18yrold? well to send soldiers in combat zones or just make soldiers. basic training is a must, i believe US basic training is easy and they are not doing enough, if you look at the foreign militalys US training is far more easy. if you are makeing soldier you need to prepare man to become a killer, and killer must go through tough things. i believe corporals and sgts should punch men if they dont follow orders.

Answer 10

well i got my fare share of @55 whippings, and i know if i had not receive them i would have gone to jail in the long run, so yea i believe you should tan a back side when the wrong doing is of a severer nature