Just slap us?

Question

Is it just me who think that kids should be slapped to make them behave, to make them think twice about trying to be one of those bullying little a*seholes. I'm 14 so this rule would apply to me too, but I'm sick of being a teenanger and being stereo typed as one of those stupid idiots. Not all teens are thick enough to carry knives and go around mugging for the fun of it. My dad used to slap me, my brother and my sister and we all turned out alright enough to know how to respect other people. Those old punishments used in schools in countries like India and Kenya help stop children misbehaving and doing stuff wrong. Why not use them here? Or are we just going to complain about these minority of kids and do nothing until it spreads into the rest of us. If people complain that they don't want to be slapped, they could just behave to stop it from happening. It's not about rights, it's about common sense.

Answer 1

it's refreshing to hear from a teen that talks a lot of common sense.Having bought up two children up who have never bought me any trouble and have great respect for other people's feelings and belongings,yes i do believe that you should have the right to correct a child's behaviour with one slap,they know then what is right and what is wrong.Like you i was bought up with the occasional slap,their fore i new what i was going to get if i did misbehave.I'm still hear to tell the tale and so are my kids.
There wouldn't be so many thugs and murderer's now a day's if these so called do gooders didn't interfere with the way people go about bringing there kids up.I also believe in corporal punishment.The sooner we bring a punishment to fit a crime in the sooner we will all be safe on the streets again.Everyone needs to be afraid of an outcome if they want to commit a crime.Its no good just putting the offender in prison and looking after them for months or years even.From what Ive been told by ex jail birds,its like going on holiday and so they continue their crime spree not being afraid of being caught.Well i could go on.Well done for bringing this subject up.I would be proud of you if you were one of my kids.

Answer 2

You wouldn't slap an adult who was misbehaving so what makes it right to slap a child?
My mum and dad had 5 children and at some point in all our lives we were right little $hit$, yet neither my mum or dad ever slapped us, we were grounded or had things taken away as punishment, slapping a child is not the way to install manners or good behaviour, it has a knock on effect and the child will be more inclined to think that slapping somebody else is acceptable.
As for old punishments in other countries they are barbaric and i would rather be dead than ever see them introduced in this country, beating a child to within an inch of it's life for simply misbehaving is so so wrong and there is no need or excuse for it.
It's about rights im afraid and sadly in some cases all common sense goes out of the window and another child end's up on the at risk register.
Im all in favour of punishment for misbehaving but slapping is not the route to take as far as im concerned!

Answer 3

Personally I feel that there is a great difference between a 'slap' on the legs say and a slap on the legs - now you may think I am repeating myself - but slapping is not so good you see. Some people do not know where to stop. Firm discipline has to come first and I am happy to hear you have turned out all right. I do not think I judge all children the same or adults come to that - and when I am trying to make a point I try not to refer to lets say children in general - because that is not the case - the bad lets the good down by doing exactly that......but once again I am opposed to slapping.

Answer 4

I was regularly walloped as a kid. My mum even used a wooden spoon and a hairbrush on me. And no - it is not acceptable. I have two children of my own now (7 and 8) and I have NEVER slapped, smacked or in any other way abused them. The worst either of them has ever had is a light tap on the back of the hand to prevent them doing something that could hurt them (touching something hot or sharp etc). Yet I have two of the best behaved children you could ever meet. I agree that in some cases we are too soft on our children but I strongly believe there are better ways of teaching right and wrong than physically abusing our children.

Answer 5

I would never say that its ok to hit anyone, even if you feel they really deserve it, BUT you are right about the old days. Kids have no sense of respect for authority or adults, much less for each other. It just goes to show that sensitivity awareness and political correctness have gone wayyyyy too far and are making the half the youth weak and submissive and the other half are bullys and thugs. Common sense is something that you have it or you dont. I would rather have common sense than book smarts anyday. Thank you for showing that not all teenagers are misfits and morons.

Answer 6

There are much better ways of teaching children how to behave. Simply hitting them is the easy (and detrimental) way out of having to put some time, effort, and thought on how to best discipline children. I understand that there are alot of bad people out there ruining things for the rest of us, but you know what? Those people were probably hit and smacked as a child. Do you think that those muggers had parents who took time and effort into disciplining them and making sure they felt loved as well as disciplined? NO!!! No way did those parents try different ways to discipline. They just hit them when they did something bad. So apperently, hitting doesn't work. We need to try something else.

Answer 7

i hear you on that. im so tired of all these little bratty a** teenagers going around shooting and killing people and mugging and robbing people and why all because they weren't raised right. Most of them didn't have anyone there to bring them up right cause they parents didn't care or didn't have time. well if you aint gonna have time then put the baby up for adoption or betta yet don't have any. at least then the child would be able to lead a better life and not be out doing all this bullsh## you hear and see on the news. its just ridiculous what these teens these days are doing they need some dicipline

Answer 8

wow i so disagree with you i think that if parents do there job right they wouldn't need to use violence and do you honestly think that violence would help cus i know a ton of people that got hit and they are abusive now

Hun i know there are bullies and i know its hard and i think you are very smart cus you are trying to think of ways to help the world but i can tell you from experience that hitting and slapping is so wrong and for some it creates abusers

my mom always just grounded me and took every thing away one time i was acting like a brat and being really rude and wouldn't stop so she took my whole room away and everything in it i wasn't allowed to go into my room and she would get my clothes for the day and that was that i got over being a brat really fast and my parents slapped my bottom when i was little but that stopped when my dad became a therapist and found out the damage it did so there are other ways to stop a kid from acting up and it really is productive for them to

Answer 9

as a mother of 4 i have spent the last 24 years raising kids and having 2 grand-kids and i do not slap no way i also do not think its going to do any good to (talk) to a 2 year old like they are 16 and can understand like the stupid nanny show says works.the only thing kids really understand is losing something they really want due to the behavior it has worked for me and i didn't raise little angels lol we have had our battles but hitting is not going to work i mean really my sons at 14 towered over me and were twice as strong as i was how on earth would my hitting one of them be affective it wouldn't

Answer 10

All I have to say is, remember that kid who went to that foreign country and spray painted and got caned? I bet his a** flinches now every time he goes to an art show or sees a spray can. But seriously, kids want boundaries, they want to know they're just one step away from having the fear of God put in them. And I'm not talking about pimp slapping or throwing a toaster oven at your kid, just good old discipline. It's our job to step up, not just as parents but as a whole and make sure this is implemented.