Is smacking your children acceptable?

Question

I think there's a language difference here. In the UK 'smacking' is the same as 'spanking'!

Answer 1

No.Smacking, spanking, any type of hitting,yelling, humiliating are totally unacceptable when you bring up a child.You should respect children the same way you respect your best friend.
Smacking, spanking and any other type of violence over children leads to worse results than parents consider.
First - the child learns that hitting people is acceptable.A child's brain doesn't think like an adult's brain.The got spanked the adult would think "I did something bad and that was a punishment.Next time I won't do that bad thing." and the child thinks "My mother/father hurt me.I'll be careful not to let him/her see what am I doing and I will avoid spanking".I fthe child is younger it is "People hit when they get angry.When I am angry I will hit other people too.I start tomorrow in the kindergarten".
Second - spanking, smacking and anything like that doesn't solve the problem and doesn't prevent it from happening later again.Hitting only makes the parent less angry ad hurts the child.Would you like to be hit when at work you don't do the same which your boss wants from you?
Children are little people and deserve the same respect you give to other people.

Answer 2

i don't know about there, but the laws here are you can spank, only on the butt and can't leave any mark.

My opinion is sometimes they need it, sometimes i swear nothing else works and a quick smack on the butt and they are fine. Try what ever is best for your kids. Kids are all different, some need other ways of discipline. Just remember to be balanced, and never spank when angry. Let them know it's going to happen and explain why you are spanking them after all, to discipline actually means "to teach", don't scare them with a smack outta nowhere, they'll start to think you unpredictable and even be afraid when you stand up. I think it is the lesson of consequence they need to learn, not fear of parent. Later a fear could be dangerous when they have issues in life that they can't come to you about. And on the other side, being to lenient can be bad too, because they will walk all over you.

Answer 3

NO! Would a smack yourself go down well with yourself, if you did some thing deemed wrong/unacceptable?
Plus I don't think parents are aware of the they ue in a general smack often it is temper that comes with it. Children have rights too and one is not being physically abused. There are many alternatives and an explanation and time out works equally well, where a smack forgets the cause/reason for it and children just concentrate on the pain. I also think it leads to fighting when the child doesn't like something they strike out!! There are many studies done on the effects of smacking and if they hadn't found so many negative results, why would countries want it banned?

Answer 4

I dont understand why everyone presumes you want to smack your child in the face the question never mentioned the face. In my experience taking a priveledge away or a fav toy for a while works better than smacking so i have never really smacked my children but good question

Answer 5

I think a smack on the butt -- reserved for pretty bad offenses, like when a kid has already been given more than one warning about a bad behavior -- might be occasionally acceptable.

I don't think, however, that kids younger than 3 should be physically disciplined at all because you can really accidentally hurt them; and I don't think that kids over 9 or 10 should be spanked, either, because at that age there are more appropriate methods of discipline and by that age kids can be expected to respond to reason and negotiation better than younger kids.

But yeah, other than that, I think that swats on the butt for kids of a certain age are OK. It can also depend on the child, as some kids don't care about spankings, whereas for others a spanking is the worst thing in the world. A parent has to get to know their child and figure out what best motivates them to behave better.

Answer 6

Spare the rod spoil the child. Spanking across the bottom is worlds different then smacking a child in the face.

Answer 7

It depends on the child as well as the circumstances. All discipline depends on your consistency and how well you can make the child understand the reason behind your actions. And of course there's the question of what you mean by acceptable - acceptable to whom? Of course I am obviously assuming you were speaking of discipline, otherwise there probably isn't a good reason to even think about smacking them.

Answer 8

a million. Please checklist your age team (10-20) i'm 21 years previous. 2. Please tell me in case you have any little ones (if so, how many) i've got no little ones. 3. Are you in want of smacking babies? Why? definite i've got self assurance smacking little ones on their Butt. that is self-discipline. 4. In what circumstances might you think of this self-discipline may be ideal? If the youngster is being Disrespectful, speaking back, and disobedient. 5. be happy to characteristic the rest. Smacking little ones on their bare Bottoms is self-discipline to me. i'm from the U. S.. I stay in Michigan.

Answer 9

I think it is acceptable, but only in an extreem circustance. If all else fails.
As a qualified childminder and nursery nurse I'd been trained to deal with children in lots of ways such a star charts and ingnoring bad praising the good behaviour. It doesn't always work with your own children, as your emotionaly involved, and your child will play on that.
It is often a good idea to ask someone else to step in, that way it takes the pressure of you and your child will more likely behave.

Answer 10

Yes I think it acceptable to smack children need discipline in this day and age. Just a little smack on the legs to let them know it is wrong and they will be punished. and not over the top or excessive.