Is spanking an acceptable way for a parent to discipline a child?

Answer 1

Yes....most definitely....but not in a sense to abuse...but to show that you mean business when it comes to your child's actions. More than half of these kids are mischievous little menaces when they're not around the sight of their parents...just recently a little third grader got kicked off the bus by the bus driver for his misbehavior on the bus, along with his little brother. Bus driver got fired for someone else's behavior that showed no respect whatsoever...may've been wrong for the bus driver to act like he did...but to a degree he was right...Kids need to respect society a lot more and since they don't...that's why the world has its weaknesses of maintaining society demands of social morals...Parents can be just as responsible for the actions Kids do these days.

Answer 2

Spare the rod spoil the child, or so I've always heard. I think spanking is ok as long as you don't take it overboard. A child shouldn't live in complete terror that they are going to get hit for every tiny thing they do, but they do need to know their limits. I have a 3 year old and I've tried everything possible when it comes to disciplining her. I've put her in time-outs, made her have to go to bed, taken toys away, but I've found that a spanking every now and then will set her straight and she will listen to me if she knows I'm getting to that point. I try my hardest to not have to result to spanking but if she refuses to mind me she knows that she will get a spanking. For me a spanking is one pop on the butt or on the hand. I wouldn't hold her down and spank her not stop or anything because that is wrong. And after she has been popped I will always sit her down and explain to her what she did wrong and why she was punished. A parent shouldn't be too quick to anger and lose control. You just have to be firm and loving at the same time.

Answer 3

As long as it couldn't be considered abuse, yes spanking is a great form of discipline which I wish was used more in today's society. Today's kids have no values or manners and I think the fact that spanking was turned into a form of child abuse is the reason for it. I got spankings when I was a child and turned out perfectly fine. I don't have any stressful memories or resentment because I know the spankings were for my own good and to teach me a lesson.

Answer 4

Depends on the situation. Kids these days get a way with a lot knowing their parents can't hit them. Children need to be disciplined from an early age in age appropriate ways.
Spanking - no, that only instills fear in them. Swatting them on the hand for touching something dangerous - hot stove or touching something breakable is ok, - with an explanation to the child that it is not okay to touch a hot stove or touch some breakables.

One of the best methods of dealing with disciplining a child is consistancy and removal of their favourite things, putting them in a room for a time out (where there are NO toys) again for an age appropriate amount of time.

I've heard of this Naughty spot or step or whatever - but that doesn't always work for some kids and the parent has to hold the kid down for the aloted time. Doesn't make things easier for either parent or kid.

Consistancy is key at all ages and following through. If your teenager breaks curfew without a reasonable excuse - take his/her keys and ban her from using the car for a day or two - serve her right (this is only if she / he has missed curfew more that 2x - the first time let it go, the second time give a warning and the 3rd time well bye-bye freedom. And if teenager needs the car for work or sports events or something like that - tell him/her to suck it up and take the bus!

Answer 5

In Texas, spanking is ok as long as you do not leave a mark.
Personally, I think spanking should be controlled and not done out of anger or frustration. In a younger child, who does not understand other methods, because their reasoning abilities are not developed enough, spanking may be one of the only deterrents of bad or dangerous behavior. In an older child, who has the ability to understand reason and can talk through the behavior and be affected by privileges being taken away, spanking is not really beneficial, so not very effective.

Answer 6

Yes- my little girl is 3 and she gets spankings and she is a much better child than my nieces who only have to sit on the couch a minute or two when they do something... Yes we do other ways of punishng also but I see nothing wrong with is as long as you are not beating the child and leaving red marks or any type of mark on the child...

And by the way that is what is wrong with a lot of children today is parents do not want to punish their children.. Some children need a good ole fashion booty whoopin!!! There is a difference in BEATING your child and spanking your child...

Good luck!!!

Answer 7

Yes, it is.

I've known kids who grew up jerking around people, most especially their parents. And it's because their parents spared them from lil spankings on their bottoms and hands. My grandmother used to tell me, "spare the rod and spoil a child". Spanking is very legit but you have to explain to the child after wards why you did it and the aftermath of the bad deed he's done if not corrected at once; plus match it with hugs and kisses while you're explaining it to the child so that the child will feel secure and will know that he/she is so loved by you. Look into your child's eyes while you're explaining things to them because they are exactly like us but in small bodies. They can understand and listen. It's hard, you'll feel a lil bit guilty but u have to discipline somebody whom you consider to be the next generation who'll carry on your mission in life. That's the greatest contribution you can give to the world.

Kids will grow up disrespecting their peers, their elders and their own parents only because they never were corrected while they were still young when they misbehaved. We have to instill in their minds that misbehavin and hurtin people emotionally and emotionally is WRONG.

We have to teach them the Right things to do while they are still young not when they grew horns already at a much later age. I believe if we could do that, the world will be a better place to live in.

Answer 8

When I was growing up, all four of my siblings and I all got spankings....and we all turned out great. We all have great jobs, great houses and cars, and none of us have been in trouble. My husband and his siblings have not had one single spanking during adolesence, and they were holy terrors. I really think that if we stuck to old rules, like spankings, our kids would be a little more controlled. Parents are making excuses for not controlling their children. There is a huge difference between butt swats and beating the sh*t out of your child.

Answer 9

I am a mother of six children, and I do occasionally have to give one of my kids a swat on the butt. If it is for something little i will use timeout, taking toys away, etc etc, but if it is for something major like going into a street, when i have repeatedly asked them not too and they do it anyways, you bet i will swat them on the butt. A red mark that goes away within 20 minutes is considered discipline and red mark that stays on their butt after 20 minutes is considered abuse. And i never hit any part other than their butt, not their arm, not their legs, and certainly not their face. There are limits.I was spanked as a child, and I am fine.

Answer 10

Yes, within reason. After taking child care class, their answer was more than three was for the parent not the child. I do feel that most children control the parents and need the discipline.