IS it OK to SPANK CHILDREN if they are NAUGHTY?

Question

how can we teach a kid to be calm, relaxed and reasonable by spanking it?

is it not like saying violence is the answer to everything?

Answer 1

In my opinion it solves nothing. I've never hit mine, even when she is reeeeeeeeeally pushing her luck, I just make her sit on the stairs for 5 minutes...trust me she HATES that, and she stops doing whatever it was she was doing.Or if she is really naughty she gets sent to her room.
Some people are evil though, I saw one family in town a while back and the dad whacked the lil boy so fricken hard he fell over....I don't know what that solves other than making the child hate his/her parents and think it's ok to hit out when you lose your temper.

Answer 2

You're right that spanking a child teaches them that violence is acceptable in certain situations, and to a child's point of view, it looks like Mommy or Daddy hits them when they're angry or sad. Well, children get angry and sad, too, right? So if you don't want to teach your child to hit when they're upset, use other methods to discipline your children. Small children respond well to time-outs if you're consistent about enforcing them. Consistency is the key here! Older children will respond well to a loss of privileges. All children can learn to make amends for errors through being taught to apologize and performing tasks to correct mistakes (helping to clean up a mess, for instance.) Just remember to be consistent! (And enjoy your kids--my youngest graduates from college in three weeks--it all flies by pretty quickly!)

Answer 3

spanking is ok as long as the parent doesn't go too far. meaning abuse or beat the child. as for when to stop. it depends on the parents. i got spanked until i moved out of my parent's house so i might do the same with my daughter but then again i may not. it really depends on what she does that may deserve a spanking. but she's only 4 so i have a while to think about that

Answer 4

Well put it this way, I think all children at one time or another get a slap on the bottom. I did when I was a child,and it did me no harm. One time when I had my nephew & niece in my home, they just would not do what they were told. So I said if you misbehave ones more you will both be put on the couch, Ages 6&7. So I put them on the couch, told them stay there till I tell you to move, Then more family poped in , all the chair´s full not a space to sit, their mother came in & said. All very quit here , meaning the 2 kid´s.I told herwhat they had been doing.Anyway I said to my sister-in-law sit down over there beside the kid´s.So she went to sit on the corner of the couch& the kid´s said to her,Oh mummy have you been bad too. We laughed a lot that day

Answer 5

Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of
correction shall drive it far from him. Proverbs 22:15 KJV.

also...Proverbs 23:13-14 and 29:15

We are all children of God and when He gets tired of us acting NAUGHTY, He spanks us. And trust me, You NEVER want your Heavenly Father to Correct you...It Hurts and He will continue, until you decide of which way you will go. In other words.......GOD or satan???? You Choose???? Spanking is not an act of Violence......Beating is....As the adult, you are in control of the spanking. How hard?? That's your choice also.
There is a limit!!!!!!

Answer 6

Yes. Give them a spank if they deserve it. Not to hard though. All through the history of mankind children have been spanked and it hasn't affected 99.99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999% recurring of them has it. It's only the people with not much sense that want it stopped

Answer 7

I try not to spank my kids but they can only push and push so much and can give them only so many warnings then I end up spanking them. I try to sit them in time out but that don't seem to work as well.

Answer 8

I took a Psych class in college and from what I learned Postive reinforcement works better than Negative reinforcement so no, I don't believe in spanking

Answer 9

I would like to spank you ha,ha,ha! On a serious note, i am not against smacking children, i got a few slaps here and there and i turned out just fine ...

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Answer 10

hmmmm....well, I know that time outs don't work but violence is not the answer! That being said, a little swat on the back side through a diaper and clothes sends a message without hurting......only when they are doing something dangerous like sticking their tongue in a light socket....