Is Hitting a Good Punishment?

Question

Yall tell me!
Do you think hitting a child will teach them a lesson?

I think that it's wrong, and disrespectful.
Shows that you have no class, what so ever.
And you can't talk to your child and handle things out.

Parents, please find another way for punishment!
Hitting is plain stupid, and gets you no where.

As a child, when my parents hit me, I thought me nothing.
When they took time to speak to me, I learned.

Answer 1

No, in general it is a very bad idea. I do agree with a quick swat on the butt when they are toddlers to grab their attention to get them out of a bad situation because at that age, they don't understand "being talked to." They don't have the attention span or the ability to understand anything but a firm "no." But I would never do it in anger or forcefully. I swatted mine with diapered butts just to grab their attention when they were definitely getting in trouble.

Corporal punishment is NEVER a good idea.

Answer 2

I would never HIT my children, however, I will spank them when the situation warrants it. HITTING is violence, spanking is discipline. You can think I have no class all you want, you can think its disrespectful all you want, that only shows that either A) Your parents hit you out of anger and didn't use spanking as the true discipline technique correctly OR (B) you have fallen victim to the inaccurate study done over 30 years ago by Gershoff and have not once paid attention to the numerous studies that have been done within the past 10 years on spanking.

I am so tired of all of YOU labeling spanking as ABUSE or VIOLENCE or HITTING when it is NONE of those. Just because your parents didn't use it correctly doesn't make it wrong. You have no right to pass judgment on other parents for disciplining their children the way they see fit!

What then is your reasoning for why, once spanking became less accepted, juvenile crime rates, school shootings, incidences of abuse have ALL increased exponentially?

Spanking and spanking PROPERLY is a perfectly acceptable form of DISCIPLINE. Hitting is not.

DEFINITIONS FOR YOU:
Spanking-To slap on the buttocks with a flat object or with the open hand, as for punishment.

Hitting-an impact or collision, as of one thing against another.

Answer 3

I don't think hitting your kids is OK, but a controlled slap on the butt is different and I believe that is ok. My father always told me that he loved me and told me why I shouldn't have done what I did and then spanked me I usually never did it again. I spank my 2yr old because talking to him doesn't do much, he is getting older where other things work like time out or taking something a way. My 5yr old gets a spanking as a last resort. Children are different you need to find what punishment works. My kids are very well behaved and they don't live in fear of us, they love us very much.

Answer 4

There is a difference between HITTING your child and a small but firm spat on the rear. I learned this from helping raise my little cousin. When she was a toddler, we would spat her on the rear but we would not HIT her to where it would cause Pain. Usually they can tell when your upset and by spatting them, it grabs their attention and hurts their feelings more than hurts them physically. We would spat her and say no and after a handfull of times she could connect "No" to the spats.
Although I do agree with you, that a parent shouldn't HIT their children repeatedly and it really physically hurt them. When you have kids you will know this, and if you are a good caring parent you will be able to identify between a hit and a spat.

Answer 5

I agree with you 100%!!! Hitting is absolutely wrong! However, I have had great success in disciplining my child by spanking him--very effective!

Answer 6

DEAR MISS

SPANKING

WASHING THERE MOUTH OUT WITH SOAP

AND PUT THEM ON THERE KNEES TO WORKS TOO NOSE TO THE WALL LIKE A TIME OUT OK

GOOD LUCK

AND PEACE

AND TAKE CARE

Answer 7

Ya know what they say about opinions

Your right hitting is bad, but spanking is quite useful

Answer 8

Pain may be the only way that the child knows that it did wrong. A good smack on the *** for that child could do every one some good.

Answer 9

You have your way of raising children as we all do. I don't HIT my daughter, I spank her. I bet your kids are the ones throwing themselves on the floor in public places because they don't get what they want huh.


Just as I thought. You don't even have kids. You're still in high school. When you have kids come back to this forum.

Answer 10

i totally agree with you on this. i was spanked as a child and all i can remember is "wow, dad was really mad" but cant remember what i did to get spanked. so to me, there was no lesson learned there. also, if someone were hit by their spouse because they made a mistake, they would get a divorce, so why should a child be subjected to being hit? thats just my take on it.