How do you feel about spanking?

Question

I was spanked as a child - mostly for talking back to my parents - and I hold no ill will or grudge against it taking place.

Perhaps it's because I was spanked, that I can see the value it has as a learning tool. What do you think?

p.s. I haven't any children of my own, and I don't plan to have any so nobody has to worry about what I'm doing to children behind closed doors.

Answer 1

When we would get out of hand, my dad would say, "I'm hanging my belt up!" He would take his belt off and hang it by the buckle from the corner of the nearest door. At that point, we knew exactly where we stood. And that was good for us. Believe it or not, that is the greatest favor you can do for a child. Talking endlessly about feelings does nothing but raise an unruly wimp. Children need to know there are limits, they have a right to know what they are, and they have a right for them to be consistent.

Answer 2

l never got spanked as a child and l'm so grateful now for my parents doing the hard way and really putting a lot of time and effort into disciplining me and teaching me right from wrong. My Mom admitted that she struggled sometimes not to spank when she was frustrated, but luckily she got through it and she said that you should never raise a hand to another human being, let alone your own child. That is just basic respect for human life. Because of this l grew up to know you should always be considerate, kind and compassionate towards other people, and always respectful and well mannered, because l learnt what l lived in my house. Plus my Mom told me once that she was brought up with spankings, and her parents before her, and she admitted herself that that was when things started to go wrong with children, and the generations of today are being brought up with no real respect or sense of right and wrong, and part of the reason for that is a few generations ago when a lot of parents thought that all you had to do was 'spare the rod' and kids would grow up great! l thought she made an excellent point!

Answer 3

ive been spanked several times in my childhood, had soap in my mouth, had to go get a switch off a branch and been hit with it, etc. and i dont hold grudges against my parents (much) i still talk to my parents and all and we are still a functional family,.

if i were to have a kid, if the occassion arised, then yes i probably would spank my child. but there are other was as well, time-outs, no fun stuff, extra homework i create for them (evil laughter), extra chores, heck i dont know yet but when i do have my child, i will know by then.

Answer 4

well the way i feel about it is i dislike it i was hit as i a child and i thought my parents stopped living me and it would hurt and i have my own children and i dont spank the reason why i dont like it is because it hurts and if you spank them to hard that can be called abuse and why if you were a child and had to suffer why would you do that to you own flesh and blood . what i do is if my kids are doing something wrong i say it nicely and if they dont listen i raise my voice and if they are still do it i start taking away things then they listen. but come on let kids be kids they have lives and should be treated with respect not like an animal so i think spankings are wrong.

Answer 5

I think since spanking has gone out of use,we are now producing some of the most arrogant ,spoiled rotten punks there are . If parents today would go back to spanking there would be alot less kids in prison and in gangs .I was spanked and my kids were spanked and they are now 25 and 23 and have never had run ins with the law and are sucessfull intellegent ppl and are productive human beings . I wish parents would go back to spanking instead of this physco-analytical gobbledy **** they are punishing their kids with . hey folk it does not work . applying the hand to the bottom is so much more effective and if it hurts a little they will remember what they did and why they should not do it anymore.

Answer 6

I think it's good that you learned that you can't talk back to your parents. But I also think there are other ways for a parent to teach their child respect than to haul off and 'spank' them.

Answer 7

I was spanked and I am a normal human being. I love my Parents and would do anything for them. The spankings where not to harm me, they were to CORRECT me. Don't punch them out or hit them like an adult. We were also paddled in school and I got it a couple of times for acting the fool and I never wanted it again so I never acted up again. You should have seen our shop teacher, he was a Bull Moose and could lift you off the ground!

It can also be fun as an Adult, but that's a different subject, now isn't it..LOL !

Answer 8

While I would not spank for talking back, I do think that it is a valuable tool to discipline.

Over my knee, panties down, slaps to the bottom gets my girls' attention.

Answer 9

I've never been spanked, nor have I ever spanked any of my children. I can see that since some parents must spank, it's the parenting that is the issue.

Answer 10

You people are insane! Spanking is bad. It's as simple as that. Child abuse! There are other effective diciplinary tools. Things don't get solved with violence today. I do not mean to say that there aren't any spoiled kids around, but sparing the belt is not its cause!