What is your religions stance on spanking children?

Answer 1

for me it isn't so much a religious issue... if you're spanking too hard (hard enough to break the skin or leave bruises) then it's too hard. And, some kids just don't respond to spankings. Case in point, I would immediately do what I was told if I sensed the adult even remotely raising their voice or growing annoyed with me. My brother however, had to be spanked because he was more stubborn and defiant. Just different kids, different personality. I think that has more to do with it than anything else. Spanking or not spanking isn't a blanket issue.

Answer 2

i don't know about religious stance, but i think it's okay if it's absolutely necessary. But if parents do spank their children they should at least tell them why they have to,though. If you just smack your kids around and never talk to them or explain why you have to punish them, they'll learn that it's okay to solve all of their problems with violence. But if you don't spank them or punish them at all, they'll think they can do whatever they want. Too much or not enough can give you either a Ted Bundy or a Paris Hilton. Personally,though, i think a good parent could control their kids by just talking to them and trying to teach them real morals and values,what's right and wrong,etc, so they learn to actually be sorry for what they did, not just that they got caught. But i'm not a parent yet, so this is just my opinion. I know things aren't always as cut and dry as this,though. This is more how i see myself raising my future children. but different parents/children and different situations need different measures, i guess...

Answer 3

well its a real easy question for Jews and Christians. if you can kill your children for being disobedient. maybe for lesser crimes spanking might be OK. but if they have been extra bad you can always sell them into slavery, that's also OK in the bible. Buddhism and Taoism have a stance of nonviolence and respect for all human life so spanking is bad.

Answer 4

I never had to spank my child because I never ignored her when she needed me. I disciplined with love, giving her love all the time so that she seldom acted out to get attention. She always had it. And I always knew, if she was misbehaving; it was usually because she was tired or bored or hungry ... and that was MY fault.

She had a tantrum once when she was about four. She screamed bloody murder in a crowded store so I picked her up, carried her outside and screamed right back in her face. She was shocked and stopped.

I said, "Mommy screams louder than you, huh?"
She said, "Uh-huh!"
I said, "Well, next time ask with words instead of screaming because words are easier for me to understand faster, and then I won't scream back."

Then I hugged and kissed her and she never raised her voice to me again.

Love trumps spanking almost every time, but a tap on the bum never hurt a child when they were flying off the handle either. But it's a last resort.

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Answer 5

The Scripture says, "He that spareth the rod (withholds correction) hateth his son. But he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes." We spank, NOT BEAT! there's a big difference....

Answer 6

HOW the FACK would you drag religion into THAT

Answer 7

Why do you hit the one you love?