Do you beleive in spanking?

I think that there is a place for spanking your children. If you have tried a lot of other ways of getting them to behave and they haven't worked then sometimes a short, sharp, shock will do the trick. I don't think it is abuse unless you lose control and hit them in temper.

Yes, I do believe in spanking your child when needed. My sons are now 18 and 15 years old. They probably got less than 5 spankings each. From the time when they were toddlers, we talked to them about everything. A lot of discipline and commumication. We discussed their daily activities till now. We always told them that they can come and talk to us about anything and everything, even if they feel that we will get mad, just be truthful and honest, our madness will shortly go away, but our love is unconditional. We are straight forward with our sons and they know that they will get spanked if they do something unacceptable. We are very cool parents to them, but they know that we are their parents, not their friends. Remember, better if you do the spanking than the police!!! See Bible passages about teaching, talking and spanking your children(not beating). Deut 6:7 And you should teach them diligently to your children and shall talk to them while you sit in your house and when you walk by the way and when you lie down and when you rise up. Proverbs 13:24 He who spares his rod hates his son, But he who loves him discipline him diligently. Proverbs 23:13 Do not hold back discipline from the child, Although you beat him with the rod, he will not die. Proverbs 29:15 The rod and reproof give wisdom, But a child who gets his own way brings shame to his mother.

If its done properly on purpose of teaching lesson and re-aligning children wrong doings then its okey. But it should not be done when the parents are under in anger and the cannot control themselves in spanking the child. Spanking should be a discipline not a punishment, when parents clearly understand the difference between that two, I guess they know when to spank and in what degree it should be applied.

I believe in spanking when reasoning does not work. For my girl, she tests my patience a lot with things she does. I reason with her and if it doesnt work, a gd old spanking always get the job done. After I always talk to her and explain why i did what i did and she understands.(she doesnt hate me)

I'm not yet a mother, but if I do ever have children, I won't spank them. I don't want them to grow up like I did. I know that in the bible it says that if you spare the rod, you spoil the child, but I just can't see myself hitting my child for any reason. Spanking is an act of violence, is it not? I don't want to teach my child to be violent, because the cycle never ends. If I spank them, they'll spank their kids, and so on. When I was growing up, it seemed like I was getting whipped every time I turned around. Mostly with switches and belts. Sometimes with flyswatters. On rare occasions, they actually used their hands. ..When I was old enough, I vowed that I wouldn't treat my kids the way that I was treated. And I meant it.

yes i believe in spanking for the right reasons, abuse not unless took to far yes i have spanked for, throwing things at people and one day my five year old stuck his foot in his year old sisters mouth never with a belt or anything and only on the butt.

Yes, not abuse it's a difference trust me that is call batter, spare th rod and spoil the child the man didn't lie trust me....

i believe in spanking. I don't think its abuse. it can be abuse if you use objects like belts or even fists and go to far. My sister and I were spanked when we were kids, always just a swat on the butt with hands. I think we turned out as good people because of it. I never thought badly against my parents for doing it because I knew that I had done something wrong. I have 2 kids and they get spanked occassionally. We try other methods first, but sometimes a spanking is in order. I get so many compliments on how well behaved my kids are, so I must be doing something right.

I guess spanking is a way of discipline for children especially if their actions also hurt other people physically. It's like a way of teaching them that it doesn't feel nice to be hurt so they wouldn't do it to others again. But if a parent spank really hard to the point that it leaves a bruise and uses other tools for spanking and not just their hands, I think that could already be abuse. In my opinion, spanking should only be done if the child is already hurting other people or children physically so he/she knows it's not a good thing and spanking shouldn't also be done too hard.

I was spanked growing up with the hand and belt. But I don't consider that I was abused. And I have spanked my daughters when they needed it. Though now that they are grown, it has been many years since I have done so. They probably wouldn't have turned out to be the way they are, if I had have used this technique more than I did.

I think that spanking children is okay as long its a tap on the but or a tap on the hand. But to be completely honest it is not necessary for that to happen. There are other forms of punishment that can teach the same lessons. For example time out, or taking a favorite toy away or privaleges getting taken away. I am not a big fan. Although my baby is only five months, I still cant imagine spanking her when she is older. My man thinks that it is jutified to spank when needed and says that if he has to he will. We'll see when the time comes.

I firmily believe in spankings, but only when neccesarry.I don't think its abuse. people need to stop and learn the difference between disipline and abuse. I once spanked my daughter for using a profanity word. she repeated it, because my sister told her to, I warned my daughter if she did it would be a consequence for repeating the word

i am so against spanking! i have been spanked all through out my childhood and it did no good. it not only hurts your physical but mostly your self-esteem. so please don't spank.(lol)