do you love your children?

I hope that no one said yes, that's so horrible if they did.

Hi! I have never beaten my child even if he has made a mistake. Because I think a kid can't grow up if he never makes a mistake. Kids can learn something from their mistakes. Sometims I may be very angry with him for what he did, and I am in a bad mood. I will shout at him. I always regret for what I did. So I don't blame my kid.

Yes, they say spare the child and spoil the kid, we were spanked by our own parents, that explains why we remained upright-ofcourse beating kids with little soft sticks on the bums doesnt not take away the love we have for them-I love them very much and they know it. They also know they get beaten if they do wrong and usually we laugh again!

i love my children very much. i am a single mom of four and raising them is not that easy. i punish them, grounded them, explained to them what was their fault and sometimes spank them. beating them is not on the list. thats the reason why we ran from their dad because their dad beats us. we always have this bruises when he lay his hands on us. so i know that by beating children will not learn anything. spare the rod spoil the child that is what the bible said but beating the child is not human. there is something pschological wrong with a person if he/she beats hir/her child.

Someone that beats their kid needs some kind of serious help. That pic you have is just....wow.... I spanked our kids when they were totally rotten and nothing else worked. I tried the time-out, standing in the corner, extra chores... I NEVER beat them! I could NEVER give them bruises! That is just unthinkable! There is a difference between corporal punishment and beating. Even though my kids got spanked, they did not grow up violent. They are very laid-back adults.

No i dont spank my kids or anything.I put them in the corner and ground them. I just want to say just becuase a child is beaten dont mean they grow up and be mean. I was beaten as a child. This i feel makes me more aware of how to treat my kids. I know how it was being raised in a violent home so i made a vow to be the best mom i could to them

I don't beat my son regularly...but he does get a whack (on his bottom) once in a while when he has been really bad and he knows it. Usually my son gets a time out when he's been naughty or sometimes his privileges are taken away. But there are some rough days when that doesn't work either. Then a whack does it! But that doesn't mean that I love my son any less.

How come that someone can do this kind of violance to a kid. I always believed that people couldn't have kids if they are not capable. And there should be a place to investigate these kind of things.

I applied that system also to my kids sometime but always on "educative torture". But never have bad physical contact to far. More on the voice and body language to reciprocate with psychology learning to them. :::michael:::

I don't have kids yet but i don't think it is right to beat our kids, it is not the only way to discipline them. Physical violence shouldn't be taught to our kids. All people makes mistakes and we don't correct them by doing another mistake again. I disagree that parent's should beat their kids if they have mistakes. Kids will not forget this when they grow up and they might do the same thing with their kids also. No one has a valuable reason to beat someone specially kids, anyone can't justify hurting or beating an innocent child. We should know more better!

Hi Jcyap888, I got beat my nephew when he really so naughty and do not listen to my words. But i beat him softly only. Definitely i know that beaten will raise up to be violent, but it depends how you beat them, right? If you beat them by using the dangerous tools which will cause some accident arrise, then violent will arise.

I'm not a parent yet, but my parents did spank me when I was naughty. It stopped after I was about 8 years old, I think. I don't remember anymore. My brother got some spanking, too, if he was naughty, but neither of us are violent people. I don't think occasional spanking makes people violent when they grow up. After all, my parents didn't spank me until I was black and blue. One spank and a decisive tone of voice would do for us both. We got the message already and we were never "beaten up". I personally think that made us respect our parents even more, 'coz we knew how serious they were in disciplining us. They set the boundaries for us and stuck to them. However, I don't think I'll resort to spanking my kids later on when I have any. I just don't have the heart to do that and my hubby doesn't believe in spanking kids.