Spanking your kids?

I think that spanking is okay - IF it is done properly. A parent should not spank when they are angry - and a parent should not HIT with the fist or slap the face - but, if a parent spanks a child, it should be on the child's bottom. I spank my children - and as long as it is done properly it works.

Spanking kids won't straighten them up...sometimes this will lead to much attitude problem. Better yet to talk to your kid and make her understand from what's wrong and right...

Children should be made to respect the parents and should be made to listen not by punishment but by love and affection. I think spanking should be given up universally. What I do at home is, if they do not fall inline, the perks are removed viz., 1) I will not take them out (2) NO TV (3) No Ice Creams (4) No story books (5) No New clothes (6) No toys This is slightly negative way. Similarly the other way to to promise them (which you normally give them) that you would give so many freebies if they maintain the discipline, weekly basis or monthly basis.

I live in Ohio they say it is wrong to hit a child and that it is child abuse. Sometimes that's what they need. you half to let them know right from wrong. talking does'nt do any good, because kids can be quite stuborn.

spare the rod and spoil the child

I work with young children .. and i have never put my hand on a child.. i know a child can be handled without abuse.. and it seems like the children who get abused or hit .. are the ones that act up in school because they know they can get away with things and wont get beat by teachers I dont think i will abuse my children .. but then again i have no children right now and only time will tell what i do .. but i hope to be able to have pacients with them my parents never hit me and i turned out great.. i dont even think i am that spoiled either..

I think when they are younger and it's used for the last result. As i think this puts fear in the kids that they are going to be smacked everytime they do something wrong. Also we teach our kids that it's not nice to hit - so what message do we send out kids when they are smacked. If you smack them, you then need to sit down with them and discuss with them why this happened and you don't enjoy doing it. Try time outs and reward charts for better behaviour.

I've heard the phrase spare the rod spoil the child and I've definitely seen children who were brats because their parents failed to discipline them, but I have also seen very well behaved children who were never spanked but they were controlled. Psychology has proven that hitting a child teaches them that it is ok to hit. In a way it teaches violence. I was spanked as a child and I do not there is not a single occassion where I remember what I was being spanked for. All I remember was hatred and resentment towards the person who was hurting me and I definitely think it has caused harmful effects in my relationship with my parents. So please, don't spank your children. It shouldn't even be a last resort. Spanking is a way of disciplining because you know no other way.

I haven't and never would spank my children. I just don't believe in it. I think there are better ways to deal with situations. I think it just teaches them that hitting is ok because my parents do it me so I can do it too. I was never spanked or hit so maybe thats where i get it from. I use time outs or take away privelges and that works good for me. What do you think about spanking?

I don't like it, but I know that they will benefit from it. Who else is going to teach them what is right and what is wrong. If they don't know then the bounderies are limitless and they will just do whatever they please. Thank god that my kids are still really young and not acting up.

Yeah it seems that so many people are getting more

I use spanking when all else fails. I feel that at times kids need a smack on the but to realise that you mean business and that you are not messing arround. I know that the officialls say that it is considered child abuse. I consider child abuse when you are punching and beating your child just because you can controll your own temper. When it is being used to discepline your child that is acting in a way you dont like is ok. Spanking is fine just be carefull how and when you use it.

I was raised on spankings. I have always supported it as an effective way to discipline children. I'm not talking about for every little thing though. I believe that America has gone too far with spankings as child abuse. There is definitely a fine line but I know way too many kids that only get time outs and they know that they can get away with things. Spoiled brats in America know adays.