Spanking or Not?

i believe in spanking to a point, maybe im a bad mom i dont know but i think that if a child is in eminent danger or is purposely doing something that they know is wrong i dont think a smart whop on the bottom is going to do them any harm. now if spanking just doesn't work for ur kids u need to find that one thing that does, some kids sitting them down breaks their heart or standing them in a corner does, u just hafta find that one thing that works

I don't know. I was raised when parents could beat their kids. My sisters and I are fine. More polite and respectful to others. I did not hit my child, and she is grown and very disrespectful.

I do spank my children. They know just how far they can push me before they get one too. If they know they are going to get a spanking and decide to still do what causes that then they are making their choice of what they want. It may not always work and sometimes I try other things but sometimes a spanking is all I can use to get to them. If sitting your child down or even just talking to them works for you I say good for you and keep it up. Good luck with your children.

I totally agree with you, when my daughter was two she was going through a stage of the terrible twos ugh! But I tried my way and it really didn't help calm her down but then everybody told me to spank her on the bottom to see if that worked and of course it didn't she got to the point that after I spanked her she would either laugh at me or do again what she did to get the spanking and hit me so I tried looking things up on the internet and asking other moms and local parenting groups and they gave me some ideas and they have worked great. The best way to get them to listen to you without yelling, spanking. is REDIRECTING them that is the key world. Good luck to you.