Would you spank your child?

I believe in spanking as part of discipline . There are many verses in the Bible that talk about it "not sparing the rod of discipline from the child". It should be done properly. The child should know the reason why he is being spanked. It should be clear to him what wrong he did and what should be done. He should not be spanked for the things he wasn't taught about. It should not be done in public where the child would be embarrassed. After spanking, the child should be assured that he is loved and that his parents don't want him to grow up as an unruly person who would get in trouble later on. Spanking (or any kind of punishment should be reasonable as according to the degree of the wrong committed. I normally give my children warnings before spanking them, and I don't use my own hand. I use a particular stick or a belt. Hope this helps! Blessings!

I absolutely believe in spankings. My husband and I definately use it as a last resort as I believe it should be, but I'm sorry I would rather slap my child's hand then let them touch the pot of boiling water to find out "oh thats hot". Spanking should not be even be put in the same zip code as pushing your child up against the wall. If used properly and at the right time, spanking can be a very effective disiplining tool but we must alway remember to disipline our children out of love no matter what your method.

I have never agreed to spank the children and I won't do so for my child. It is not right to do so. Spanking the children can't solve any problems, whereas this is already a bad behavior. I always believe the best way is to tell the children what's wrong and why it is wrong. And tell them not to make the same mistake again. Bringing up children is not an easy task. You need the patience but not your fist. I love China

I barely spank my kids, but I do that too, once in a while. I know it's wrong, but I don't know how to teach them to obey me. It's not that often, really. I just did it if it gets too hard for me to deal, but I feel sorry afterwards.

I have tried time out and taking things away from my daughter and she could care less. So yes I do spank her if she is not listening and has had a few warnings. I would nver knock her up against a wall. I have heard of it some call it wall to wall counceling. Spanking was not my first choice but it is what works. I could put her in time out a hundred times and she would still do what ever it was but I spank her once and never hard and that is the end of that. Now I can usually ask her if she would like to listen or have a spanking and she chooses listening. I do not think that it is going to damage her for life and I think a lot of children could use a lot more discipline these days. It seems as spanking was made a taboo but there was nothing effective there to replace it with.

Hurting your child will not help to discipline them,this will create a misconception for them,they will one time asked to themselves if you really love them.We can discipline a kid by simple talking to them but not to the extend that you will spank them.!Its better to used your affective side rather than to your blunt side.

I believe in spanking but not knocking any child up against a wall. In our criminal justice class the teacher talked about how long ago parents had more rights over their child, as in corporal punishment. Nowadays kids just walk all over the system. Although it's a system that is meant to protect the child some kids take advantage of what a parent is allowed to do and not.