Have you ever spanked your children?

yeah i could say i'm guilty too...i feel the same way. but i did it because i have no choice. and if i don't discipline my child that way, i'm afraid he may turn out worse.. as for my parents slapping me...no i've never experienced that but i once experienced being beaten with a leather belt. it was painful. i don't do that to my child.... i hit him (not very hard) like on his hand if he does something awful... but that's it...i don't think it was painful for my child anway because he never cried. lol. but it was effective because he stopped...he didn't like being embarrassed in front of his peers.

Hi webearn - I did not slap but I did have drag a child. Actually I was preparing for my exams, and I was staying at their place (no hostel facility was available and I had already lost my mother because of their family - I didnt know then but dad knew. And in any event - dad never listened to me even when I said I didnt want to stay at their place). I was working hard. Her mother was making me sweep and mop the house, wash vessels, lay bed, remove bed, take her second son to school, bring him back, make tea, bring vegetables on way home, and do some errands. It was very difficult to study as it would get too tiring. But she wouldnt hesitate in sending me to call her daughter from her friend's place. After I had been to their place for a couple of time (3 or 4 times) to call the girl, and the girl wouldnt come, I just got annoyed and dragged her. I was helped by the girl's older brother who actually started it because i was asked to take him along. I regret that because in retrospect it looked so bad.

My spatted my daughter on the bu$$ ONE time, she let out a howl and got so upset I never did it again. I was told the other day when I had reason to call the police that we could spank them as long as we didn't leave any marks. Weird coming from a cop. My mother was back handed me because I came up behind her. Only the one time.

I am totally against physical punishment of any kind. My own mother never did it with us and neither did I....I remember an instance when I was very angry with my son who was driving me up the wall, and happened to push him away. He lost his balance and fell and it made me miserable, still does .I feel that we should never use spanking as a disciplinary measure...

I will not smack my child, even though my child to make mistakes. I tried to be patient and advise him. Although sometimes very difficult to give advice, but I try to be patient and do not smack my child.

I remember i spanked my eldest son when he was only a child then. I do regret it and promised myself not to do it again. I do believe that we cannot discipline our children through it. My other siblings did not haven't got any from me.

I have never spanked my children in anger. The few times I did resort to spanking was because they were engaged in either very crule activies or very unsafe and Iwanted to make my point quickly and effectively. They knew that if I or their mother spanked them it was serious and they better change behavior NOW.

Hi, Sometimes when my son started to get naughty and it is over the LIMIT,then I will beat him on his leg,not very hard beat,it is kinda a reminder for him not to repeat his naughty behaviour. Of course, most of the time, I will give him a reminder,but yet, when I was busy with something else and he just did not listen to my instruction, I tend to get angry and explode,so beating is a way for me to get firmer.

Most of the time I punish my children by giving them time out or other punishments like that. However, there are times that I will resort to spanking them. For me I try to reserve spanking them for the times that they are doing something that is a very dangerous act. I think that when a child is putting himself or herself in danger there is no other option but to spank them when they are doing something that they shouldn't be doing.

I do not have any kids however I do not want to spank my child when I have any. However, when I was little my parents spanked me as punishment... I hated it.