Do you spank your kid/s

I think that it hurts. If a child is doing something wrong you can redirect them. If they are doing something dangerous then you teach them to be scared of it. If they hurt someone else, is it right to spank them? It just shows them more hurt and confuses them. When your child writes on the walls, does it teach them not to when you spank them? Or does it teach them to fear you? A hand smack makes sense if they are going to touch something that can hurt them and you need them to understand that it will hurt them. But if they do something wrong or bad it does not teach them that doing that is not acceptable. It teaches them that you get angry at them when they do certain things, but they don't understand why. Especially younger children. It teaches them to fear you whenever they do something new, because they aren't sure if it is right or wrong. Spanking does not help a child. To help a child you need disipline (this does not mean yelling or hitting). You also need to be patient, loving and caring. When they do things wrong you need to explain what they did wrong, why it was wrong, what they can do to keep it from happening again and then find an appropriate punishment for their age and the act. Hitting is not necessary and "sparing the rod" does not spoil the child. Of course parents need to let their children know that they make the rules and the rules are to be followed. This can be done by giving them the attention that they need and the guidance that they need. Parents are not here to punish their children when things go wrong, they are here to teach them how to live right.

no i dont believe that spanking will help at all. i think if you spank a child the only thing it does is hurt him.

I don't believe in beating kids. I do believe a spanking is not going to hurt a child. A couple of swats on the butt works wonders sometimes.

I know it hurt me, I was abused like crazy, I believe in spankings, but not beatings.

I do spank my kids when they are not responding to other methods of re-direction. I am a firm beliver in spare the rod, spoil the child.

Kids need to be punished, personally I spank my children on the bottom I would never hit them anywhere else. This could turn into a all out war of a discussion but I do believe children need structure and some kids just do not respond to having things taken away or being grounded.

no, i do not spank because i dont have any kids yet. but i will spank them. I believe that it does help a child because it helps them remember that they did wrong. a spanking should be a spanking and not a beat down though.