Should kids b punished or not

There's a saying that state: "Spare the rod and spoil the child". Using a rod to dicipline a child is quite deplorable but I believe some level of punishment should be carried out when the child does something wrong.

I think that might depend on the punishment. If your children do something wrong, they need to be guided into doing things differently. Depending on the situation, it may only require "punishing" them by making them think about what they did & why it was wrong. Depending on what is done wrong, the "punishment" should be altered to suit the problem. By never doing anything to "punish" the child, they don't learn to even think about the consequences of their actions until they're out on their own. Other people won't be as nice as the parents. "Punishment" doesn't mean you have to be abusive to be effective.

So what do you do when your little flower turns into a bad weed. Not disciplining or punishing your child will lead them to believe they can do whatever they want in life without any repercussions. So when the child is say 10 and misbehaves, or is generally just plain bad What then? You going to start them to make them toe the line. Bit late isn't it How are they going to learn beteween right and wrong if they aren't punished for what is wrong behavior. Don't worry they won't fade away but they will certainly learn acceptable behaviour. Reward them for good but not for bad Wendy