Do You Spank Your Kids?

I'm against physical punishment as a rule, though it is hard to say there are any hard and fast rules.. For me, the only time I feel like dishing out a good hard slap is when I am angry and that is definitely the wrong time to hit a child. I was physically punished as a child and it did nothing to encourage me to respect my parents. I believe that respect must be first and foremost - if you don't have the respect of your child, you're not in a position to discipline them at all. I tend to send my little one to her room for a short while if she has been really disobedient, but generally a good telling off with an explanation of why she has done wrong, and a response from her acknowledging her naughtiness (however grudgingly, muttered through gritted teeth). To be honest even if I raise my voice to her she bursts into tears, I don't want to find out what would happen if I were to hit her....

Absolutly not, I have never spanked my sons nor have I ever considered it once, I don't believe that violence solves anything and will only make things worse down the line. I try to talk with my kids reasoning with them and helping them to better understand when they make mistakes and how to make sure these things don't keep happing.

I grew up being spank by my father when I was young. The result of which I grew up very fearful about myself. I really did not enjoy my schooldays because the fear was always there around. Although I have outgrown that already it somehow is still haunting me from time to time especially when things are somewhat challenging for me fear grips me and tries to paralyze my whole being. That is why now that I am a father myself I see to it that I do not do what I have experienced in my childhood. I think trying to explain things to your child is the best dsciplinary action you can do to your child. Sometimes it's difficull especially when your child is resisting but if you could explain to your child the values why you are disciplining him I think it will always work without resrting to violence.

I dont spanks my kids, I discipline them by just my voice alone. Secondly I do talk with them most of the time, in that way I learned more about their habits and attitudes. I do also let them defend their sides when they have something wrong but after awhile, I will explain it to them that what they have done were not acceptable to the society so as it called wrongdoings, then told them not to do it again.

absolutely not..there is to much violence and needless bullying in this world...all you teach a child by spanking is that it is ok for a larger bigger heavier person to hit somebody more vulnerable than ourselves...bring up your children in the correct way and there is no need to resort to violence which in my opoiion means you have lost it!!! I have two grown up girls ..26 and 20 plus a 14 year old boy and a 7 month old grandaughter..none of these has or ever will be chastised in the manner..we have always given the time and the attention that they deserve from us as parents....parenthood is the most important responsibility anyone can have but it appears in todays society more and more people seem to think that being a good parent is showering their offspring with material things...

I am not a spanker type parent.It depends upon the brought up the the person who elevated to parenthood. A normal child requires attention and care in shaping his/her charecter formation. only by infusing moral qualities with scientific approach and educative knowledge to suit the age of the reciptant can yield beter result. In some cases to a limited extend it may be effective depends upon the environment and circumstances and culture of the country.

I never have and will never spank my children. I have five of them, by the way ... so logic dictates that if I can raise 5, at the same time, and turn out 5 responsible, well behaved kids without having to hit them to make them that way, that other people can do the same. This ends up becoming a really contraversial subject, because parents who do spank take it as an attack on their parenting. We all want to believe our way is the best way ... that's usually the way it comes around. However, I don't think there IS just one right way. I DO think that hitting a child isn't the right way, though. Physical reprimands cause a child to behave through fear, not respect, and children who are afraid of their parents will simply get sneakier, to avoid physical punishments in the future. I've always seen the subject from a very simple point of view. Hitting a child on the head is abuse. No one argues this. But change the location to the hand or butt and all of a sudden parents jump in to defend it. It's the same action, just a different location. The result is the same ... the child is afraid of being hit. *shrug* Nope, no spanking in my family. My kids respect me, know they can approach me with any topic or conversation, any admission of guilt, and know that while they may risk losing my trust, that they don't need to fear me.