Do you think spanking children should be banned?  

and thats why you are soft.

I choose to obey the lawmaker of the Bible and he told us in several biblical scriptures to spank our children. Government is getting into area's they have NO buisness at all.

AMEN!!! Celanith!!! You hit it right on the money!!! He said you spare the rod, you spoil the child. { there are many more ... }

Just because you never needed to be punished doesn't mean all children are like that. Spanking a child on the bottom is a far cry from outright abuse.

i like that. it makes alot of sense.

In my opinion they need to distinguish between spanking and hitting with harm, and there are already laws to protect children for true abuse that leaves marks and scars both physically and emotionally.

However, children like some adults need a physical and painful lesson to a misbehavior.

For example: A child is playing with an electical outlet, do you really think that a child under age 3 is going to stop doing it if there is not a painful consequence? That child if told a calm 'no honey do not touch', they are not going to understand the seriousness of the danger. However if a slightly stinging slap on their hand occurs, they will associate that electrical outlet with the pain they received.

Some adults are the same way, look at repeat speeding offenders. If they keep getting off without jail time or stiff penalties (monetarily) they don't get the message, but if the penalty is painful in that they lose lots of money, freedom (by spending time in jail) and perhaps losing their lic for several months, the lesson will sink in.

I do not advocate verbal, physical or emotional abuse of any kind, but punishment that is fitting of the offense is needed.

I agree with this. Hitting with anything besides a hand (belt, hairbrush, shoe, etc) is completely unacceptable, as is any kind of hitting that leaves marks, but I think that a light slap on the back of the hand or the bottom with do more good than harm. Why? It doesn't cause any sort of permanent damage to the child, and it gives them an incentive not to do it again.

I've heard it said not to spank with the hand, the hand is to show love. I don't go for a belt or switch. My uncle used a razor strap on his kids, which I hated even as a small child. To me, that is very wrong. My mom used a wooden spoon. If they're spanked for something, the next time they do it, they'll remember, and they won't go there again. Kids need spankings. The hinny is padded and that's where you spank, not legs. Butts.

Romance, A gentle "no honey do not touch" may not stop a child from misbehaving, but a stern "NO" can work. My one year old responds when I say "Naughty" in a strict, loud tone.

This didn't come about overnight, though. We have consistently used the word and tone of voice when she does something wrong. Originally we simply took her hands off whatever she was reaching for or stopped her from what she was doing while saying the word. Sometimes we had to intervene 4 or 5 times in a row before she would stop. And an hour later she might try it again, with the same intervention. Eventually, she began to realize that "Naughty" meant she was in trouble and now she responds to it.

A good parent doesn't lose track of how hard they spank their child. Their job is to keep everything in control and punishment is just part of it. I am for spankings I feel that there are times that everything else isn't apropriate

i feel sad for you.

Honey, let me tell you something. I'm the oldest of 5 children and we got whippins' every day just about. With 5 kids we were always in to something. We are all grown now and it didn't hurt a single one of us mentally. We knew who was boss(Moma and Daddy). If we back talked, we thought twice before we did it again. Some kids just don't have that respect for their parents anymore. I here teenagers now-a-days cursing in front of their parents and having open discussions about everything under the sun as if it were no big deal. If we ever said an ugly word if front of my parents we got slapped and brought back to our senses. I'm from the south(Louisiana) to be exact and here I find that parents still have Old Fashioned Values. There wasn't any of that saying "Yeah" and "No" to our elders it was and still is "Yes Mam" and "No Mam" and "Yes Sir" and "No Sir", it just a little thing called RESPECT and the USA doesn't see it very often in this generations of teenagers. My personal opinion: I'd like to knock some of these cocky-mouthed teenagers off their "high horse".
My opinion,
Kathlene

lucky you. out of the family there is my sister and me. i always get the spanking from my dad. i remember when i was 5 years old, my dad spank my bottom till it turned pure red. why? because i accidentally swing a leather belt and hit my grandma in the head. heck, i was treated like i was a bad kid. and now i turned up not having so much friends. i have one good friend and some friends that went to the same school in middle school. (now a junior high) and i think that spanking should be ban. by spanking, you are only hurting the child's function. if its only once or twice, that can be acceptable but constantly spanking your child for every small problems they make, that is just being a bad parent. and i am saying this because i know my dad was wrong spanking me constantly.

as long as it will not hurt the kids it will be fine

here here sister!