Don't ever punish your child while you are angry

You're right, jobmoone, but few parents have that much self-control...

It looks like you made a mistake. This is how your topic sounds. No bad things your child has done deserves punishment unless it's constructive. Punishment must have the purpose to make things better, and should be at the minimum level necessary to achieve the goal. Direct physical punishment can never be constructive, so it's generally useless. You are right, the first condition of the one who "punishes" must be to think straight and to be logical... these usually can't be fully accomplished when angry.

I've never punished a child but if ever I will have a child, I'm going to punish him if needed. But yeah, you're right I should wait until my anger fades away. I will not be harsher and I should control myself because I used to dislike kids before.

i agree... "for his sake, you must exercise self-control" that is more like a responsible parent. I know a mother who is so not like that... My sister told me that one time, she was sleeping and her 4 year-old kept asking for milk, the kid tried everything to wake his mom up of course. Then when the mommy was up, she got so mad and spanked the little guy so hard that he was crying so painfully. In the end she did not give the child milk and went back to sleep while my sister mixed the formula for him... whatever happened to you in the entire day, there is absolutely no valid reason to vent it out on an innocent sweet little kid..

i agree but some really doesnt listen and needs punishment. you really need to show discipline by grounding them or making them sleep early.

Yes, It's natural to be angry and out of control when punishing him. You hit him in any parts of the body or head w/c is not good. Punish your child because he commit some mistakes in a mild manner.