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Spanking: Is it still an effective method of discipline?

Your attitudes about spanking

  • 1. Spanking works and it's my business, not yours

    Votes: 3 5.3%

  • 2. Spanking is fine but should be used as a last resort

    Votes: 5 8.8%

  • 3. No to spanking, it's not effective, and it's abusive

    Votes: 32 56.1%

  • 4. Spanking should be outlawed

    Votes: 6 10.5%

  • 5. Spanking should never be outlawed

    Votes: 1 1.8%

  • 6. Only the child's parent should be allowed to spank, not other persons

    Votes: 8 14.0%

  • 7. More education is needed on alternative methods of discipline that doesn't use force

    Votes: 17 29.8%

  • 8. Any other opinions on the effectiveness of spanking or the use of it

    Votes: 11 19.3%
  • Total voters
    57
noonereal said:
A good parent holds a 4 year old hand so they can't run into traffic.
Duh

You don't wait for them to run out then beat them
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you physically restrain your child? how brutal and cold and heartless ! child abuse !!!

of course, you cannot hold the hand of your kid 24x7 .... parents know this
 
Real blank said:
On the other hand, should children grow up with the idea that they will never be physically harmed?
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Kids should grow up in the world knowing that their parents will never physically harm them. The world may be violent, but home shouldn’t be.
 
Lisa said:
What she said. Spanking only teaches kids that physical assault is socially acceptable.
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no it doesn't when done with Love for yur child.

Lisa said:
Its also causes long term problems in children.
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no it doesn't, see above.

Lisa said:
I have CPTSD as a result of my mothers sociopathic actions. She was beaten as a child and so believed that she earned the right to do it to her children.
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my guess she was spanked like everyone else.

Lisa said:
I broken that chain because nobody touched my daughter.
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her loss.

Lisa said:
We sat down and talked about any behavior problems instead of spanking.
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good move. combine spanking with Love and talking with them.

are we getting this yet? (probably not, minds are made up and not to be disturbed with facts of any kind)


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BirdinHand said:
Kids should grow up in the world knowing that their parents will never physically harm them. The world may be violent, but home shouldn’t be.
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spanking is not harming.

done correctly, spanking is a part of love for a child you care about.

spanking should never be Violent, neither should the home be either.

the public schools desperately need to get back to corporal punishment.


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All of this rambling to justify beating kids would be funny if we ignored that it is real adults trying to be serious.

I am not surprised at the people exposing their failures as parents and the creepy enjoyment at hurting little children that some get.

It is exatcly who I figured it would be. Gross stuff, folks.

 
stealthycat said:
you physically restrain your child? how brutal and cold and heartless ! child abuse !!!

of course, you cannot hold the hand of your kid 24x7 .... parents know this
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You can hold your child's hand WHEVER they are out side and potentially near danger like traffic. Easy as can be. My kids were brought up on very busy fast city roads. We knew how to take care of them

NEVER beat any of my kids.i taught consequences and the rewards for achievement.
 
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spanking is a form of regret for having kids.
 

This thread has arrived at the place these threads always arrive at, so I've kinda checked out, bud. People love to tell other people how to parent.

I'll just say this briefly, and then I'm out:

I needed physical punishment as a kid, and my mother was never cruel with it, so I tend to think about it differently. We are close to this day, I gabbed with her on the phone for over an hour just yesterday (and told her that a good portion of the forum thought she was a big meanie...hehe). I am glad someone cared enough about me to do something they hated and might be criticized for so I wouldn't turn out to be a douchebag. And I don't think it had anything to do with her believing she "owned" me, or that she could do "whatever she wanted". You'll just have to believe me, that's not who she is.

My son, on the other hand, did not need it, so I never really had to mess around with it.

I am not saying a child must be spanked any more than I'm saying they must not be. I'm familiar with what the studies say, and I'm familiar with my own experience, and my takeaway is that different things work for different people.

And that's me done with this thread. If we agree to disagree, I'm ok with that, and I don't hate you for where you've landed.
 
The way you describe spanking doesn't make it sound so bad.
It's when some people, particularly, and ODDLY, always from a particular demographic, start saying things like the spanking was needed for "training" your kids. Read back a few of the comments posted and see what spanking - by those particular individuals - is being used for.
 

Spare the rod, spoil the child isn't accurate either, but a lot of folks go by that too.

I think when we get past generalizing we'll be in better shape to come up with individual solutions for individual situations. I just find it tough to have this conversation in a debate format.
 
SNOWFLAKE said:
Lord have mercy. You STILL couldn't answer the question. That's ok, not answering IS an answer.
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ROFL

The "NUHN UHN YOO" reply.

How pathetic.

If this poll were taken outside of DP, which is a radical left echo chamber, the results would be vastly different. No matter how many time you duck the fact, it will remain a fact.
 
noonereal said:
Lol, beating a child is beating a child. People that do this should face jail.
Yes I know they are just ignorant and unskilled at parenting people but it must be stopped so they MUST face jail time.

Listen and learn from me.
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You can't be taken seriously and have no willingness to discuss the issue in a rational, adult fashion.
 
Hatuey said:
Raising your kids according to the bible:

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Your Anti-Semitism is noted, and I believe already well established. Is it your trope that all Jews, and by extension Christians, sacrifice their children? Are you aware that in the story, Abram did not actually sacrifice Isaac? I get that you're just smearing those you hate, but still.
 

A few tried to hold "spank" as synonomous with "beat" and "abuse".

And another did his best to support that from the other end.

It was interesting watching the extremes take over though.
 
Revelation said:
Hat, i get to The Point when i write my threads.

from my Perspective, you all are Desperate.

Jamie has the antidote.

give her a listen and live. your kids will live delighting you in the Process.



the Question is: are you Desperate?


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When I was in my 30's, there were friends my wife and I would not visit because their kids were hellions who were in charge of everything. Always these were the leftist friends who didn't believe in discipline.

Every family will have a leader, an alpha if you will. When the alpha is a 6 year old, then misery is the norm for all involved.

Put another way, a well placed swat on the behind are 4, keeps your from having to bail them out of jail at 14.
 

I'm going to go out on a limb and guess that your parent (s) never spanked you, and what you said was the law.
 
Hatuey said:
The alternatives in a world full of bad parents are beating kids or kids growing up thinking they will never be harmed.
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Yes, because as discipline declined, the instance of crime by youth disappeared..

Oh wait, it's steadily increased over the last 30 years.

Just coincidence though.


Hatuey said:
In the world of good parenting, there is nuance for kids to learn that physical harm will never come from their parents.
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Spanking isn't physical harm. The fact that you can't be honest tells us so much.

Hatuey said:
There is also nuance to teach them that harm can come from others and they should be ready to defend themselves.

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So raise children without discipline and teach them to be bullies. Sounds like what the left would promote.
 
Real blank said:
There is a massive difference between a video of violence and being victim to it.
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Not so massive if you’re a kid watching it. A difference, yes. But what kids imagine is sometimes far worse than reality. Adults watch a horror movie and know it’s just a movie. Kids watch it and internalize it sometimes as something that could happen to them.
 

This is all the ramblings of a person looking to justify failures as a parent by hitting little kids.
 
I seriously hope you are NOT an example of someone who was spanked. It would be all the proof we need that spanking doesn't work.
 
Hatuey said:
This is all the ramblings of a person looking to justify failures as a parent by hitting little kids.
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So you try and blow smoke that as discipline has declined, the instance of youth offenders has increased.

No surprise. Maybe it's the fault of the Jews because Abram in the Torah obeyed God and took Isaac to be sacrificed, though God stopped it?
 
Uncensored2008 said:
So you try and blow smoke that as discipline has declined,
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Nobody cares about why you defend hitting little kids who can't defend themselves, man.

It is just you defending failures in parenting.

 
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