Do you call spanking child abuse?
What do you think is acceptable to discipline your children?
Do you think you'll spank your children/or have spanked your children?
How do you think it affects children emotionally?
Were you spanked as a child and How did that make you feel?
If you were spanked, do you think your parents disciplinary actions were helpful?
Thanks for your input--
Katelyn Watterson (9:00)
23 comments:
I think that there are other ways to disicpline children besides spanking or any other form of hitting. I wouldn't go as far as saying that a little spanking is child abuse but I do think that one little hit could lead to further hitting that is harder which could lead to abuse. I think that children that are spanked or hit quite often as a child usually result to that when they grow up and have children of their own. I think that talking and reasoning is the best form of disicplining. You dont get anywhere in life by hitting or yelling. Talking in a reasonable, calm tone is the way to go.
I would have to say that i think spanking is not a form of child abuse. There is no doubt in my mind that a parent could take it to far, like using some sort of object to hit their child. I dont think that an open hand can really do all that much damage. I think that hitting a child on the bottom is a much better way of discipline that some parents decide to use by using other sorts of physical contact. I've seen mothers slap their children and that is where i think the line should be drawn. Once you move to anything but slapping on the bottom, is when i think the abuse issue should start to come up.
Spanking your child is fine as long it doesnt leave any physical marks on the child, and isnt done all the time for little simple types of things. Spanking is a not a form of child abusel; it hitting the skin not leaving a scar or welp in most cases. Child abuse is harming your child beyond just the skin level such as breaking bones, busting lips, burning them etc. When i have children spanking is the way i will discipline them but it wont be done out of proportion. It does cause emotionally problems but nothing like sucidal it just makes them respect their parents more. I was spanked when i was younger i hated it and never got in trouble so i didnt have to get a spanking. I know it helped me because all of my friends where bad children and didnt get in trouble much at all because of the spankings.
I think spanking is Okay as long as there is a good reason and you have thought it out before you spank them so you don't do something you'll regret later. I can't help but wonder, how all the unruly, bad kids I see in stores or somewhere else in public, would act if they were shown both love and discipline at home. Yes, I have spanked my children and then immediately talked to them to discuss what happened to cause the spanking. I think you can take it too far fast when you yell at them, it can have a very bad emotional effect on them. Yes, I was spanked, but I remembered why and made sure it didn't happen again, so I believe it had a positive effect on me, although I didn't relize it until I had children of my own.
i think that spanking your children is okay if they know why they are being spanked. a parent needs to make sure that when they punish their children, the child needs to know what they did wrong, so they know if they do it again what will happen. children that get punished and dont know what they did wrong will just keep doin wrong until they realize what they need to no do. i think time-outs, spanking and taking things away from children are good ways to discipline because they arent too harsh but they get the point across. really any sort of discipline is okay as long as the child knows what they did wrong. i probably wont spank my children but i will enforce time-outs as their punishment. i was spanked as a child only if i did something very bad, and it didnt affect me emotionally. i really only remember being spanked once and i dont remember what it was for, but i knew not to do it again when i was little. i think the way my parents disciplined me was helpful since i only got spanked once so i must have known not to do anything that bad again.
kaleen bittner
I am supportive of parents that use spanking. I do not think spanking is a form of child abuse, as long as it is in moderation. I grew up getting spankings whenever I did wrong. I think I am a better person for it. I see all these kids who just throw fits in stores because they don't get what they want, they don't respect their parents at all. With the decline in physical discipline, I think we will see a rise in mental illness problems.
Michael Endris(9:00)
Most definately spanking your children is perfectly fine. There is nothing wrong with it. I grew up getting spanked, hit or whatever and I think it only made me stronger as a person and to love and respect my parents even more. No more what they ever did to me, I would always love them. Spanking is a simple for of discipline how else are you going to teach them right from young? Kids need to take responsibility for their actions and I feel that spanking is o.k. It is no form of child abuse in any way and will make the child a better person in the long run.
Brett VanAsdlen
I think that it is ok to spank your children as long as you don't get carried away with it. I think that there are some cases that could be considered abuse, but not every parent that spanks their child is going to go that far. I do spank my child, but that is my last choice. I usually give her a time out, send her to her room, or the worst for her is taking away the t.v. and her movies. I wasn't ever spanked as a child but my brothers and sister were. Yeah I think that my mom's disciplinary actions were very helpful, it kept me from doing things that would get me in trouble.
No I do not thinking spanking is child abuse. There is a difference between spanking and child abuse. Spanking is when you use your open hand and do it in a manner that is controlled. If you are a person that does not know when to say enough then spanking is probably not a good choice for you as a disciplining tool. Yes I was spanked by my mother as a child. She used a wooden board that hung in the kitchen as a reminder to us kids what would happen if we acted up. I do not go that far. I have found spanking does not work for my children as punishment, they would rather get a spanking and be done with the punishment. I usually take away play time after school the next day if they get in trouble. That makes them stop and think about what they are doing because they are missing out on something they enjoy.
HILLARY FEARS....SPANKING YOUR CHILDREN IS OKAY TO AN EXTENT. SPANKING DONE IN THE RIGHT MANNER IS NOT CONSIDERED CHILD ABUSE. SPANKINGS FROM MY POINT OF VIEW ARE EXCEPTABE PUNISHMENT. BY SPANKING YOUR CHILD YOU ARE SHOWING THEM THAT PAIN COMES WITH THE MISTAKES THEY MAKE. BY NOT MAKING THE MISTAKE THE PAIN WON'T COME AGAIN THROUGH A SPANKING. I THINK THAT I WILL SPANK MY CHILDREN. I WAS RAISED WITH SOANKINGS BEING APART OF MY UPBRINGING. WHEN I DID GET A SPANKING YES I WAS MAD AND UPSET, BUT IT TAUGHT ME A LESSON TO NEVER MAKE A MISTAKE LIKE THAT AGAIN.
Yes, it’s ok to spank a child if they are doing something wrong. It’s not ok to beat a child, though. I would not call spanking child abuse, if you were spanking to correct a child. Spanking is an open hand slap on a kids butt. This is done with just enough force to make the kid feel pain in their butt. Spanking is never done for fun, and it should be used as a last resort to correct a child. I will spank my child if I chose to have kids. Spanking does not emotional hurt a child, and it does not physically hurt a child either. Physically hurting a child that is child abuse. I was spanked growing up. When I was spanked, my butt tingled for a little bet, but the tingling when away after a few minutes. When my butt was slapped by my parents I knew that I was in the wrong, and I did not like it. Knowing this the next time I was going to do, whatever it was that got my spanking I did not do it again. So, spanking helped my parents by correcting me only a few times before I knew that I was doing something wrong.
From Steve Gratkins (9:00 a.m.)
I think that spanking is appropriate as long as the parents don't go over board and spank for every little thing. I dont think its abuse if its something to let them know that you mean it. I will spank my kids but i will give them one warning and explain to them what they are doing wrong and that next time the punishment will be a spanking if they disobey. I think that if you spank your kids to much it can emotionally effect them. I was spanked as a child, my dad always spanked us even for little stuff that we shouldnt have been spanked for. I dont think that I will take after my dad because I know how it feels to be overly diciplined and I dont want my kids to grow up and feel that way.
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Elizabeth Moore (0900)
When I was younger my mother used to hit me with a belt. I ended up in foster care, and if you spank your kids and DCFS finds out, they will take your kids. I will not hit my kids in anyway. Instead I will try to educate them and let the know that what they did was wrong, why it was wrong, and how it hurt or could hurt someone if they continued to do it.
I do believe spanking children is okay. The level of spanking is when it's called abuse. A spanking to me is a smack on the hand or bottom and I feel that's an acceptable way to discipline my children. I know from past personal experiences that standing in the corner or being in time out didn't help with anything. At that time, the word "No" meant "Yes". I just simply did whatever it was that caused me to get in trouble again. But once I got a spanking, that changed my whole perspective of what "No" means. Not all spankings hurt and some did. Believe it or not, I believe spankings helped me become a better person. My mother once told me "If it don't kill you, it'll make you stronger."
I believe that it is not wrong to spank your children ... I was spanked as a child and I turned out alright ... I think. I believe that it should not go further then just spanking. If it does, then I believe it could be considered child abuse. I also believe that spanking should be the last thing you should do ... if reasoning, talking it through and even timeout doesn't work I believe thats when you should use force. I don't think it has emotional effects on children as long as later on you explain why you did it and apologize for it ... like my parents always would.
Justin Stout (1:00)
I think spanking a child is ok to do. Not getting that out of control with it fine without a reasonable question. I was spanked as a child and sometimes even more then I should of but I did learn my lesson everything and if I didn't sure would the next time it happened. I think by doing that the child will learn right from wrong and will know what the consequence will be if they mess up. I know I will in fact spank my child because it did me well and I kind thank my parents for raising my hard even though it may sound stupid but it paid off and they made me learn how to be responsible and how to get things done and how to choose wrong from right the principles children should be taught by their parents. I don't think it would emotionally affect the child if it's used the right way, if the parent sees it does then use a lesser punishment. I know that my parents spanking me made me respect my parents more.
Cesar (9:00)
I think spanking your kids is the last thing you should do in disciplining them. There are better way of disipline. I also think child abuse is when someone just hurts a kid just to do it ( physically or verbaly) or go to far. If a child is repeatedaly spanked, they will learn to whoop their kids and the cycle will never end. I caught a few when I was a kid, but I had to really push my mother's buttons to get one. I was taught to think about what I do before anything was done.
Danny W. (8:00 a.m.)
I think that a little of spanking is ok,just as long asit doesn't go to severe extremes like smacking across the face,ect.
If I have children, I will ground them and things like that,taking away priviallages here and there. Children I think will feel resentment and anger,thats what I remember feeling. I was spanked,and I was unhappy,but I was not a sweet angle girl when I was younger. I agree and disagree with many things my parents did,and still do.
spanking is not only ok it is probable the best form of discipline for a child. It is not child abuse unless it is done in a way that physically damages the child. i will spank my children when they do something wrong to correct them. when did people worry so much about emotions they need to get over it. my parents beat my ass when i was bad and it made me a better person.
No, I believe that is a wrong thing to do. I would never spank my child. The way to go about things is to talk to them, even if there young. Get down to there level and talk. Make them understand you. You could put them in time outs or ground them. Spanking is not a way to show them there in trouble. Talking to them so they understand is the right thing to do. I was never spanked as a child and I will never do that to mine.
Jennifer Woodward (12:00)
I think it is perfectly fine to spank your children. Sometimes telling a child something wont make them stop doing it. In there mind they are still going to do it because they didnt get hit last time you only told them to stop. If you spank them after they do it again they will know that last time they did that they got a spanking so they dont need to do it again.
Justin Peacock 1:00
I think that spanking your child is completely fine as long as it is only once in a while. I think that it shows the child who is in charge, but then there is that fine line of just regular discipline to just straight abuse. I think that an open hand to the bottom is fine. But i do think that once it is bare bottom or when an item is used i think that is when the line has been crossed. I dont think that a few spanks depending on the severity of the act is alright. I do not agree with public discipline, it makes the adult look irresponsible and that just looks bad.
Tom Miller 9:00
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