Spanking and Discipline: You believe in it?
 

Children: Depends on the situation. Not for the most trivial stuff, but you all know kids need to be smacked around a little when they get out of line.

To women: Sometimes it's a nice bit of comic relief.

To me BY women: no whips, but I'm down for being a little naughty.

Re: Spanking and Discipline: You believe in it?
 

I didn't get spankings, I got "Whoopins!" :cool:

And if I happen to have children and they wanna act an ass, I'ma beat dat ass.

Imperial1

i concur with imperial.....

it worked on my mother, it worked on me, it will work on my (if i have any) kids.

No, never. There are better ways to discipline a child. Violence is unneccessary.

HOWEVER - while I disagree with the technique, I do not think it is child abuse when done properly.

Children need discipline. Sometimes it's enough to ground the child or confiscate his/her favorite toy; sometimes the kid needs a slap. You have to be careful where to draw the line, though - not enough discipline and your kids run wild, get addicted to drugs, etc.; too much and your children resent you and you border on child abuse. (This comes with the disclaimer that I am not a mother.)

Between consenting adults: That's another matter. It must be between consenting adults, though; spousal abuse is unacceptable.

Ditto

Honestly, when I was little, the thing that pissed me off the most was THE CORNER. God forbid I had to sit in the corner for even 5 minutes.

I don't know if I'll spank my kids, but obviously I don't think you should hit your kid hard or with anything other than your hand. And NEVER across the face. Hit their butt or their hand only.

I agree with it completely. I may change my mind when I have kids, but I received plenty of corporal punishment and turned out okay.

I think there's a HUGE difference between spanking a toddler on the rear designed for spanking, and whooping on a nine year old. You should be able to reason with the nine year old, but that just doesn't work with the toddlers!

As for consenting adults, to each his/her own. I do agree that it should NEVER involve spousal abuse of any form, however!

I was spanked a grand total of twice. I was threatened w/ a spanking more times than I can remember, but I knew that the possibility of it was real. My parents did a good job of making good on their threats/promises, so that I just didn't blow them off.
If I have children, I would do all I could to discipline them without physical means. The corner, revoking priveleges, etc will be more my speed.

I was spanked by my parents I even had a wooden spoon used on me and I came out wonderful. I have fairly decent manners, I say yes/no m'am/sir. I have no qualms about spanking my kids if they need it, I'm not talking about daily, but when the situation warrants. I think I deserved it when I was younger b/c I'm very hard headed so the corner, sending me to my room, etc did not work on me. My dad other things he did such as poking my chest, pinching my neck etc which worked well when a spanking could not be performed.

My opinion is that the lack of/improper use spankings are the cause of these kids I see out being complete jack*sses to parents& other adults.

Just my $.01647604 worth
Mark

I do not spank my cats.

I was spanked as a child and I am an extremely good kid:p Anyways, I think when I have kids I am just going to try and be consistent with whatever punishment I choose. As long as my child knows that certain actions will bring certain responses then I think I will be ok.

I wouldn't spank a child. There is at least one other thread about this topic. There were some interesting answers posted in that thread.

If I don't believe in it, does that mean I have to stop jacking off to it?

I think it depends on the situation and the child. Some children need a lot of discipline and some don't. I wouldn't spank my child if all that was required was the "look." You know... that squint that says "if you don't stop actin' a fool I'ma beat the $hit out of you right here in this store." However, in order for the "look" to be effective, some a$$ whoopin' has to have happened in the past. It worked for me (spanked twice in my life), but for my brothers it took shoes, extension cords, belts, yard sticks, grounding, etc.

I have an 11 year old and won't hesitate to whoop that a$$...in public, private...I don't care. He's mine and I'll do what the hell I want with him. I also give adult family members (my mom, my dad, my brothers) the okay to loc' up if need be. But "need be" has been discussed beforehand. It does not mean because he is talking and you can't hear the Laker game. It means if he almost gets killed running in the street after you told him to stay his butt inside. I'm old school.

I also think spanking the butt is different than slapping the face. Slapping the face, to me, is way more degrading than tappin' that ass.

Not really. I will just let the Ritalin or Adderall do it's job. :cool:

DRUG THEM BASTARDS!

I'll even bump it for you to save y'all the trouble...

my bad- damn, my bad-
ive been hung over at work all day and i didnt search (GASP) and I have been around GC long enough to know better- I know- but damn ppls- it is just a freaking thread!
What does ithurt to have more than one thread about spanking?
again- MY BAD

I believe in disciplining children and I think that spanking is appropriate. When it is used as an immediate, angry reaction, however, it is not appropriate.

Hell yeah! 100% spanking are effective. I use it to pop my sons butt when he acts up

I was spanked as a child, so were my brothers, my parents too..... It is effective if you use it as a last resort and gets their attention right away and they know you mean business.

SPaking and whooping COMPLETE TWO different things!

the tushy back side of a child for yrs and yrs and yrs were meant for spankings

Discipline needs to be used on children or else they grow up not knowing boundaries and the consequences of their actions.
My parents were old school so spankings were part of the drill. I knew not to act up because that meant pain pure and simple. All my parents needed to do was give me "the look" and I knew not to act up.

It's funny to watch my cousins use the time outs with their kids. That's because I know that their grandma would have taken matters into her hands.