Do you spank your children?

Heck yeah. I was spanked as a kid. Great memories. I remember I got spanked so hard that the next day the neighbors were asking if I was okay because of all that crying. Spanking is only useful when the person doing the spanking explains to the kids why they are getting a spanking. Just hitting a kid is wrong because that kids will be confused.

I wasn't spanked as a child and I don't plan on spanking my own. No need to, my family has always gotten along just fine using other forms of punishment and discipline, and we've hardly ever done anything bad enough to get spanked over anyway because my parents were rather strict and naggy and I'm exactly the same way now as an adult.

As for my 5 foster siblings, all of them were physically or sexually abused as children so spanking is a huge NO. They would be taken out of our care if they were hit in anyway, especially if their privates were exposed as this could cause them trauma from PTSD.

Yes, I was, not often. I was a good kid :)

And yes I believe in spanking, in the bible it says to discipline with an iron rod. With that being said, I don't think you should abuse your kids. Also, if you find spanking doesn't really help as a form if discipline, then you shouldn't do it. Kids react to discipline differently, my son, spanking doesn't help when he acts up, he's back to doing the same thing again.

As a teen, I don't know a parent's perspective but I know mine and I believe it to be reasonable. I believe that spanking is acceptable in some cases, but I disagree with it being done while both parties are angry. This portrays that it was done in the heat of the moment and all of us know that things done in the heat of the moment are frequently regretted. Because of this, I am against any spanking or most punishments delegated while the parent/s are still angry. If you take a minute to cool off and think about the situation, I think a more effective, logical, and reasonable punishment can be attained.

Just my take on it:)

I've never felt the need to, my kids aren't particularly ballsy and time out usually does it for them. I'm not opposed to spanking them though of I felt it was the best way to get through to them. I was spanked once, but I don't remember it at all. So it couldn't have harmed me in any way. My mom felt worse about it than I did, since she swore she would never spank.

Spanking a child is always wrong! If you have to scare your kids into being good then you're a s*** parent. And you're teaching your children to be a lot more violent, you might see it as "I can spank my child because i'm the parent and they're not behaving how I want them to behave" but a child could misunderstand and see it as "My parents spank me when they're upset with me so that must mean I can spank that little boy because he stole the toy I was playing with and i'm upset about it"

Either way, I think anyone who spanks a child is evil, I don't give a **** how you reason it.

I have spanked my children. Sometimes you have asked them to stop 1 to many times and they wont listen. I do use grounding but sometimes you just need to get the punishment over with. Corner time doesn't work with a 11 year old, nor does having to wait a week for the punishment to be over.

Normally I walk up to my child (I am British) , grab a hold of my child's trousers, pull them down, and then there underwear. Once I have done this I will just tell them, "I told you it isn't funny" or whatever I have repeatedly told them for the past hour. Then I just give them a spank on the bare bottom. After that I do give my child some form of time to think to himself. I have 2 boys 10 and 11 and neither of them are mean to each other so embarrassment in the house barely happens in the house. Normally the thinking time is my child against a wall still bare bottom so they have some time to think while also feeling a tad like the world can see what they have done. All of the windows in our house point to our garden so I wouldn't close any of them.

All in all I have warned my child, spanked them once on the bare bottom with my hand, and then given them some time to think about what they have done. I cant see what is cruel in that after what they have done and with some of the reasons for other punishments I showed in the top paragraph. However if they have misbehaved at school or stayed out to late, not done chores I would just ground them. Spanking is only used when my child has either fought with a adult or child, lied or repeatedly done something I have asked them not to.

Spanking is a perfectly normal form of correcting a child when done with love and compassion and not out of anger or frustration. You should do further research to assess the correct approach in various circumstances.

In all honesty I think spanking a child hard enough for it to hurt is a form of abuse- you wouldn't do it to a puppy for being naughty but you would to a child? A good parent will find ways of disciplining their child that do not condone violence.

NO NEVER

ITS A FORM OF POWER LESS NESS