Spanking? How come it still goes on?

I really don't believe that bringing the law into it would help. I don't think anything would help.

The fact is, nobody really knows what goes on behind closed doors, and those guilty of it can be very good at concealing it.

I personally don't think that spanking or violence is the way forward...

Worked for my parents and worked for us. Its only necessary when they are toddlers and start exploring our dangerous world. When warned by word to not to do something over and over again then the only thing they will understand is discomfort and a negative reaction from mom or dad. They are so primal at this stage and thats when it works. By the time they are ready for J.K. it's not necessary anymore, they respond to the change in your tone of voice and volume. My kids were never spanked after 2 1/2 years. The first got it a couple of more times than his brother. Lesson learned. Disrespect and dangerous behaviour brought out this firmer discipline. Balanced approach with kids produces balanced kids.

What all post-spanking parents fail to accept is that those of us who were regularly walloped, don't hold it against our parents, or feel that they did a bad job in any way. It didn't scar us, physically or mentally, contrary to popular opinion, and there are still people who very much believe in retaining it as a means of imposing discipline. There is an ongoing breakdown of all kinds of family discipline and it is my belief that in another couple of generations, when soft, leftie parents who were never spanked themselves, find themselves completely unable to deal with the problems of the young, there is going to be a massive turnaround in methods of controlling children.

Spanking, time outs, and groundings are all effective. It just depends on what the child reacts to.

I reacted to spankings as a child. Groundings and time outs did nothing.

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And this one : http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2893109/De...

Isn't it time this practice was outlawed in the world? Its certainly frowned upon here but I have read so many questions on here that seem to advocate spanking in the US.

It also might make them more violent themselves because they think its ordinary thing to do

Because it is effective.

It turned me into a sadist.