Parents are you for corporal punishment for children?

[Hunter]

I can see saying good job to a younger child, but how often when you get older is someone going to pop up and say good job? Parents should teach there kids to be proud that they have down well not constantly baby them and say good job over every little thing. Of course I can see this with younger children but it has to stop eventually. My dad was very quiet and stoic. It meant alot when he said I'm proud of you etc, kids now think everything they do should result in a reward. What happened to taking pride in that fact you did a good job and that being the reward?

[Red Ketchup]

Only a swat or two on their bottom, most of the time I doubted that it even hurt, but it was just the fact that I had spanked them.

Same here with my boy...

I never slapped his bottom hard enough to even hurt, I think it's more the shock and outrage of getting spanked that sends the "wake up" than anything else.

Red

[Mike Dura]

My step-father didn't try to "spank me" at age 15. At that point, he tried to smack me. I wasn't having it. I don't believe that 8 out of nine studies support corporal punishment - even by the criteria you listed.

I'm for corporal punishment to a point,

I found in one of the critiques some conditions that mirrored my method.




I’m surprised that your step-father spanked you at the age of 15, IMHO that’s way too old to be spanking, at that age taking away freedom works much better. I’ve got a 15 year old daughter, simply mentioning that a bad choice of hers might lead to grounding, really gets her attention.

I am a step-father to 4 children. I pretty much used the above rules, other than I did spank the boys until they were 12 with the girls, didn't have to after they were 8.

I would explain to them the rules, and with their first infraction I would use alternative punishment, but when they kept breaking the rules, they would get a spanking. Only a swat or two on their bottom, most of the time I doubted that it even hurt, but it was just the fact that I had spanked them.

[zodiac666]

i am 100% for corpral punishment, obviously you dont want to hurt your kid other than a sting on their ass and the mental side that they just got spanked. but kids need to be kept in line and respect their elders. and like mn fighter said you cant baby your kids or they will most likely grow up and be very emotional, weak, fragile, and politically correct pieces of shit, which is just what this world needs less of.

[Bigen12]

My step-father didn't try to "spank me" at age 15. At that point, he tried to smack me. I wasn't having it.

In that case, what he did to you wasn't spanking it was child abuse and your experience isn't nessesary the best to be used in the debate concerning spanking.

I don't believe that 8 out of nine studies support corporal punishment - even by the criteria you listed.

Strange, I found that information on the link you provided?

http://people.biola.edu/faculty/paul...queStraus.html

How many children do you have?