Were you spanked when you were little?

[P®od]

Yes i used to get the wooden spoon, spanked, clipped across the ear, and put in my room (after a spanking).

I think spanking is ok. But i think if you can find a way to make your kids behave without the contact then good. ie one of my teachers said they used to roll up their kids sleeves and the kids knew they were in trouble and had started crying before the smack. (that obviously needs some contact to train that sort of thinking, but not after they understand the meaning)

But i also don't think it always makes a difference. I'm 18 and i have been in trouble from teachers twice today and not even cared about the consequences. I think punishment brings about an immunity to it as you become numb to it effects. Like the teacher threatened to call my Mum and i was like "Do it".

I also think you become smarter and find your way around the punishment. Regardless of what kind of kid you are. Its the same with learning something new i guess.

I've been punished enough at my new school that i have just gotten used to it and now being my last year, our whole year group is just like, whatever, call our parents, put us in detention, because my Mum says parents will always be on their kids side and we never go to detention or if we get kept in we just walk out.

I think as you grow older you begin to realize all the scare tactics parents and teachers use and then just don't care anymore.

Offcourse as a little kid, a spank seems like your world has ended 😛

 

[seanstevens]

I was smacked (can't stand the word spanked) as a kid. Never did me any harm whatsoever. It helped set the boundaries.

The world nowadays is too hung up on health & safety and human rights. I'm not saying it is a bad thing, but for hundreds of years discipline has been in place and there was no issues with it.

There is a huge difference between tapping a child who is out of control to hitting them and in reality it is only a good parent who knows what is best for their child.. not a person on the street or a nosey neighbour.

There will always be times when it gets out of control, but those people that let it get out of control are the same ones that shouldn't be allowed to have kids in the first place.

 

[Felicia]

Yeah, I was spanked when I was a child, and I am not permanently traumatized, I'm just disciplined. Now, as a young adult, I know the difference between a good time to goof around and when I have to shut up and listen. Whether that's because I was spanked or my parents just did a good job raising me overall, I don't know.

I will say that my parents didn't just decide to smack me around whenever they felt like it. Also, spanking is a world different that abuse. "Spanking," at least the way my parents saw it, was just a firm pat on the behind. It's about as much emotional force as grabbing your child's arm to prevent them from running out into the busy street. When I was spanked, there were never any marks or bruises, and like I said, my parents only did it when I needed to be disciplined.

In fact, I honestly can't remember a time when I was spanked. None of those memories are "haunting" me.

"Abuse," the way I see it, has no purpose to discipline a child. When a parent loses control over their own life, they take it out on others, including their children and even their spouse. Sometimes it's alcohol-fueled. Abuse is very traumatic, leaving bruises and scars, and has huge emotional effects on a child. Abuse is wrong, I think we can all agree on that.

 

[Creaky]

Frequently, never had any ill effects on me though. Can't see what all the fuss is about these days.

 

[NBK*Twitch]

Its child abuse my ass.

I have been spanked so much,but atleast I learned something form it .. and thats not to do it again.

Heck almost all of my family has been spanked as a child .

Parents who just yell at their kids or have the so called talks seem to be the lazy ones or the ones who are simple not a good parent.

Want an example just go to any middle school around here and listen to how disrespectful they are. Most kids I have met have no respect for their elders or anyone else. I swear if these kids are going to be the next generation we are freaking screwed.

Ofcourse there is always a need for parents to teach what is right and wrong aswell.

Then there are the kids who are just going to be bad until they learn the hard way. Like going to juvy.

 

[naughtymonkey]

I have been only once and I'm not going to put on here what I did.

 

[o Ginja Ninja o]

I was never Spanked because my Parents always taught me to respect everything. If I ever did something wrong then they just told me off for it.