Do You Believe in Corporal Punishment for Children?

By that same logic , what does a time out teach them ? that You are master of their freedom and dictate terms, that you lord over them both as provider and punisher. That they must bend to your whims and will. What does that teach them as adults that they should seek to lord over others and that the public should bend to their will? Great Lesson there.

No, quite the opposite. You are a parent, you deserve respect and, in turn you will give respect. As a parent, you do dictate what freedoms your child has as you must protect them from behavior that may be harmful to them. We are talking about children, not adults, and as the provider and protector of your little ones, it is your job to guide them according to your limits and rules. Every parent should have rules that their children must abide by, just as there are laws as adults they must abide by.
In addition, timeout is not the only discipline tool a parent has. It is very effective, but there are positive reinforcement techniques that work very well too. It requires patience and work by the parent but well worth the extra time. It is my opinion that parents who resort to physical discipline are not equiped with the knowledge and tools to incorporate them into their daily routine and therefore, rule by the hand (or switch or paddle).

Previous post was a little tongue in cheek. Open handed swats on the bottom on small children will do no harm. It is most often the most effective immediate technique for instantaneous action. Used only as the final arbiter after other efforts have failed , the warning is more powerful than the actual action. Past the age of 5 or 6 it quickly becomes ineffective as the child learns that they really can't be hurt that way. Been used for generations effectively.

Now this is something I can accept. It is certainly arguable that a swat, when immediate attention is required, is effective after all else has failed.

Then we are in agreement, Still there are those whom would challenge even this modest action.

I can tell you, I was spanked as a child by my mother...my friend's parent's also had permission to kick my butt....no where was safe! and I can promise, I am not angry about it either. I learned to respect the adults. There is a big difference between a spanking and a beating. I also learned that there were consequences to bad behavior. And, I always told my son as he was growing up that he would never get too big for mom to take him down... I brought you into this world and I can take ya out!!!! lol...he always thought it was funny.....

lol you know Both my parents still say that same thing to me 20 years later lol and i agree something goes for my 2 1/2 year old lol i don't care if he does grow to be as tall an big as his 6 foot 4 275lb daddy! and I may only be all of 5 foot 2 and 120lb but honey guess what! I Am the Momma. and what i say Goes don't care if ya do get that big ill still find a stick and beat that ass. cause you will still say Yes Mam and No Mam Yes Sir and No Sir Please and Thank You!

You got it, girl!!! hahahahaha!!! My son is 28 now and he will tell anyone that listens that his mom will still whoop his ass!!! (Of course, he would never fight back anyway! Too much respect for that!) And, yes, he does STILL minds his manners...lol...

Thank You! LOL and good for both of you! lol There Needs to be more Mommas AND Daddys like us in the world today.

Tan that ass as needed.

Yes.

Yep it's a way to teach

What is the definition of Corporate Punishment in this sentence? I was spanked as a child and I respected my mother for doing it. If not for the spankings I think I would have grown up thinking it was okay for me to do whatever I wanted, whenever I wanted not considering the consequences of my actions. It also taught me to respect my elders and appreciate the fact that they were there to help me and not hurt me.

Hell ya, I do its been to long since we brought back the classics; Kids today are way out of control and need there butts smoked more than ever.

Because physical pain is a good way to teach your children to respect you. If you can't earn respect without violence then you deserve no respect

RIGHT ON!!!

That's not respect, that's fear.

Yes.

I beat my children regularly.

hahahahahahahahaha!!!!! That sounds like something I would say!!!!

If that's true, and I think you're speaking tongue in cheek, you should go to jail and suffer by the hand of Bubba Big One.

ya, and i'm sure your children if you have any are probably among the worst behaved and problematic children in their grade.

Actually, my children are now grown and out of the house living independently in homes they purchased with money they worked hard for. They grew up in a home with respect for their parents and one another. They were both straight A students, National honor society, and active in religious youth groups. Never were they spanked or had a hand laid on them for punishment or discipline. So, there ya have it.

Why do you wish anal rape upon me for being a parent?

Funny how you libs love interfering in the lives of others.

So if my wife murdered the baby in utero = it's a choice
BUT
If I spank my chidren = I deserve anal rape and imprisonment

Liberal logic in full display.

First, I don't wish anal rape upon you for being a parent.
Second, I believe if you truly beat your children daily, and those are your words,either something isn't working for you in your discipline techniques or you have a really bad temper.
Third, you are assuming I am a Liberal and you know what is said about assuming. In this case your assumptions are WAY off base and you prove the old saying is correct.
Whatever the case may be, I stand by my convictions that corporal punishment has no value in the raising of responsible children, and parents who resort to physical discipline are setting a poor example for conflict resolution.

"you should go to jail and suffer by the hand of Bubba Big One."

"First, I don't wish anal rape upon you for being a parent. "

You should think before you type.

No, you should learn to read. Going to jail has to do with the act of beating your children, not being a parent.
Parenting does not give you the right to "beat" your children on a daily basis. If it did, there wouldn't be laws against it.

Mind your own business.

WHA WHA WHA....look who's the cry baby. Mr. child beater....figures.

Tell you to keep YOUR fat nose out of MY business is not whining...it is trying to teach you to be an adult.

Sir, I am more of an adult than you will ever be. You can't even have a civil conversation or debate, that is lack of maturity. Perhaps that is why you resort to physical abuse instead of using your brain.

NEVER put your hands on a child in a negative way.

I consider spanking kids sometimes a positive, constructive behavior.

I'd like to spank your damn brats, since according to Hillary, it takes a village to raise a child, and I am a part of that village...your brats annoy me

That's the way I feel when I see a 10 year old pitching a fit cause they can't have what they want and I hear the parent say, "Now, honey, you know you can't act this way" and then I hear the kid cursing them...and if you talk to the parents, they will tell you they don't believe in swatting their children, they don't want to teach them violence...hell, the child is beating the mess out of the parent and cursing them....but, wth, let's reason with them and give them a time out....maybe it will work! Sorry, I had the rants there for a minute....lol.....

Look at the studies. It only creates angry, aggressive children.

Not true. There are plenty of studies that prove it does not.

No, very true. More studies support Jillian's perspective than yours.

The point is that it does not "ONLY" create angry and aggressive children. I was not an angry and aggressive child.

Neither was I, and I was spanked and whipped as a child. Grades, talking back, and being mean to my sisters were grounds for a belt on my butt. It only caused me to be fearful and timid as a child and, later as a teen, I abused drugs and rebelled completely.
I'm not saying that all children will grow up like I did, but there are so many other techniques can be used to discipline children that will teach them not just punish them.

Even children who are not spanked or whipped can still rebel and abuse drugs and alcohol. Everyone's lives turn out differently. People can rely on studies all they want but it still doesn't prove much. Punishment can or can not work the only thing is we can not predict on who, but it doesn't mean it doesn't work. And, like I said is it does not "only" create angry children. In your case it created a timid and fearful child. You were a different kid.