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Corporal punishment (spanking)... Right or wrong?

PolyTicks March 13, 2008 14:13:14

Yes! Parents should have the unfettered rights to punish their children as they choose.
Parents should be able to spank their children when the child's behavior threatens safety of self or others.
Parents should be able to spank their children, as long as it doesn't leave abuse marks.
Never! Parents who spank their children should be locked in prison.
Undecided
None of the above
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  • +10 raves PolyTicks March 13, 2008 15:35:40
    PolyTicks

    Parents should be able to spank their children, as long as it doesn't leave abuse marks.

    "Spare the rod and spoil the child." Child abuse is one thing, corporal punishment is another. If parents don't discipline their children, then this is where they'll end up.

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  • +2 raves
    ~So~Sue~Me~N God JESUS I trust April 25, 2008 00:47:03
    ~So~Sue~Me~N God JESUS I trust

    Parents should be able to spank their children, as long as it doesn't leave abuse marks.

    I was spanked and I am thankful for parent who love me enough to correct me.
  • Meisha|Apocalypse™ April 22, 2008 21:58:26
    Meisha|Apocalypse™

    Yes! Parents should have the unfettered rights to punish their children as they choose.

    BEAT THE LIL BASTARDS! *cough*
  • +2 raves
    マキシマムザ NAO April 22, 2008 13:18:07
    マキシマムザ NAO

    Parents should be able to spank their children, as long as it doesn't leave abuse marks.

    Child abuse and corporal punishment are two very different things. If you hit you child in the face and your child is black and blue because of it, you have a problem. But if you got a child, that is mouthing off at you, I sure as hell won't sit there and say "go to your room!"
  • Deleted マキシマムザ NAO April 28, 2008 01:04:20
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  • +1 raves
    マキシマムザ NAO Deleted May 01, 2008 14:00:00
    マキシマムザ NAO
    I know, because We got everything in our rooms, TV, Video games...
  • +2 raves
    teresa Deleted May 27, 2008 23:30:06
    teresa
    EXACTLY! WHAT GOOD DOES IT DO TO SEND A KID TO THEIR ROOM WHEN THATS WHERE THEY PREFER TO BE ANYWAY!
  • Deleted teresa May 27, 2008 23:31:13
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  • +2 raves
    Arleen Deleted August 03, 2008 03:11:06
    Arleen
    Children Learn What They Live
    by Dorothy Law Neite

    If a child lives with criticism, he learns to condemn.
    If a child lives with hostility, he learns to fight.
    If a child lives with ridicule, he learns to be shy.
    If a child learns to feel shame, he learns to feel guilty.
    If a child lives with tolerance, he learns to be patient.
    If a child lives with encouragement he learns confidence
    If a child lives with praise, he learns to appreciate.
    He a child lives with fairness, he learns justice.
    If a child lives with security, he learns to have faith.
    If a child lives with approval, he learns to like himself.
    If a child lives with acceptance and friendship, he learns to find love in the world.
  • +2 raves
    Raindropkitten Loves The Fl... April 22, 2008 00:06:32
    Raindropkitten Loves The Flame Alchemist

    Parents should be able to spank their children, as long as it doesn't leave abuse marks.

    its not the spanking that hurts either its the fact that your parents actually did it..i know that when i was a kid i never wanted to do anything bad because i didnt want a spanking but now i see all these kids who run amuck and im like that kids needs to be spanked but i get looks like omg you child absuser which is insane bc there is nothing wrong with punishment as long as it doesnt get out of hand
  • +2 raves
    gray1wolf April 11, 2008 18:51:51
    gray1wolf

    Parents should be able to spank their children when the child's behavior threatens safety of self or others.

    there's a diffirence between spanking and abuse
  • Rochelle April 04, 2008 05:33:35 (edited)
    Rochelle

    Undecided

    Corporal punishment to me is when everybody gets it because somebody did it. I don't really like public punishment sometimes, and the emphasis is on the word sometimes, but I sure don't think it should be outlawed and scrutinized so heavily. If parents aren't allowed to raise their own kids and correct them... who gets to do it? It seems everybody has to be in everybody else face telling someone else how to do it.
  • +2 raves
    EscapeVelocity March 21, 2008 03:25:31
    EscapeVelocity

    Parents should be able to spank their children, as long as it doesn't leave abuse marks.

    putting them in the corner or taking away their play station isn't going to do a damn thing. A spanking will make them think again before they do something they know they shouldn't be doing.
  • +1 raves
    concerned March 19, 2008 17:50:38
    concerned

    Parents should be able to spank their children when the child's behavior threatens safety of self or others.

    yes but please lets not get to abuse
  • +2 raves
    wgossett99 March 17, 2008 15:43:32
    wgossett99

    Parents should be able to spank their children when the child's behavior threatens safety of self or others.

    Spanking is OK. Beating is child abuse and should be severely punished. My folks spanked me when I deserved it and I turned out OK. I was NEVER beaten.
  • +2 raves
    Roxie March 16, 2008 09:42:06
    Roxie

    None of the above

    no Spanking!
  • +1 raves
    Vastrig... Roxie April 22, 2008 00:52:29
    Vastrightwingconspiracy
    You must not have any children. The streets are full of out of control kids whose parent's didn't care enough about them to correct bad behavior.
  • +1 raves
    CesarRockoon/GodSoccer&RokNRol March 14, 2008 21:09:14
    CesarRockoon/GodSoccer&RokNRol

    Parents should be able to spank their children, as long as it doesn't leave abuse marks.

    because then they become disrespectful to everyone
  • +5 raves
    ElectricLadybug*SH07* March 14, 2008 15:19:56
    ElectricLadybug*SH07*

    None of the above

    I think parents should be allowed to physically discipline their chid as THE PARENT sees fit. I spank my children, but I dont beat them OR spank them for every little infraction they commit. Case in point, my 7 year old daughter told me I was being a "bit*h" about a month ago. So, she had to eat some soap for about 5 minutes. THEN had to do the rest of the laundry that her bit*hy mom didnt do. (it was about 4 loads, wash, dry, hang up, put away). So, then about 4 days ago, she said it AGAIN! I skipped the soap and laundry and went right to the butt whoopin'! She got 3 butt whoopings AND all her Hannah Montana privileges taken away for 7 days. (no tv, games, fan club correspondence) Yeah, talk about her little 7 year old attitude changing! Lets see if she spouts off again anytime soon! *shes is a hannah montana fan to the "t"...taking away her hannah stuff is the WORST possible thing I can do*
  • +1 raves
    Arleen Electri... August 03, 2008 02:35:56
    Arleen
    then why not just take away the Hannah show for that day or 2 days.
    eating soap is unhealthy and will result in stomach aches, imo, that is not right.
  • +1 raves
    Electri... Arleen August 03, 2008 02:41:38
    ElectricLadybug*SH07*
    i ate soap when i was little and im fine!
  • +1 raves
    Arleen Electri... August 03, 2008 03:16:01
    Arleen
    and your parents hit you and your fine...don't you see?
    I read this many years ago when pregnant with my first child and it impressed me greatly..let me know if you like it..

    Children Learn What They Live
    by Dorothy Law Neite

    If a child lives with criticism, he learns to condemn.
    If a child lives with hostility, he learns to fight.
    If a child lives with ridicule, he learns to be shy.
    If a child learns to feel shame, he learns to feel guilty.
    If a child lives with tolerance, he learns to be patient.
    If a child lives with encouragement he learns confidence
    If a child lives with praise, he learns to appreciate.
    He a child lives with fairness, he learns justice.
    If a child lives with security, he learns to have faith.
    If a child lives with approval, he learns to like himself.
    If a child lives with acceptance and friendship, he learns to find love in the world.
  • +4 raves
    Trinity March 14, 2008 00:08:53
    Trinity

    Parents should be able to spank their children, as long as it doesn't leave abuse marks.

    moderated...
  • +3 raves
    RES March 13, 2008 16:33:46
    RES

    Parents should be able to spank their children, as long as it doesn't leave abuse marks.

    My parents spanked me and my siblings and we all turned out just fine
  • +4 raves
    JDC~Saved by grace~ March 13, 2008 15:49:40
    JDC~Saved by grace~

    Parents should be able to spank their children, as long as it doesn't leave abuse marks.

    Pr 29:15 The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.
  • +10 raves
    PolyTicks March 13, 2008 15:35:40
    PolyTicks

    Parents should be able to spank their children, as long as it doesn't leave abuse marks.

    "Spare the rod and spoil the child." Child abuse is one thing, corporal punishment is another. If parents don't discipline their children, then this is where they'll end up.

  • +1 raves
    Arleen PolyTicks August 03, 2008 02:30:34
    Arleen
    you can discipline without violence..hitting, spanking, swatting is simply teaching your child to hit to achieve results..corporal punishment is an act of violence..violence is abuse.
  • S PolyTicks August 06, 2008 18:34:19
    S
    THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING! YOU WERE SPANKED WHEN YOU WERE A CHILD AND LOOK NOW YOUR SPANKING YOUR CHILDREN AND THEIR PROBABLY GONNA SPANK THEIR CHILDREN! I THINK PEOPLE WHO SPANK THEIR CHILDREN ARE LAZY PARENTS! IF YOU THINK SPANKING YOUR CHILDREN IS GOING TO MAKE THEM A BETTER BEHAVED CHILD THEN YOU DON'T KNOW HOW TO BE A PARENT! YOUR CHILD MISBEHAVES OR IS A BRAT BECAUSE OF YOUR PARENTING, YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE TO TEACH THEM HOW TO BEHAVE SO IF THEY ARE MISBEHAVING IT'S YOUR FAULT! SO ANSWER THIS HAVE YOU SPANKED YOUR CHILD FOR MISBEHAVING? DID IT CORRECT IT? DID THEY EVER DO ANYTHING ELSE WRONG THAT GOT THEM A SPANKING? YES? THEN OBVIOUSLY SPANKING DOESN'T WORK! ALSO PEOPLE SPANK THEIR KIDS OUT OF ANGER AND GO OVERBORED! SO BEFORE YOU SPANK YOUR KID WHY DON'T YOU ASK YOURSELF WHERE THEY LEARNED WHAT THEY'RE DOING LIKE THE WOMAN WHOSE DAUGHTER CALLED HER A BI*CH, MAYBE YOU SHOULD WATCH YOUR MOUTH! I THINK YOU ALL SHOULD TAKE SOME PARENTING CLASSES!!
  • sarah S February 17, 2009 17:17:51
    sarah
    ... i think you're mistaken.. you're only thinking about parents that are having problems either mentally or physically only parents like that do that. i know becauuse i've been brought up with corporal punishment. it makes you think twice about what you did and when hit, i cried because of humiliation not because it hurt. and my parents are definitly not lazy and they raised me up right.
  • +1 raves
    PDeverit PolyTicks August 02, 2009 12:38:13 (edited)
    PDeverit
    No offense, but if you look at the data, prison inmates were pretty much all experienced buttock-battering as children.
    Just go to statemaster, nationmaster, or a comparable link, and you'll see the US has the HIGHEST incarceration rate (and the only one not to sign CRC like I've already pointed out), and the states with the highest incarceration rates also have the highest corporal punishment rates.
  • +3 raves
    ultracovertsarah March 13, 2008 15:18:31
    ultracovertsarah

    Undecided

    I agree it's between 2&3- I've spank my children enough to where it's stung but have never left a mark. I tell you what they remember that spanking & think twice before they go to do something wrong. (time outs don't work all they do is play )
  • +1 raves
    Trinity ultraco... March 14, 2008 00:11:10
    Trinity
    moderated...
  • +5 raves
    Republic of Honor March 13, 2008 14:28:10 (edited)
    Republic of Honor

    Yes! Parents should have the unfettered rights to punish their children as they choose.

    HAHAHA.....I love how by choosing this anwser I look like a freakin child abuser Nice Pic!

    But seriously beating a child is wrong yes, now spanking and any form of dicipline that involves some mild pain as long as you arent abusing the child(where you cant control your anger and you just beat and strike the kid till he cant take it anymore) is very wrong. Dont spank the child when you are Mad wait until you have clear judgement and the punishment you deal fits the crime he committed. If you spank them when they are young you wont have to deal with it when they are older and alot less attitude out of your teenagers as well.

    Spare the Rod Spoil the child, and believe me I wont be spoiling any of my own children if I ever get married!
  • PDeverit Republi... August 02, 2009 12:45:31
    PDeverit
    Mathew 19: "Moses, because of the hardness of your hearts, but from the beginning it was not so"

    Divorcing because you're sick of your wife, witch burning and witch trials, Inquisitions, Crusades, slavery, wife battery, racism, and child buttock battering have all been justified using the Bible.

    "Deus Vult!" (God wills it!)
    rallying cry of Crusade

    "Deus Vult" just doesn't work any more. Sorry.
  • Republi... PDeverit August 03, 2009 06:06:31
    Republic of Honor
    Yea anyone can twist the words of the bible to make them say what they want but if you just read it and take it for what it says thats when you get the truth!
  • +2 raves
    Annie March 13, 2008 14:16:02
    Annie

    Undecided

    i think its a tie between 2 and 3
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    RebelYe... Annie March 13, 2008 14:59:46
    RebelYeller
    yea same here
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