Do you agree with physical punishment towards children by parents?

[Deleted]

By physical punishment I mean a slap/smack NOT a full on beating

[MerinPally]

If it comes with multiple warnings before and it's not like an extended thing (so one or two hits) then sure why not. Only ever to your own child though, never someone elses.

[Itisamuh]

Swatting on the bottom, yes. Hitting in the face or stomach, no. One is discipline, the other is simply abuse.

[Deleted]

Not really, my parents used to beat the shit out of me even for minor wrongdoings and all it ever accomplsihed was making me angry and hate them. When I was 15 I started to beat them, so we're even now.

[Gheld]

Only if it actually serves a purpose.

Spanking a 4 year old because they ran out onto the road = purposeful.
Spanking a 4 year old because they ate your froot loops = purposeless.

EDIT: In my observations of parents though I've found that young children that are raised by very warm and hands on parents typically don't require physical discipline, usually just a suspension of the warmth they are used to is adequate to let them know they fucked up.

[TZucchini]

Physical punishments accomplish one thing, and one thing only. Immediate compliance.

They aren't effective at shaping positive behavior. People hit their children because they're angry or frustrated. They then justify their anger and frustration as "discipline."

[Xargoth6634]

Nothing wrong with corporal punishment if administered correctly and not actually a violent act.

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If it comes with multiple warnings before and it's not like an extended thing (so one or two hits) then sure why not. Only ever to your own child though, never someone elses.

I'll echo this as well. No one should physically lay a hand on another person's children.

[DEATHETERNAL]

I can't argue with results, so yes.

[Deleted]

No. Not now, not ever.

It's a cheap form of punishment dispensed by weak parents.

As you might have guessed. I was never, ever hit or physically punished in any way by either of my parents and only verbally punished probably once or twice in my life. I'm 19. That is partially because myself and my sister were brought up by a nanny, with my parents being away on business etc almost all of the time. Of course, my mother or father never agreed with any form of punishment.

Really, my parents never had the time to punish me or my sister. Did we ever misbehave? Not ever. I guess there's an exemption to every socially agreed rule. No, our nanny never, ever punished us either.

[Templar 331]

Beat dat ass. And only on the butt. And only if the child knew not to do what he/she did.

[Itisamuh]

Physical punishments accomplish one thing, and one thing only. Immediate compliance.

They aren't effective at shaping positive behavior. People hit their children because they're angry or frustrated. They then justify their anger and frustration as "discipline."

Telling a child something is wrong, with them having no reason to fear a consequence, will get absolutely nothing done.

[Gheld]

Telling a child something is wrong, with them having no reason to fear a consequence, will get absolutely nothing done.

At the same time, administering physical discipline incorrectly gets absolutely nothing done.

Some of the worst behaved children out there were physically disciplined as children. See: All baby boomers.

[Dezerte]

No, I don't. There are equally effective, and arguably more effective, methods of raising a child.

[Aeluron Lightsong]

I don't believe in it. I will never do it. Don't try and change my ways either.

[vindicatorx]

I can't argue with results, so yes.

Same here worked on me and my brothers.

[Beazy]

I used to get crazy spankings for talking in school. Once my dad gave me like 15 swats with the belt, made my ass hurt for like 5 hours.

I quit talking in class though, so, I say its pretty effective.

I never was punched or slapped though. That's kinda mean to do to a kid, but not unheard of. Spanking works up to about level 15, then you have to use grounding and "taking away the Nintendo" to effectively discipline.

[Deleted]

Telling a child something is wrong, with them having no reason to fear a consequence, will get absolutely nothing done.

You're so wrong. So, so wrong.

I was never, ever physically punished by my parents or nanny. Did I ever misbehave? Both myself and my sister were golden children.

[Deleted]

Nope, it's not needed at all which has been proven over and over again.

[Deleted]

Spanking works up to about level 15,

I hope that was a miss-type. Hehe.

[Beazy]

I hope that was a miss-type. Hehe.

AGE, not level . . . damnit World of warcraft. . .GET OUT OF MY HEAD!