Monster Kids vs Spanking

I will not answer this question as stated.

Yes, I believe in corporeal punishment.

BUT!

It is discipline which can prevent punishment.

Below is listed the etymology of the word discipline.

derived from the Old French word descepline

derived from the Latin word disciplina (teaching, instruction, education)
derived from the Latin word discipulus (student, pupil, trainee)
derived from the Latin word discere (learn; hear, get to know)

It is the parents' responsibility to teach their children. Firmness and consistency are crucial. And in teaching them, the children should learn what behavior is expected; thereby conforming to standards that will prevent the need for punishment. The older the child becomes, the less reasons exist that would justify spanking. I believe that a bit of sensory deprivation, books excluded, will prove ever so much more effective than a good butt whuppin'.

And a final caveat before I leap off my Brillo Box. Never, ever spank a child when you are angry. A person who is not in control of himself cannot effectively discipline or punish a child for an action or attitude. He can, however, effectively express his loss of personal control by a physical attack on the child.

Jay

You've really opened a bag of worms with this question.  My opinion- my children are grown-ups now and turned out to be great caring people despite the fact that I never spanked them.  I have friends who spanked and their children also turned out to be great.  I merely preferred other ways to discipline.  My thoughts on this -- why would I ever want to teach my children that if you're bigger or older, it's okay to hit and hurt someone smaller. I never was spanked either and I think I turned out to be an outstanding person.  Parents  have to choose for themselves which works better for their children; just don't spank them in public or you can be subject to arrest.

I never found it necessary to resort to corporal punishment to keep my kids on the up and square: if they disobeyed the rules, they had to go without So On's posts for up to five days.  If they obeyed, they could go without as long as they wanted.

Seriously, leadership is a serious matter that all leftists oppose by sheer dint of brainwashing and mindless hatred.  Yes, folks, all leftist liberals are the same which is why their kids turn out monsters. 

Give a kid the proper example, gentle coaching and guidance, wholesome youth activity that involves positive social interaction with the opposite gender, and enough structure so that he can make sense out of a maddening world full of leftist lunatics, and he'll grow up a stronger man and she will grow up a kinder woman.  Don't overly shelter a kid: he needs you to guide him to make decisions he can respect the next day and you need open communication to do that job.

Remember: leftists still preach, "Never trust anyone over thirty and that goes double for parents!"  Charles Manson -- one hippie of many.

The difference is between Ozzie and Harriet, and Ozzie Osborne.

Take your pick: the courts and prosecutors await drug abusing leftist hate machines and agitators.  And that is truly the least you can say of it.

spanking is discipline and punishment, but haven't people found other ways to discipline and punish thier children without spanking.

So sorry but the old school is best a good WHOOPIN never killed us growing up but no means no. This is why we get so many children of today getting in trouble and the courts are full. As our children get older and have children of there own the rules seem to be relaxed as i have heard many say in public. We dont have the time for our children we worked all day to have what we got so out the door goes the child and the parents dont know or care where they go or what they do. As 1 parent stated i need the time for my Boyfriend, Girlfriend we need time together with no children so let them go out and do what ever they want. Now look at the teens getting pregnet today compaired to 50 years ago and then we got a child raising a child. Yes we have DCF running our lives as all a child has to do is scream abuse then you also have the law involved and there is no end to it. Yes my children are not perfect but at least they minded and knew right from wrong. Even if it took a good A-- Beating to do it sorry but i see our children out at nights way past 12:00 am and they know what there parents are dowing but the parents dont know abuot there childor care where they are. So stop and think about it when we were kids our selves.

My mother brought seven of us up from the bible none of us died  and we never disobeyed our parents therefore we didn't get in very much trouble  cause we didn't want to get whupped with a switch  I thank God for loving parents that took time for us

I believe corporal punishment should be brought back. I was spanked by my parents when I was younger and I thank them for that. My cousins who weren't spanked that are my age ended up being...well, not that great. They don't listen to their parents because they could always get away with anything. You can take things away from a kid and yes, they will complain to get it back...but they'll begin to think that a little time can fix any wrong they've done. They'll continue doing it if parents who ground haven't figured out the pattern that they're grounding very constantly.

If you teach your child to fear consequences, or to think about the consequences before, they'll learn much quicker to obey. Spanking should be brought back, It's infuriating to see a kid throwing a tantrum in the middle of the store and the parents looking so helpless and just telling them they'll get them something to shut up. It's also infuriating to see a parent spank their child for throwing a tantrum in a public place and the parents getting in trouble for disciplining their child.

Corporal punishment works. It's not disabling a child if the parent is willing to learn along with the child.

We spanked our children and made them learn right from wrong and not to tell lies and they were all saved at an early age and then they all had children and went the other way, no correction, strayed from the Lord...I know that the Bible stresses correction and I will never be sorry that we taught ours correction with alot of love...Too bad it wasn't carried on down to the next generation by them !!!