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Does spanking work for disciplining kids?

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Yes		57%	400 votes	Total: 697 votes
No		43%	297 votes	Total: 697 votes

Yes

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by Stephanus Van Schalkwyk

Spanking your child is definitely an invaluable tool in disciplining your child. Spanking is not wrong, but as with most things in life the problem does not lie in spanking, but...read more
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by Robin Tidwell

Yes, spanking is a proper tool for disciplining one's children. Yes, this is a very sweeping, broad statement, and quite clear as well. Too many parents today seem to equate "...read more
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by Shannon Stiefel

The debate in whether mommy or daddy should go to jail because, they use their hand to spank is ridiculous in my eye's. Who hasn't been smacked growing up by an adult? My mother...read more
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by Dee Westman

Looking back at my childhood, I was rarely spanked. I had no boundaries for security, I was simply lost without discipline. As a mother, I know the value of discipline and I kno...read more
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by Molly Mullen

Before I was actually a mom, I swore that I would never raise a hand to my child. I would talk to them rationally and give them time out. Then I became a mother. We had a bea...read more
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by Sandra Hazlett

I think it is the starting point of a child's education and a safety measure. I feel fortunate that I could "do as my parents did" it was a no brainier. Many people were raise...read more
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by Michael Patrick

Yes, spanking a child is a useful tool in the kit of childrearing. Its usefulness depends, however, on the sobriety, the mental stability, and the common sense of the disciplin...read more
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by Karen Armstrong

Kids of today get away with too much. I grew up in a house where the discipline was if you did something wrong then you got spanked we knew right from wrong. If parents threaten...read more
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by Lara Everett

By saying yes to spanking your child, I am not saying yes to beating them ruthlessly! There just comes a time when your child has done something that deserves harsh punishment t...read more
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by James Prime

Disciplining your child requires a firm hand, whether literally or figuratively. Too many parents are concerned with the "friendship" they share with their child, encouraging t...read more
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by Kerry Johnson

There should have been a maybe for this answer. There is no clear answer for this questions because each child is different. Two out of my three children it worked for then al...read more
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by James Kirby

I could never host the tv show, "Supernanny". First, I look terrible in a skirt suit and do not have a decent British accent. But second, and probably more important for the adv...read more
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by Jinky Nakpil-Lladoc Buen

Disciplining children is not an easy job. I actually have 3 children, the eldest on is a 12 years old boy, next is an 8 year old boy and my last child is a girl who is about 4 y...read more
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by Ladybusker

Kids need discipline. Without discipline, they are lost. Their brains are continually growing and developing. They suffer growing spurts, aches in their muscles and joints tha...read more
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by Mary Syreze Smith

I was a very willful child. My parents always told me I did what I wanted to when I wanted to do it. I honestly cannot remember a day, as a young child, I went without being spa...read more
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by RubyUnicorn

This is a topic that I have been pondering for a long time. I remember the days of my youth, they were not really all that long ago. I can not believe how much this country's c...read more
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by Mary Wild

What would you consider to be spanking'? A tap on the hand, a smacked bum or maybe a clip round the ear? The problem is different people do have different views on just what l...read more
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by Bill Whitney

I am a big believer in the old spare the rod, spoil the child philosophy of the days gone by. I am so glad that my children are grown and that I am not having to put up with al...read more
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by Esther Avinoam

Spanking a kid is a bit of a touchy subject. True, I dared voting for the "yes" side of the debate, yet, before you agree or disagree with me,let me explain. I got spanked as...read more
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by Stacy Dyson

I am home, recovering from strep throat, and bored out of my mind. I have played with all my toys, read all my books, but absolutely cannot be allowed out because it's the end ...read more

No

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by Elizabeth Wordsmith

Children learn from example. When parents spank their children as a form of discipline, it sends the message that hitting is acceptable. Not only that, the child learns to fea...read more
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by crfuller

Although I am not completely apposed to spanking, I have found it to be quite ineffective. My oldest child being very strong willed reacts to spanking with anger and additional...read more
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by Amy Yerman

Although many of our parents disciplined us with spankings and physical punishment, this has proven to be an unproductive method in childrearing today. Without an understanding ...read more
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by almost p3rfekt

Pain begets pain, experience begets experience, love is also equalled by love. Experiencing pain may hamper one's growth and in the process may lead to hiding what is really fel...read more
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by George Goodall

In short in works for some and not all (this alone puts me in the no rather than the yes camp). It is a tool that can be adopted, but it needs to be used wisely. Smacking for th...read more
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by Jim Mcfalls

The only thing that spanking proves is that the parent has run out of ways to teach their child appropriate behavior. Does it work? Possibly for the moment, but there is so much...read more
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by Kathleen Lenore Arnason

I'm the crazy hippie bitch who doesn't let her babies/kids cry, even for a minute, so it shouldn't surprise anyone that there is also NO spanking in my house. The rule I live b...read more
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by Leslie Reitman

Spanking a child proves two things: 1) The adult is physically stronger than the child 2) The child will experience physical pain from the spanking The real question is, "...read more
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by Charanjeev Singh

There was a time when spanking was a way to help discipline kids, but times change and so does understanding. Human tendency is to do exactly the opposite of what they are a...read more
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by Sara Merritt

Back in the day, spanking (or swatting with belts, sticks, etc., depending on when you were raised) was considered the best way to discipline a child. You did chores constantly,...read more
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by Nan Einarson

Spanking, according to Wikipedia, is described as "the use of force to discipline". It also meets the description of physical abuse. When a frustrated or angry parent strikes,...read more
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by Dreamy

Any parent knows how tedious the morning ritual may be when battling with your children. My children gave me one particularly bad morning of not listening and following directi...read more
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by Erin Knight

Looking at this realistically, I don't know how an act of violence can be considered discipline. As adults we are protected by the law. Someone putting their hands on us in an a...read more
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by Anna Mendoza

To spank or not to spank, that is the big question. It is also a question that has plagued many parents for many years. I personally do not believe that spanking children works....read more
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by Gerri Ward

Spanking does not work for disciplining kids. My mother believed in spanking when I was a kid and I still would do things that I knew were simply wrong so the repetition of span...read more
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by Amanda Le Bas De Plumetot

Okay, put yourself in this situation: You're driving along in your car with a group of your friends. You don't want to be late to that thing you're going to, but luckily you ...read more
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by Krislynn

Bluntly put, spanking is for lazy parents who lack creativity. When parents spank their kids it is usually out of frustration and exasperation. There is nothing to it, its easy ...read more
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by Alison Goodhew

I was "smacked" often as a child & against some arguments, don't think it has affected me in adult life in any way, shape or form..... however I do have some just awful memories...read more
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by Anna Ski

Spanking a child doesn't mean he or she will stop them from being naughty, it just does the opposite. It makes them rebel against their parents and others, because they feel...read more
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by Matthew J. Geiger

Discipline is more than just punishing children as it involves targeting unwanted behavior while it is part of an overall learning process that also requires reinforcing healthy...read more

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