by Cory Hamlin

Created on: October 26, 2009

Spanking. Our parents talk about how when they were young they got spankings, their parents talk about it, and most of us have felt the wrath of a mother or fathers hand at least once in our lives. Didn't we all turn out fine? So why is spanking such a problem these days?

Was it really that bad when we were spanked? It made us aware that what we did was wrong and if we did it again we knew what was going to happen. People make a fuss about spanking and say its child abuse, but when I was spanked I never felt like I was being abused. It never left marks it was just a rude awakening. Spanking should not be a problem, but like everything else in this world people take it too far. If you physically hurt the child to the point where they are seriously injured, bruised, or it leaves marks then I see a problem with that, but smacking the little rascals on the bottom to gain their attention doesn't seem like a hard punishment to me.

Disciplining a child isn't the same for every parent. Each child has a different temperament, personality, they are raised in different environments, and the parents themselves were raised in different ways. As much as we wish it was as easy as reading a book and knowing exactly how to deal with a child's bad behavior, we simply are not that lucky. Some parents feel that spanking is hurtful and just plain wrong; others see it as a way to teach a child a lesson.

I think the world today has gotten so bad that we just want to shelter our children from everything and in turn cover our you-know-what's. It just seems like a bunch of people trying to cause problems and make yet another unneeded law against things that they should have no control over. Too many are people getting involved in other people's personal business and lives.

Although, I see spanking as a good way to teach a child not to do something, I do think it should be used as a last resort. We should try to use other means to teach a child that what they do is a no-no. But sometimes they just pain don't behave and with some children being spanked and teaching them that when they do something wrong something bad happens it's the only way for them to learn.

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