Did your parents ever whip you with a belt?

Question

Would you ever whip your kids with a belt?

Answer 1

I was never physically punished and I was a very very rebellious teenager. I recommend physical punishment.

Answer 2

Yes, my parents did.

No, I will never whip/spank my kids with anything - hand, belt, etc.

Answer 3

I got the good old fashion black parent from the south  in the 50's beatings. All it did was teach me to lie. I have a ten year old daughter and can't stand the idea of hitting her. I find all kind of other ways to teach and discipline her.

Answer 4

My parents whipped me with a belt...and I will spank my daughter if/when the need arises.  Although, I feel my parents were borderline (and borderline is being nice here)...abusive...my husband and I have very specific rules about how and when is appropriate.

Answer 5

Yea I did but the last woopin was 5 years AGO. And no, Im not havin children cuz Im staying single.

PEACE 3 GOD.

Answer 6

i got hit with a belt once, and that's all it took.  my mom never chased me with a spoon, never hit me unless i was acting up and that i recall, was not very often and i was never hit in anger.  would i hit, possibly, it depends.  do i want to and would i prefer to...of course not but if circumstances dictate, yes.  some might consider it abuse, but look at how a lot of parents let their children treat them an other adults...abuse doesn't come from just tools of discipline...and children should not rule the roost, either.  i know...thumbs down.  LOL  but i speak the truth.  i spoke back to my mom once as a teenager...my dad's hand found my mouth from a different room and boy, i never talked back to her again to this day.  abuse, i don't think so...he was putting me in my place.

Answer 7

nope. My parents tell the story of me at age 2 1/2 running off from them while shopping. My dad picked me up, held me to his shoulder and started to spank me. I bit him hard on the shoulder. They never spanked me again.

I was spoiled, hateful awful kid who knew how to work them for my own good till I moved out and got married at 18. I had no respect for them what so ever & if I wanted something I knew just how to get guilt them into it.

I didn't want my kids to grow up like this. My husband was spanked and so were all of his siblings. I was shocked at the respect each one gave their parents no matter age 10-28. They loved, honored and respected them.

My husband & I have 3 kids. Each one was spanked till about age 6. There has been a few rare times my 8yr old has needed one when nothing else works, but we now use other things instead of spanking.

After age 6 kids will hate losing tv time, computer time, toys & other items dear to them than a spanking.

Answer 8

Yes I got the belt a couple of times

I wouldn't use it as a form of punishment on my children, but I don't think its a bad idea to let them think its on the table

Parents today don't ever spank their kids, and look at how today's kids are turning out, they run wild with no regard whatsoever for consequences of any kind....i see them running up and down the isles of walmart pulling shelves all over the floor behind them and the parent just rolls their eyes...do something!!

Parents need to get more involved in their kids lives and not be so damned afraid to discipline them (this doesnt mean beating them, just any kind of parental control at all)  It's not your job to be your kids "best friend" it's your job to mold them into a citizen, do your job...

Answer 9

Yes and I think it is abuse because a belt can leave marks.

Answer 10

I was never whipped with a belt.  And I never got into any trouble as a child, as a teenager, and I haven't been into trouble as an adult.  

And I now have a 3 year old son, and I refuse to spank him.  And he is a very well behaved, respectful child thus far.

I am a firm believer in talking to your children in the appropriate tone, and if punishment needs to be handed down, taking away things always worked with me, and it works with my son.

Answer 11

not just the belt....the belt buckle, the wooden spoon, hot wheel tracks, whatever was lying around LoL

Answer 12

h**l yes my step dad used to belt the c**p out of me for no good friggin reason (a***e he was) anyway due to such I will NEVER use a belt on my children or spank for anything other then if they do something really really dangerous that could get them hurt or others, I might spank then and then only. Being cheeky or not eating their veges etc is NO reason to belt a child.

Answer 13

o yea

Answer 14

I'm feeling Travis W on this one Man growing up my mother beat the c**p out of me which was wrong because it made me worse and caused a lot of damage to me emotionally! but disciplining will to with my two year old twins I spank their hands Butts and squeeze their ears. Flick their foreheads, put them on time outs and take their toys away! I feel I'm a way better mother than my mother was towards her six children and my children have a great bond with me and hug me all the time even after they are in trouble they know what their doing and now when they do some thing wrong they Tell me and we talk about it they understand at two so listen to your children people their not dumb!

Answer 15

No belt, but I got the daddy's hand to my backside more than once!