If is it fair to advocate physical punishment for children but not for adults ?

Question

pain is pain hitting is hitting ..parents who would gladly spank their children would not find it acceptable to be hit themselves for the purpose of punishment... it seems rather hypocritical of course i know it is a more complex issue ,,, but looking at it from this angle it seems to me rather Hypocritical.

I am not advocating physical punishment for anyone nor am i arguing about anything im just simply asking a question.

Answer 1

You can't compare a child to an adult. Adults and children are different, let me describe - I wouldn't allow my 8 year old to drive a car, date, have s*x, drink, go anywhere by herself...... Get my drift - Children and adults are DIFFERENT therefor treated differently.

Answer 2

I think that if an adult hits a child that they themselves should be able to face the same punishment when they make someone made but you will never see that happen.  Adults "spank" a child and say it is discipline but if the adults boss was to hit them for doing something wrong they would run to a lawyer and sue.  

Answer 3

If a 5 year old throws a basket ball in the house [which he was forbidden to do], he spends 5 minutes in "time-out".

If a 5 year old throws a basket ball in the house and breaks something, he gets a few smacks of the hand on his bum, to help remind him of the consequences of misbehaving.

If a 15 year old throws a basket ball in the house and breaks something, he gets to spend his savings to repair or replace the broken item. [The 5 year old wouldn't have the money for such.] If he broke a very valuable vase, WHY was it on display in such a precarious setting?

>If is it fair to advocate physical punishment for children but not for adults?

Some young children may respond very well to "time-outs" and other such. No need to use other forms of physical punishment on them. Disobey, time-out; damage, greater consequences. So "physical punishment" is an effective method of punishment for "children".

And sometimes for teens..

For adults, usual punishments are fines, restrictions on movement, time in gaol. But, IMO, "physical punishment" should be an option even for adults [those 18 & over]. But such should be fairly sentenced without some being more subject to it than others. The RISK seems to be [at least from the Internet it seems so] there are "adults" who desire and even seek "physical punishment" and they shouldn't be rewarded with such.

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>but if i strike you because you misbehaved that is assault thats my point

Probably it hinges on the "authority" which imposes the "punishment".  Parents have the "authority" to punish their children [within reason, but not absolutely].  You do not have the authority over those who might be considered "equals", but fraternities, secret societies, courts, etc. might have such authority ... derived from a variety of sources.

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Answer 4

you know, i'm not saying to beat a child... or even close, but way back when... when children got spankings... they had A LOT MORE respect for their parents vs now days and kids have NO RESPECT for their parents.

I'm not and old person, i'm only 23. The child needs to know what they did wrong and receive punishment. I'm not where beating my child or anything like that, but a two year old just doesn't get time out.  

Answer 5

Adults DO get punished when they do something wrong---it might not be a spanking but we put adults in jail and prison... I totally agree with the person above me here who answered that children today have no respect but children who were punished by spanking when they were bad had respect and fear for their parent's authority... they did not misbehave like they do today AND, there was a lot less problems with teenagers back in the day when parents actually had authority over their children...  Beating is always wrong, but a tap on a diaper will not harm a child----heck, it doesn't even hurt for only a few seconds....  I was spanked when I was younger... I was not spanked a LOT because we learned rather quickly that there were consequences when we misbehaved...children have no consequences any more.

Answer 6

yes it is. as olschoolmom said Children are different from adults