Is Hitting Disciplining?

Question

Do you hit your child

Have you ever been hit by your parent

Are you grateful you had been hit do you think it works when it comes to disciplining

Is hitting Disciplining?

Answer 1

I don't think of it as hitting. I was spanked as a child with an open hand across my backside when I was bad. I learned not to do those things anymore.

There are many different viewpoints but in my opinion spanking was effective for me. There was a consequence for my actions other then being sent to my room (filled with toys).

Answer 2

Spanking is a form of discipline but not the only one.  Most important thing is for the child to learn from mistakes.  I don't think anyone has ever been grateful for being hit.

Yes, spanking is a form of discipline.  

Bruises and bleeding are result of abuse and should not be mistaken for the other.

Answer 3

Hitting is physical punishment not discipline.  It is a way of causing pain to teach someone a lesson and to show power over them.

Answer 4

no i dont belive it is good discipline...i would never hit my child, i might spank them but there is a big diffrence.....yes my mom did hit me growing up..i remember this one time at school i forged her name on a bad grade test and she hit me so hard in the mouth that i hit the ground sliding( i was only in the 3rd grade)in the school hallway!!

Answer 5

Hitting is physical abuse. Spanking is discipline. And I believe that if parents didn't have to be afraid of being cited for child abuse and more of our children were given a spanken while growing up we might not have these 13-17 year olds on here with the "am I pregnant" questions, or the news saying there were more teen shootings and robberies.

Answer 6

1. N/A

2. NO

3. I'm glad I didn't

4. NO i turned out fine without ever being hit

Answer 7

yes i was spanked as a child. but i don't hate my mom. and i spank my 3 children on the hand only. never hit them anywhere else. they know why they were spanked. what is right and what is wrong. and since i use my hand to spank their hand they know that hurts me too physically. and the wrong they did hurts me emotionally too.that is why when they do something good. you praise them all the time. and everynight you bid them goodnight you let them know you love them very much.

Answer 8

Hitting out of anger or beating a child, no that's not dicsipline.  A corrective swat on the backside, yes that is a tool of discipline and I do use that along with other methods of discipline with my two year old.

I am grateful that my parents disciplined me, spanking was part of it and I do not feel hurt by that in the least.  Lord knows I deserved every last one I got.

Answer 9

I was spanked as a child and I appreciate everything my mom did for me.  She did a wonderful job.

We won't use physical punishment with our children.  We think there are better ways to discipline.

Answer 10

Hitting is abusive. A corrective spank is not.

Answer 11

I am not against spanking, not at all. Hitting is such a harsh word to use though, sounds much more violent! There's a point as to how hard your spank your child though, you can't go crazy! I was spanked one time as a child for coloring on the walls behind my parents bedroom door with some friends with permanent markers. I'm not grateful that I got spanked, but I don't hate or resent my parents for it. They did what they felt had to be done, and that was their way of parenting. If my daughter needed it when she gets older, then so be it.