Parents who slap / hit their children?

Question

I saw a programme called " I slap and I'm proud"

It was about parents who discipline their kids by slapping them, personally i thought it is horrible and emotionally scarring to the child, what do you think?

Answer 1

I don't think any hitting or slapping is a correct way to discipline. I mean if they are touching something they shouldn't a light slap on the hand is fine.

I don't even believe in spanking, personally I would just put my child in time out for discipline. By the way, I'm not a mother (: Hahaha.

Answer 2

What! Hitting kids in societies today is curicial as long as the child understands what they did wrong. If you don't hit your child you probably live in american and just look at the american culture.

Answer 3

a spank on the butt...there is nothing wrong with it as long as it is deserved. I have been known to spank my 2 1/2 year old when needed. A closed fist should never be used on a child......the only circumstance I can even find reason with is if they are a teenager and they did it first but even then I am not so sure...(My husband was an bad kid and told me a couple times he got into "boxing matches" as he puts it with his dad and one of his mom's boyfriends (his parents are divorced)). A slap shouldnt happen unless, again on a teenager...I got my face slapped a couple times in my early teens (13, 14, 15) for calling my mom a ****** to her face. I only mainly agrees with spanking on a child as young as 18 months and, on that young, it depends on the circumstance and the child.

I was spanked as a kid and am better off for it...my husband also says he was spanked and he recived not only spankings but he got wooden spoons and belts. He says he is better off for it, and although I disagree with using instraments to hit a kid, a spank is differnt

Answer 4

Well I never heard of that.

I did see a programme called "I *smack* and I'm Proud" once and although I didn't really see why those parents needed to go on television it seemed fine what they were doing (a smack to the bottom when needed).

I will say now that I smacked (bottoms only - or backs of legs,occaisionally hands) when my boys were little and I am neither proud nor ashamed of the fact - it was what was needed in order to bring them up into the decent young men that they are today.

Not disciplining them would have been much more "emotionally scarring" in my opinion - and they think so too now that they are grown up and understand things better.

Answer 5

i don't believe in spanking.

Answer 6

Hitting a child is totally unnecessary and counter productive. All it does is teach the child that hitting is okay and that the parents are not to be trusted.

Answer 7

Slapping across the face and hitting child with a closed fist or out of anger is never right.  However I am assuming you are apply these terms to a corrective spanking, which is perfectly fine to do if you feel it's needed.

Answer 8

I would never slap or hit my child out of anger or anything else. Spank yes maybe!

Answer 9

I'm divided on this issue.  As someone who worked in a daycare Time outs don't always work.  Sometimes you need to get the kid's attention, but a parent should never hit out of anger.  The punishment should fit the crime.  I wouldn't spank often, only doing severe circumstances.

Answer 10

parents who hit need to be hit and slapped and see how they like it

Answer 11

There is a time and a place for everything. I was slapped and spanked when I was a child ,as were all my friends. It isn't horrible or emotionally scarring and it isn't abuse. We all turned out just fine. There's a big difference between child abuse and corporal punishment. I don't think it's something to be proud of,as though you're bragging that you slap your children.That sounds a little off. As  a mother of  7 and a grandmother of  5, there have been times when a slap or a spank was necessary.

Answer 12

In my culture its seen as OK to hit your kid. =/

I'm 17. I hate my parents, their way of dealing with stuff is horrible. So I personally think that it doesn't do anything. Although some punishment is needed, hitting doesn't do much. Parents think by hitting their kids they will cause fear and less bad behavior. Nope, I'm a rebel no matter how much I got hit.

I don't think I'm emotionally scarred. It just caused me to drift away from my family.

I'm a good person though, I get great grades, so the hitting I received in my opinion was unnecessary. Parents should think before they hit, and award when good behavior.

Answer 13

spanking is different than hitting or slapping them. and spanking should only be aloud as long as its not sticks or belts or to where they got blisters or bruises.

Answer 14

I have a five year old son named Pix and a three year old daughter, Samantha and I barley spank them only when they do something really bad and that program is terible!

Answer 15

I don't think it's right to slap a child when they're bad. I believe that you need to talk to your child and tell them what they did is wrong, or ground or put them in a time out or take things away. So, I totally agree with you!

Answer 16

well,i was slapped once when i was a teen and i was mouthing off to my mom.

she argued for a little while and then reached up and popped me in the mouth and asked "are you finished now?"

i was!

it didn't scar me in any way but i learned a lesson.