Comments on: Do you spank your kids?

By: LV Lizard

LV Lizard — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 06:30:26 +0000

I don’t have any kids (and you as a member of society can thank god for that) but I do spank strippers, porn stars, girlfriends, and pretty much every other type of attractive woman I can get my hands on. Consequently, I feel like it would be creepily awkward to use what I consider to be a sexual action on my offspring…so I’ll probably just refrain from having them, and if that fails then leave discipline up to his/her mother…god bless her soul (whoever that might be)

By: Avitable

Avitable — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 15:00:57 +0000

Dave, do you spank Bad Monkey? Faiqa, so you're just conceding that I won, right? Undomestic Diva, oh, I'm a big proponent of duct tape. Amanda, are you a bad, bad girl? SwanShadow, can I spank your daughter? Lynda, the pussification of the world. BaseballMom, and he might also get aroused from it. SPD, angry spanking can lead to beating. Crystal, I agree with you about old school spanking. Hello, exactly. Jennifer, try duct tape, too. Kapgar, that's the only time that I think spanking is appropriate. Vic, I am a genius, after all. Sybil, that's more of a whacking smiley. SciFi Dad, spanking is not hitting. Those are very different actions. NYCWD, I totally kicked her ass. She doesn't have a chance against me. Beth, the quick spanking should be only used when you have to. It's people who refuse to ever use it that will spoil their kids. Christie, good thinking. Jeff, that's refreshing to hear. If you did it over again, would you have spanked them? Finn, I see spanking as a tap, or a quick slap on the butt. Not a vigorous ass drummming. Grant, I got spanked in school and it was very effective for me. Beth, I agree with you. You're so smart. Rachel, as well you should. I'm like Dr. Joyce Brothers and Dr. Phil, all rolled into one. Leanne, it's a matter of escalating punishment. Just like saying "No" or time out. There's no difference. Fiwa, yelling at a dog later doesn't do any good because they don't know why you're yelling. If you spank a child later, they will know. Marty, forums of punishment? You sent her to the Coliseum to fight lions? Robin, ha! You'd think he would have learned just from his own kid. Radioactive Tori, how old are they? Poppy, exactly. Same with Jigsaw. JDG, I can't believe you're the first person to go there. Jay, I think bare hand on bare butt is probably the most effective, though. Clayton, I received spankings, not beatings, and it modified my behavior. I think many people who are anti-spanking were really thrashed as kids. Dawn, that's the best method. Jen, it should hurt you just as much as it hurts him. That's the point of a good punishment. Hannah, exactly. BE Earl, you do get bonus points for the smiley, though. Twinkie, I think that people who don't spank at all are for the most part raising children who are going to be spoiled. Kitty, spanking is not hitting. Maybe you're spanking as something other than a last resort. Karl, a smack on the butt is a good thing for kids and adults.

By: Karl

Karl — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 00:54:37 +0000

I’m with Adam on this one. Seems to be happening far too frequently lately.

By: kitty

kitty — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 00:17:15 +0000

I was spanked as I child. I still hate my parents for it.

As for my own children, we didn’t spank the first one but did spank the 2nd. Guess which one hits and screams and generally acts like a brat. It was the one we spanked.

If you hit a child, you teach them to hit.

By: Twinkie

Twinkie — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 22:53:49 +0000

What I find amusing is how passionate people are about one form of dicipline, and the other.

For example, if I believe in spanking, I’m more prone to look down on your way of parenting if you don’t believe in spanking. (or vise versa)

I for one think it depends on the child. I have two sets of kids. An 18 year old, a 17 year old, then a 10 yr old and 9 yr old.

Of these two “sets” (I say sets because of the age gap) one wouldn’t listen to time outs or stern lectures. So they would get the spanking. The other would cry even if I gave them a disapproving look. That was enough for them to stop what they were doing and correct their behavior.

I think as long as you always LOVE them and protect them by always setting limits and they know it and feel it, they will turn out to be good kids regardless of if you spank them or not.

By: B.E. Earl

B.E. Earl — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 22:25:49 +0000

@myself,
See…JDG already said it. Sigh. Serves me right for waiting to comment until 5:25PM.

By: B.E. Earl

B.E. Earl — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 22:23:22 +0000

I’m sure somebody already said it, but I’ll give it a go.

No, but I do spank my monkey! :jerkoff2:

By: Hannah

Hannah — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 22:13:42 +0000

I think kids need to be a bit scared of their parents and if this comes as a result of spanking once in awhile, then I see nothing wrong with it. As long as they don’t go overboard with physical punishment and use it as a last resort, then I don’t see the big deal.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 21:45:13 +0000

@radioactivetori, I have the exact same kids you do. As little kids, they were always well behaved and polite in public and very little trouble in private. But somewhere along the line they just kind of got lazy, and didn’t seem to worry about what that meant to me – knowing I wasn’t going to hit them or anything serious. Now it feels like they take advantage of us because they know we’re not going to do anything more than yell at them. Given the opportunity to go back in time I still wouldn’t have changed the way I parented and started hitting them, but just be prepared for the fact that when they’re 15+ years old, you may have kids that don’t give a crap about what you think anymore.

By: Jen

Jen — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 21:33:35 +0000

I’m pretty anti-spanking myself. I was spanked a few times as a kid and while I don’t think it damaged me I do remember how it felt and I just don’t have it in me to hurt and humiliate my children in that way. In fact, in a moment of extreme desperation I once slapped my son’s hand and while he was fine I felt sick about it for day. It just goes against my nature and my parenting instincts.