Why smacking is a hit again

Gulf News ^ | 2/25/08 | Lesley Thomas

[MIT-Elephant]

I don’t think smacking or spanking should be “losing your cool and hitting out,” but I think a consistent system of corporal punishment ain’t a bad thing. Kids need to know where the lines are and that there are consequences, and if a smack on the ear or rear does it then so be it.

[E Rocc]

One Christmas, I got my brother and his daughter’s mom matching wooden spoons (that’s what our mom used). I constantly see kids in stores who are dire need of posteriorally administered attitude adjustment.

[qam1]

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[Xenalyte]

Smacking is never acceptable. Close your damn mouth when you’re chewing.

Spanking, on the other hand, is just about always acceptable.

[HamiltonJay]

A decade ago, he might have been worried that I'd call social services - or at least recommend an anger management course.

A decade ago he was a bloody fool fresh out of the PC indoctrination centers called College.. now he's got 10 more years of real life and parenthood under his belt and knows that busy body mush minds like yourself are idiots.

[cyclotic]

The judicious use of pain is a very proper way of raising and training children. A child understands a whack on the behind and the fear of the rod more than they understand a “time out.”

[Douggles]

I’m for this. A friend of mine has a great t-shirt (that pisses off libs) that reads:

BEAT YOUR KIDS
BEAT YOUR KIDS
BEAT YOUR KIDS

[Southerngl]

I spanked my daughter for running into the road. A neighbor said “do you want her to fear you”, meaning that I was making myself a monster to her. I answered yes, I wanted to fear the hell out of me. I can show I’m not a monster later when the punishment/lesson is over.

[badpacifist]

Butt smacking is one thing. No problem with that. Face smacking is a another level and should not be allowed.

[ichabod1]

One, a 37-year-old marketing director, said: "It was three years ago when my daughter was two and I have never, ever forgotten it. "We were with my husband's family and we'd had a taxing day on the beach. My daughter was hot and sandy and exhausted and so was I. I was trying to change her nappy and she just would not stop wriggling. Suddenly I lashed out and whacked her on the leg. She was stunned and just froze. She stared at me and all I could see was that she had been humiliated and betrayed. I felt sick and then cuddled her and said sorry. I'm ashamed to admit that I said: 'Please don't tell Daddy'."

Gimme a break.

[twigs]

If this mother wouldn’t give her child a smack because she ran out into a busy road, then she’s not much of a mother. She loves her ideals more than she loves her child. Actions speak louder than words.

[USFRIENDINVICTORIA]

“A clip around the ear” is never acceptable — too much risk of hearing damage. Stick to spanking.

[ichabod1]

If they have no fear of the rod, how is one supposed to enforce “time-out?”

[ichabod1]

I don’t get it,

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[twigs]

I couldn’t agree more. Young children just don’t have the capacity to reason. They do understand touch. If they get plenty of love and warm hugs, then they’ll be fine if that get that smack across the legs if they’ve done something they should not have done.

[USFRIENDINVICTORIA]

You posted while I was composing my #13 — GMTA.

[GraniteStateConservative]

Spanking, on the other hand, is just about always acceptable.

You and your kinky fetishes.

[Syncro]

The new generation coming along, Generation Z, doesn’t have a chance.

Now that we are out of alphabet letters, what are we going to do next?

Gen Z-1 etc?