Poll: Did your parents hit you?

[Mechsoap]

i never did anytihng worth beating for since i never sayd agianst or tried being evil

 

[Queen Michael]

I just read a thread about 10 to 12-year-olds acting acting all tough and messing around with older kids and I couldn't help but wonder, didn't their parents hit them? I always knew that if I fucked up, my dad would be all over me like stank on shit. Corporal punishment seems to be a dying trend with parents today. Do parents just not hit their kids anymore? Mine sure did, but I really needed it.

How do you know? I've noticed that people who were beaten by their parents are convinvced that they needed it, but how can you be sure you wouldn't have turned out fine anyway?

yeah my parents spanked me and because of that im not one of those dick heads who talks back to authority just because i think im cool

I'm the most well-behaved person I know, and I was never spanked.

I keep getting the impression that beating your kids just teaches them that they are horribly behaved kids who needs to be spanked.

 

[Woodsey]

If I was really bad - normally the hint of a smack would be enough to make me stop. It works a lot better than that whole "naughty step" bullshit too, as demonstrated by my half-brother.

 

[StarStruckStrumpets]

Once or twice, I think it did me good to be honest. They never abused it, and I learnt my lesson.

In the EU they are trying to outlaw it completely, this is stupid because any parent willing to seriously harm their child will do so regardless of the legality of it, whereas parents who need to discipline their child will be treated as criminals for doing so.

This, one day I was being a supreme shit because I didn't want to climb into a bath of oat-meal (I had chickenpox), and I caused such a fuss my mother slapped my taught 6year old rump so hard that a hand-print was made. I've been a good boy ever since, and I'm 15 years old.

 

[Skuffyshootster]

Oh yeah, my mom would smack me around if I went too far. It made me the level headed serial rapist I am to ... forget I said that.

You didn't say it. You typed it. With the ability to read over it. If you didn't want to make a statement you wouldn't have posted that. If you really had second thoughts about posting it you would have edited it.

You are more then entitled to your opinion, but you should probably working on not belittling another's opinion while making your stance vague, and then ask people to over look it. It just comes across as childish and petty, and you know what? It does more to reinforce the OPs statement than your own.

I...what?

If that was supposed to be funny, I don't get it.

OT: No. Unless you count 'light swipes with a magazine' as hitting.

 

[mexicola]

Yes if I did something wrong and I'd come to expect it and think twice before doing it again. Simple and effective and I see nothing wrong with it.

 

[Zorg Machine]

My father was in the military since he was 17, and was used to structure and discipline, so naturally, a little boy was the opposite of that, and I incurred some pretty nice beatings (belt, open palm mind you). I don't hold it against him, though, I think all kids need a good smack if they step over certain lines, such as cursing at their parents.

I think the whole liberal ideology of "child abuse" when it comes to a smack on the hand is nothing short of INSANITY... I also think child-rearing should be treated as religion, to each his own... as long as you aren't striking your kid in the face with a frying pan because he chewed with his mouth open, I think most people know the limits and don't ever push them.

So you didn't curse at your parents because you respected them or because you thought that it was a bad thing to do, you didn't curse at them because you was afraid of your father hitting you with a belt? Over here, almost nobody would dream of belting their child. It's what they did in the middle ages because people didn't know how to communicate with their children in any other way than the fist.

I have nothing against the smack on the hand thing though.

 

[Klarinette]

I got spanked a few times if I really deserved it, but I was generally a good kid. Kept me in line, I guess. Mom said she hated doing it, but I know she only did it when I really fucked up.

 

[The Lawn]

I'd get a mild smack upside the head, not near enough to hurt, but it let me know that they were mad at me.

Most times, they'd just take things away and hold them for ransom until I did enough extra chores to earn them back.

 

[Riobux]

When I was younger, my dad would sometimes give me a whack. Now, he just intimidates me with threats of violence and by forcefully grabbing me by the shirt if I carry on.

 

[brunt32]

I got abused by my father pretty bad, But he's gone now so no not no more...

 

[Kajin]

Only if I ever did something that I really shouldn't have. I don't think I got my ass busted more than two or three times a year. I knew that if I saw my father with a belt in his hand, it meant I had done something truly wrong.

 

[JokerCrowe]

no, they really didn't need to though. I don't think they would have even if I had been bad. My dad has grabbed my arm on a couple of occations however. didn't really hurt, but it straightened me out (the few times it was needed). And I would never hit my kids, just as another discussion item.

 

[Trebort]

A couple of times, only when I told lies usually, just made me lie better.

I remember one time my mum cracked my head open with a plastic gun for giving her some backchat. A quick trip to the hospital and I was all patched up. I still have a neato little scar. My ear was hanging off, not as painful as it looked actually.

Also, I got hit with multiple shoes and a dog leed, that was for lying haha

 

[Brainst0rm]

I got spanked a few times, usually for good reason. Not always. My Dad has never had any control over his temper - fortunately he's usually very placid. It's random stuff that sends him over the top. Nowadays, though, I'm bigger than him...so it's all good ;D

 

[Pariah87]

I was on the receiving end of a fair amount of corporal punishment, seeing as to my dad it was the only way to reprimand, same way as his parents had done to him.

I understand getting a smack for swearing at an adult, or breaking something deliberately or being a smart ass. I used to get a smack if I made a cup of tea wrong or folded clothes incorrectly.

I don't count it as abuse, ok it has messed with me a bit, confidence wise I found it best to stay quiet and stay out the way, so I've brought that into adult life with me but seeing how many of my peers in school have turned out, it was probably for the best.

When younger after my parents divorced I actually had it out with my dad about how overly strict he used to be and how I lived in fear of him, he realised that his methods wern't exactly incorrect, just excessive. He's apologised and we get along fine now.

Would I hit my kids? As someone else said, you can tell someone over and over not to touch a hot pan but unless they get burned they wont understand the consequences. If they are going to outlaw punishment which is seemingly turning kids into overly cocky little wankers with no respect or fear of reprocussions, then sterilise me now.

 

[Vet2501]

Oh yes. If I misbehaved I got a good skelping for it... and so will my kids (if I heave any). It didn't do me any harm in the long run.

 

[SecondmateFlint]

Damn, am I near the only one who never got spanked, slapped or hit by my parents? That's insane.

I think beating your kid, if only by spanking them, is just a sign of bad parenting and it shows that you're not being able to control your kid.

Not the only one, I was never, ever hit in anyway. My dad was hit with a wooden spoon when he was younger and my mom doesn't talk about it (but her father was an alcoholic so I can assume). Either way, my parents decided that they would never use physical punishment.

And someday when I have kids, I'm going to do the same thing and pray to some god they will be as calm as we were. We were pretty mellow kids.

 

[logiman]

Well, it just became illegal here in Norway, if you as much as slap their hand, it's child abuse.

lol..i think my mom would get the lethal injection for all the times she hit me (although it was usually my fault to be fair)

 

[HT_Black]

It was commonplace in my very earliest days, and then went out of practice around the time I gave the folks my first (figurative) WTF.