ok, there's a difference between beating your kid and using physical forms of punishment.
I've known people in this day and age who didn't believe in spanking their kids if they got out of hand, you know what I found?
I found children who whine ***** and complain for 40 minutes straight because their parents refuse to spank them. I have found children who act like spoiled little sihts because their parents didn't beleive in physical punishment.
Now admittedly, there's a difference between spanking your kids and beating them. Spank someone up to 7 times and it can still be considered punishment, go over that and the line blurrs big time.
Personally, I think I have more than enough say in this matter because as a child my dad borderlined beat me. If I cursed, I got habanero tobasco on my tounge. If I got in trouble, I'd get spanked until I either began to cry, or started screaming I was sorry. If I lied about my grades, out came the belt and my mother had to step in to keep him from permanently damaging my ass. his saying was quite litterally "If you do this again, I'll hit you so hard you won't be able to sit down for a week."
But you know what, as borderline abusive as he was, and as much as I feared him, I learned three things from this: Discipline, knowing fear while accepting it, and ignoring pain. I hate my dad to this day for a number of reasons, but I respect him for what he taught me. I'd like someone who doesn't accept any form of corporeal punishment to tell me how they expect to accomplish all of those, let alone the first one.
As I said though, admittedly, there's a difference between corporeal punishment and abuse, but otherwise, yes, I completely and fully support its use. It will teach someone a million things that a kid would otherwise not learn if you took away their toys or sent them to their rooms. (there's a time and place for those two also though.)
Rawne1980 said:
I remember when I was a kid and my dad or grandad took the belt off and belted round the back of the legs with the buckle when I talked back. Or off came the shoe and a crack in the same place for being a tit.
Teachers throwing big wooden board cleaners at our heads for talking in class.
No one thought twice about it being a bad thing because it worked. We learned to shut the fuck up and do as was asked of us.
Have a look at kids today.
***** and moan if mummy or daddy won't get the latest i-phone for them.
Sometimes a smack is needed.
My hat goes off to you sir.