Whats your take on this proposal from AU, whats the consensus here? Options

[saleeka]

I just recently read that there is a push in Austraila to put a ban on smacking children, and found it quite interesting. Got me to thinking, what is the consensus coming from the people here (who are mostly from the US) about it? As a form of punishment (read: not abuse), do you think it's ok? Before anyone says anything, please remember to keep it civil, ok

[Supersprynt]

Smack on the hindquarters its warranted now and then.

[celicurr]

^ yup, agree completely
gotta keep them in line somehow

[JFrost9]

As a child of a mother who never hit me, i would have to be against it. I dont know if im a rare form or what, but i turned out just fine never having being hit. I think there are proper forms of punishment without having to result to something as primitive as beating, i know sometimes its all that works, but for the most part i think we should strive to avoid it. Im sure if i had a father around he would have spanked me or what not, but I just dont believe in it, and it upsets me to think about hitting or whatever you wanna call it, it doesnt let the child take responsiblity for their actions as well as other options. Ill get off the soap box now.

This post has been edited by JFrost9: Sep 11, 2006 - 2:08 PM

[tomazws]

In Chinese tradition, beating the **** out of a child is a regular form of punishment. In theory, that *suppose* to make the child remember and not to do it again. They have this saying "The child hurts from getting beaten, but the mother hurts more by beating the child"... Honestly, I don't believe in it, I think the mother ****ing ENJOYS beating the living **** outta the child. But yea,... that's the tradition.

[orvillescelica]

As a child of a mother who never hit me, i would have to be against it. I dont know if im a rare form or what, but i turned out just fine never having being hit. I think there are proper forms of punishment without having to result to something as primitive as beating, i know sometimes its all that works, but for the most part i think we should strive to avoid it. Im sure if i had a father around he would have spanked me or what not, but I just dont believe in it, and it upsets me to think about hitting or whatever you wanna call it, it doesnt let the child take responsiblity for their actions as well as other options. Ill get off the soap box now.

I completly agree 100%. I think beating a child is just poor parenting, as you cant think of or dont want to take the time to punish them properly. Kids need to learn why what they did was wrong so they dont do it again rather than teach them not to do something or else they will get hit. Later in life being beat will lead to vilonce in them to others. That has been proven.

In Chinese tradition, beating the **** out of a child is a regular form of punishment. In theory, that *suppose* to make the child remember and not to do it again. They have this saying "The child hurts from getting beaten, but the mother hurts more by beating the child"... Honestly, I don't believe in it, I think the mother ****ing ENJOYS beating the living **** outta the child. But yea,... that's the tradition.

Im chinese and my parents never hit me. Ive never known that to be a tradition from any other of my chinese friends. Then again, your family might be closer to 'tradition' than my family.

[ILuvMyCelica95]

i've had many wooden spoons broken over my head, although my mother was more a fan of pulling hair. Kids need a good smack now and then.

[mzztoyota]

my family never resorted to "spanking" when my siblings and i were younger...as we got older and more exasperating, they started to try it, but by then we were just like "yeah, whatever, I don't come straight home after school so you hit my bum a couple of times, whatever, I can take that" lol. They got smart quick and started taking away our room phones, banning us from TV or grounding us, depending on the situation...that kept us in line more than anything, because we were too small to fight them, and they made for daym sure that we couldn't get out of the house (deadbolts with key locks on both sides suck...as to Dutch windows...ugh...)

i believe a child can be raised just fine without ever hitting them, but if that is all that a parent knows how to do, or all he/she can think of to resort to, or believes that it helped them gain character, who are we to judge what methods they use to raise their children? Perhaps some parenting classes with alternate methods can be suggested, but you can't force that on a person, I think...that's just how some families keep kids in line...

[chucho]

beating and disclipine is two different things. Spanking your children is not a bad thing. It is when the adult does it out of angry is when it is bad. But kids need disclipine and children have to be dealt in different ways. Some kids need to be spanked and others can learn from just being put in the corner.

[bloodrain]

I say it all depends on the kid, some children need the **** smacked outta them, while some are naturally behaved.