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How do you define a spanking? Were you spanked as a chid? Do you think it's okay to spank children? Is spanking effective? Do you think spanking can have negative long-term effects on children as stated in the video? Do you consider spanking child abuse?
30 comments:
I define spanking as a way of obedience. If your kids do something wrong then they need to be punished whether it's time out or a spanking. I was spanked when I was a kid for doing something I wasn't suppose to. I personally don't see anything wrong with it unless you go over the top. I don't feel as if it have a negative effect on children, it's a way to teach kids right from wrong. No I do not consider spanking child abuse what so ever.
-Morgan Dee
Danielle..
I define spanking as a way to kind of cover up hitting your child.I was never really spanked as a child.The most that have happen was a pop on the hand.I don't think spanking a child should be done by everyone,because some people take it to far.Yes I do think spanking can have negative long-term effects on children as stated in the video.if taken to far I do consider spanking as child abuse.
I define spanking as my parent hitting me on my butt. Yes, when I did something bad. I doubt just a little spanking can but if its excessive and it turns into abuse then yes it can have a negative long term effect. No, a little tap on the behind is not child abuse but when you start punching or kicking and stuff like that. I consider that abuse.
Spanking is hitting a little child if he/she do something bad. Honestly I can't remember but I probably got spanked on my hand or butt. Yes I do think it's ok to spank children. No I don't consider spanking child abuse. Maybe spanking can have negative long-term effects on children as stated in the video.
Jaquitta
Spanking is hitting a child on the butt with your hand or another non lethal object. I was spanked as a child but not often. To me spanking isn't really a bad thing. I can count on one hand the times I was spanked by my parents, so it obviously made an impression on me. Spanking can only cause long-term effects and be considered abuse if you spank your child weekly for every little thing they do that could be considered wrong.
Kyle E.
Spanking is a way to discipline your child. I was spanked as a child. I think how they said that you shouldn't spank kids under 5 because they don't understand. I think that spanking can have a negative long-term effect on children because kids learn what you teach them. I don't consider spanking abuse but it depends. I don't think that I will spank my kids.
I don’t think spanking is child abuse. I think spanking is just a way parents teach their kids how not to do something that was wrong. A lot of kids are stubborn and sometimes spanking is the path you have to go down. I don’t think these people can tell you how to parent and I wonder if they have children, and if they have ever dealt with a rebelling 8 year old. Spanking is a hit on the bottom and if you did something truly wrong I think if a parent does it o well, as long as they don’t have any broken bones and burses on their whole body. Spanking is an innocent act of parenting.
I do not believe that spanking your child is abusive at all. I was "spanked" as a child to say the least and I do not think that it has had a negative effect on me at all. I believe that it is a parents right to discipline their children I believe thats the way it is supposed to be and always should be.
Spanking is a way of discipline your child when he/she does something wrong. Yes, I was spanked as a child when I did something I wasn't suppose to do. I don't see anything wrong with it, just don't take it too far. I don't think that spanking can have a negative long-term effect on children. You're just teaching them not do the wrong thing. I don't consider spanking child abuse, except if you take it overboard.
Spanking is when you hit your child for doing something they were not supposed be doing in the first place. When I was little I got spankings myself. Personally I think it is okay, if I didn't get spankings I wouldn't know right from wrong today, therefore I think it doesn't have a negative effect on children. I also don't consider spanking as child abuse.
~Courtney:
I think spanking is to hit a child very hardly on the bottom with either a hand or object. I was never spanked as a child, but I would have my hands smacked (not hard) or something equal to that if I acted up. I think it is sometimes ok to spank children if they have done a really bad thing, but not ok to continuously beat them especially if they don't deserve it, or know the reason for the punishment. I do think that spanking can have long-term effects, because both of my parents were harshly punished as children, and avoid physical punishment. On another point, my six year old nephew has been physically punished as long as I can remember, and now that he is in school he solves his conflicts with other students with violence. I think that spanking is not necessarily child abuse, but when it is used as an anger release or something of that sort, or is overly done, it turns into child abuse.
A spanking is a form of punishment when the kid doesn't get hurt. Of course I was spanked when I was little. What child wasn't spanked over something dumb? It's okay to spank a kid. But not when they are hurt so bad that they can barely sit down. Spanking has to stop at age 13, or at least I think. Spanking a kid does have a negative effect. Kids can turn around and hit their parents back. I think spanking is child abuse, only when the kid is hurt.
It's when you spank the crap out your kid. Oh heck ya I was spanked as a kid. If your kid is being bad you got to spank that child. Show them who is boss.Spanking your kid is not abuse.
Chris Stepp
I would define spanking as hitting a child to teach them right from wrong. I wasn't really spanked as a child. I don't think that it should be done that much, but every so often when they really do something bad. I think that it possibly could have a negative effect of the kids. It could make them think that it is okay to hit other people. -Josh Cutchins
I think spanking is when a parent physical hits their child either with a bare hand or an object. I was spanked when i was younger. Although I don't think that it is very effective. I think that verbal communication and time outs are much more effective. I do think that spanking can have negative long term effects if it's done to where it hurts the child. I don't think that spanking is child abuse unless it physical or even mentally hurts the child.
Spanking is when you smack your child (not too hard, but hard enough) to teach them obedience. I was only spanked one time. I think it is okay to spank your child as long you aren't doing it on the face and not too hard. I little smack I believe is okay. Spanking has been used for years and years and everyone has turned out fine so I do think its effective.There is a fine line between spanking and child abuse. If you smack you child on their arm, leg, or hand just enough for it to hurt a little I don't consider that abuse. If you are smacking you child in the face or back, to where it leaves a mark, I do consider that abuse. I was spanked one time only, because I was spanked, learned my lesson, and never did it again. It worked for me!
I define spanking as just a disipline method of a tap on the behind. Yes, I was spanked as a child. I believe there is a huge difference between spanking your child and beating your child. Spanking is a swat on the behind and I believe it's ok. If a parent beats a child with so much force it hurts their hand bad then that's way to much and it is consider beating. No I do not believe spanking will leave long term effects on a child. Like I mentioned above spanking is minimum force and is not considered child abuse like beating is with massive force which is definately child abuse.
I define spanking as learning to do something your told not to. It was very seldom that I would get spanked, but I did when I was younger. I think its okay to spank children but in today's age they take it the wrong way and learn to hit back or will say, "ill call social security," like I did. I think it could because they can end up doing it to their kids and some people think it's totally wrong and that it makes them dumber. I don't consider spanking child abuse but Jo off of Super Nanny taught me other techniques of how to manage misbehaving children. But some parents could hit to hard and use objects to "spank" which i think is wrong.
I personally don't consider it child abuse but i do believe there are better alternatives to making a child behave such as restriction. I was spanked as a child and I honestly don't think it is near as effective as when you take something away or eliminate privileges. ZACH CAHALAN
I define spanking as punishment for undisciplined children. I was spanked as a child because of my behavioral problems. From the video from today to the news, I don't think that spanking a child is the answer to discipline. I think that spanking a child only makes things worse. Spanking may cause a child to act out worse. I would definitely define spanking as child abuse, because there are other ways to discipline children rather than hitting them all the time. There may be times when a spanking will be needed but a child that is around the ages 1-5, do not deserve to be hit no matter if its with a hand or a belt.
I define it as spanking as a way to tell them not to do it again. When I was really little and i would do what they told me not to do . In between I think you should only do it to them when they do something really bad but, if they just don't listen give them a time out.No I don't think there are long-term affects. Yes, like how they said you can balance it out with being nice to your children, but if your just being mean an hitting them all the time I think that's abuse .
I think spanking it is okay to spank children. When they do something they weren't supposed to do, you have to give them some kind of discipline. Yes, time-out is actually very good, but more than likely the child won't do it again if they were spanked. Yes, I was spanked a lot as a child. Also, when I did get spanked, I got time-out too. If you spank your child on a daily basis for no reason what so ever, then yes I consider that as child abuse. If you are just spanking your child, because they did something they weren't supposed to do then I think it's perfectly fine.
Spanking isn't abuse, it is capitol punishment. When I was a kid I would get spanked when I misbehave. It works while they're trying to learn right from wrong. It doesn't have a negative effect on children.
Cody Barlow
It is a parents way to show dominance. I did get spanked but not a lot. It is not OK to spank kids it'll teach them to not like your parents, it won't teach us to not do it again. It isn't effective, it just makes us mad. It can have negative long term effects like on the relationship between the child an parent. Excessive spanking is child abuse.
A spanking to me is used when a child have done something really bad. Don't hit your child if he/she haven't done anything wrong. If you do this, this is called abuse. my parents never give me a spanking because I haven't done anything wrong. But my parents still threaten me even though I'm 17. No, I don't think that spanking can have a negative long-term effects on children. Some children take their parents for a joke when they stop or don't spanking them. I think some children needs more than a time-out.
Sanking is just a form of discipline. Yes as long as you dont take it to far. No as long as you dont abuse and you just spank your child they will be fine. No theres a big differcnce.
I think that if a child gets spanked for doing wrong , it teaches the children to not do the wrong thing. Whenever my child does wrong they will get slapped . Children sometimes say they dont care if they get in trouble because their parents dont care . I am going to teach my child right from wrong . Thats how my grandmother raised me , so thats how i am going to raise my child . To me there is a big difference between child abuse and whippings .
Spanking is a discipline method that some parents use. I don't think its okay to spank because sometimes the kid will be a lot worse if you do. No spanking is not effective on some kids. Spanking is not child abuse because sometimes the parent lose focus for a second.
-Travis Legate
To me, a spanking is disciplining a child with physical punishment, such as a smack to the bottom or anywhere below the face and head.
My opinion on spanking?: It's wrong. I highly disagree with the practice of spanking a child for disciplinary actions. Yes, I was spanked as a child. But I believe it is the wrong method to use against a child. Spanking can, and most likely will, have negative effects on a child. For one, they will learn that physical pain is the only form of discipline that will get anyone to listen to them. So that will make them think that they could use it on their peers to get them to listen and obey them. That causes them to be violent for all the wrong reasons. It will also make the child turn on their parents when they are older because they resent the fact of being spanked or physically disciplined.
I do believe that spanking could be a lighter form of child abuse. It involves hitting the child until they are at the point of crying. There are better, and more effective ways, to get a child to listen to you. A good 10-15 minute time-out and a stern talk later would definitely get the child to think about there wrong doings. And if they don't listen, send them right back again and again until they get the point. There is never the need to physically hit a child for any reason. We don't hit each other. (Unless it's for self-defense.) So why should we hit our children?
I define spanking as being hit with open hand or object when in the act of doing wrong. I was not really spanked as a child but sometimes I think back and wonder would that have helped me in life. I do think its okay to spank your child because not all kids are the same and some children at the age of 3 know what they are doing. I think spanking is effective because when they do things they know are wrong on purpose and don't get punish for it, it will become a problem in the future. They will feel like well I did something wrong and I didn't get punish so maybe its not so wrong and the wrongness in there mind will elevate more and more until there is nothing else to do. Yes spanking can have negative long-term effect on a child life because everyone is different some people effects might be worst than others like when I person that was spanked day after day becomes a parent with there children it might increase to child abuse but depending on the person and how they were raise and the area they were raised in and around everyone's child will have a different outcome in life. I do not consider spanking child abuse because child abuse is trying to hurt the child and when you spank them you just want them to understand what they did was wrong and you don't want the to do it again.
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