Who are you ok with spanking your children?

[Blien]

I am curious as to what the majority of parents here feel as far as wether or not they would be comfortable with others spanking their children.

Personally, me and my husband would not be comfortable with others spanking our children. What are your feelings?

Doesn't GOD discipline us when we get out of order? Spank but don't be ruthless and unloving like some parents who just take their anger out on their kids.. THAT is a big no-no.

[followerofjesus]

Sometimes spanking is the only thing that works for an unruly child. I know from experience and talking to other parents.

[Shad]

People keep talking about parents not being able to control their anger like they turn into the Incredible Hulk or something when having to spank their kids which I'd say in most cases isn't true. It is possible for a parent to spank their child to teach them a lesson without going crazy and dishing out a hour long beating and IMO those instances are very far and few in between.

Do you guys honestly believe there is no relation to kids being as disrespectful as they are today and paddling being banned from school?? Obviously back when it was allowed it was working and now that you do away with it we really have found out how many parents do a extremely poor job disciplining their kids but yet they don't want anybody else to do it either so let's just let the kids be as disrespectful as they want to because god forbid if we swatted them on the behind when they were young they would've turned out so much worse.

In todays time my dad would be serving life in prison without parole for some of the spankings we got when we were kids and all of them very much warranted.

"Withhold not correction from a child: for if thou strike him with the rod, he shall not die. Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and deliver his soul from hell." (Proverbs 23:13-14)

[Shad]

Here are some other scriptures in the book of Proverbs that deal with Discipline

"The Rod Of Correction imparts wisdom,but a child left to himself disgraces his mother" (29:15)

"Train a child in the way he should go,and when he is old he will not turn from it" (22:6)

"He who spares the rod hates his son,but he who loves him is careful to discipline him" (13:24)

"Discipline your son,for in that there is hope;do not be a willing party to his death" (19:18)

"Folly is bound up in the heart of a child,but the rod of discipline will drive it far from him" (22:15)

"Discipline your son,and he will give you peace;he will bring delight to your soul" (29:17)

[Guest LadyC]

ok axxman, you're logic is lost on me. first you say that spanking is banned in the US, and that it can get you arrested. then you acknowledge it is not illegal, but insist it is still banned.

you can't go to jail for something that is not illegal.

it is not illegal (or banned) to spank a child. it's just rumoured to be prohibited. rumours don't make facts. no cop will arrest someone for spanking. they will arrest someone if evidence of physical ABUSE is found.

and spanking is not abuse. if the parent has left bruises on their child, that is not a spanking, and they can be arrested for abuse.

[Emily~Anne]

According to this website, there is in fact a ban in place, but yet it is still legal, at least in most states. http://www.familyrightsassociation.com/inf...anking_laws.htm

It really makes no sense!

[Guest LadyC]

emily, despite what is written in the highlighted portion at the top of that page, so far i'm not seeing a single thing which indicates spanking is banned, and i'm up to "maine" now. i'm seeing a lot of bans on "excessive" physical punishment, or "punishment with intent to cause serious injury", but NOTHING banning a proper spanking.

[Guest LadyC]

ok, just finished reading the remainder of the states, and as with the first half, not a single state in the country bans or prohibits spanking a child for the purpose of correction and which is not done with intent (or result) of physical injury to the child.

[Emily~Anne]

I think it's that the ban is for all of the United States, yet each state has their own laws which pay no heed to the ban. It is wacked. All I know is I am perfectly within my rights to spank our children. And even if I was not, God is my final authority before man. Mans laws do not override the bible in our house.

[Guest LadyC]

i think it was simply a misunderstanding, or a gross exaggeration, or (most likely) an intentionally misleading statement by the author of that web page meant to be a scare tactic.... there is no ban on spanking. there is a ban on excessive use of corporal punishment. so maybe the author did not understand what 'excessive' meant. the federal government has never had jurisdiction in this area.