It sucks how in some states, if you spank your child once, you go to jail for a long time. amirite?

Thats how it starts. Today, you wanna be allowed to spank your kid, tomorrow it's running over them with your car

by Anonymous 13 years ago

That sounds like a pretty extreme leap.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

calm down George Orwell...

by Anonymous 13 years ago

What? I spank children all the time! When did this happen?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Well. Here comes the spank or not spank debate. Personally, I am for it. Spank your unruly child when necessary. But remember, there is a fine line between discipline and abuse.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Just no. Under no circumstances it is reasonable to spank a child.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I appreciate being spanked as a kid.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Just yes. There ARE circumstances when physical punishment is necessary. Not everything can be solved with a stern wagging of the finger and a week without cartoons. You can tell the difference between a person who didn't learn any obedience as a child and someone who had actual punishment.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

You obviously haven't met a child that needs to be spanked. Or you have, and you are one of those people who go around asking Timmy to please stop it while you guys are in the store, and the kids is like "SUCK MAH DICK, BIOTCH" and don't do anything about it. Because there are kids like that. And they definitely need to be spanked. Not beaten, but spanked. There is a difference.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

@1291656 (ThisIsWhyImRite): I got spanked once, and it didn't help me because it got me even more pissed off, therefore I did even more shit to piss off my father for having even thought about spanking me. Other than that, I have never met a person that got spanked as a kid. There are other ways to discipline a kid without violence.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Not all. Some kids do perfectly fine without being spanked, and some get worse when spanked. Some kids need different forms of discipline than others. So maybe spankings didn't work on you, and maybe you didn't need them, but some kids genuinely do, and it shouldn't be illegal for them to be disciplined as such.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

My mom is an elementary school principle, and sometimes the way little kids treat her makes me want to petition to re-instate paddling in schools. Some kids just make mistakes, but others are spoiled little asswipes who need to be taught consequences.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I know. Kids are getting worse, and I believe the lockdown they have on corporal(sp?) punishment is one of the leading causes. Kids now days are little bitches, and no one does anything about it. In the future, even if it is illegal, I am totally spanking my child. (if they need it, which they probably will)

by Anonymous 13 years ago

A second grader kicked my mother. Kicked her. At eight years old. If I had pulled that kind of crap, I wouldn't have been able to sit for a week. And the parents are so "we don't want to encourage violence, we don't want our children to be afraid of us." That basically means "we don't want to take responsibility for our child" to me. My kids will be spanked, but only if they do something to deserve it. I'm not going to beat them because they spilled their milk, but I'll give them a whack on the butt if they deliberately knock it over.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Good. That's one less child that's going to deliberately disrespect others. I can't imagine how bad it's gonna be in another 15-20 years.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I was spanked when I was a kid. And my brother was spanked even more. And we both turned out fine. Hell, I barely remember it. Much less care at this point.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

My cousin will occasionally spank her son if he misbehaves, but ONLY AFTER telling him to stop/putting him in a timeout/etc. If it is not abused, then I am for spanking children. Only use your hand and on their backside. (My friends have hit me on the back of my thighs with pool cues; I can only imagine how much it hurts to be hit with a belt or paddle.)

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Not here luckily

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Wait, where?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

That doesn't suck. Hitting your kid is called child abuse. This should be a law everywhere.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Nooot really...abuse is abuse no matter how many times it happens

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I know many children who were spanked as children, and didn't dicipline them as they thought, "Oh it's ok I will just get the spank anyway," as it's not a big deal to them. But some children do respond well to it. I still think there are some other effective ways of punishing your child, that are most likely more effective than spanking, you just need to know what the child responds to and doesn't. On the otherhand, I was only spanked once as a child, and it scared me shitless, stopped me from doing that ever again.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

The kids in my neighborhood have horrible manners and act like they're high school kids even though they're only 9. Sometimes when they're walking around and disrespecting everyone I feel like I should spank them. I was spanked as a kid and I'm totally fine. I learned my lesson.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

When I was little, my mom spanked me, but only if I did something really bad or if I kept doing something after being told to stop/put in time out/etc. It honestly didn't hurt that much, it was just used to make me come to my senses that what I was doing was bad. I grew up fine; I am now entering high school and have only been grounded twice, never had any type of detention, and I only get in trouble in class for talking occasionally. I think the no spanking law is complete and utter BS.

by Anonymous 13 years ago