I got spanked plenty of times, and despite my superhuman ego I turned out alright.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

When I was younger I was spanked regularly by my mother, when I was older it turned in to her punching me in the head while screaming that I was a "good-for-nothing little shit."

by Anonymous 11 years ago

I got spanked as a kid. It didn't really hurt.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

I got spanked as a kid. Definitely wasn't the worst punishment I used to get. Once when I was about 9, I went to bed only to be woken up by my dad yelling at me because the living room was a mess, even though the whole family had just been in there and the mess wasn't my fault. I had to write a 300 word essay for every object that was out of place. And I had to eat soap for saying "shut up" when my brother was lying about something terrible that I didn't do. And once when we were on holiday, I got grounded because I accidentally went down the wrong red super tube when he was trying to take a photo, so I had to spend the rest of the day watching everyone else have fun in the warm pools. Oh, and my dad used to make me wait in the bathroom until his tv show was finished so that he could come and spank me. The waiting was almost worse than the physical pain. I turned out well, but had serious issues up until the point where I realised that what I thought about myself was more important than my dad's opinions. I'm glad to be past that stage of life /: I'm not yet 100% sure what method I'll use as punishment, but it definitely won't be modelled on how I was raised.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Wow that's just straight up abuse, I'm so sorry you had to go through that.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

It's not impossible to teach them right from wrong by inflicting physical either, not that it should be a go to. A child's cerebrum isn't fully developed and sometimes they don't understand your reasoning or that what they're doing is wrong. Sometimes other methods are better at conveying the message "this is bad" than talking to them.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

I disagree. I think that it can be very bad to physically hurt your kids to try to teach them. Then they will grow up to be violent themselves. Also it seems to me as though you don't know what you're talking about.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

I agree. See above comments.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

"Then they will grow up to be violent themselves." I was spanked and I'm not violent. Seems you're the one who doesn't know what they're talking about.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

My sisters were spanked and they aren't violent. Guess why.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Cuz they were "spanked to death" yes I know and you don't consider it a beating and that's irrelevant.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

It wasn't.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

We've already been through the dictionary definition of a beating and yes, being hit multiple times is a beating, killing someone isn't teaching them a lesson from right from wrong or spanking a kid so even if this was true it's irrelevant on so many levels and I'm done with this conversation about your "dead sisters" again before you get pissed off about anyone saying your parents are child beaters and a bunch of other nonsense shit.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

The dictionary is wrong.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

lol and you're trolling goodbye

by Anonymous 11 years ago

You're trolling

by Anonymous 11 years ago

sergio why are you wasting your time with this troll? Anyone who laughs at someone's dead family clearly can't be serious

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Oh look, the "two" of you backing each other up for the 3rd time I've seen in a couple hours.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

We're not the same person why do you keep saying that?

by Anonymous 11 years ago

I promise we aren't the same people.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

If you insist.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

I swear

by Anonymous 11 years ago

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by Anonymous 11 years ago

What nonviolent alternatives to spanking would you advise?

by Anonymous 11 years ago

I was physically disciplined when I was younger. It helped me remember that what I was doing was wrong, and believe it or not, I am //not// writing this from a mental institute. I'm not sure why some people are so terrified by discipline that doesn't cross the line into abuse.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

I think op isn't saying that it's abuse or that it's neccessarily detrimental to the child, just that it doesn't make sense to use physical discipline when you can use another method.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Parents who use spanking as a punishment do it because they've already //tried// another method and it didn't work, and sometimes results need to be immediate. Ex: learning not to run into the street.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

My dad was physically abused when he was younger. My grandpa would beat the shit out of him for everything, and that's the reason that he's never hit me. I think it's absolutely disgusting for any parent to lay a hand on their child. Instead of screaming and yelling and becoming violent when your child does something wrong, maybe try EXPLAINING to them why what they did was wrong. That's the way I was raised and I turned out just fine.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

So many people just aren't getting what I'm saying here at all. And to anyone disputing the first part of this post, just use eastcoast here as a prime example as evidence to why you're wrong. That, or you could just flat out call her a liar. Which honestly doesn't make any bit of sense to do. Your comment about taking the time to actually //explain// things to the child is dead on. People that claim "that won't work" are either seriously underestimating the intellect of a toddler, or they've only dealt with already poorly parented children.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Exactly! Though I love my mom, she would say "I told you so" as an excuse to everything, and I would never listen to that. But my dad would take the time to talk to me and to explain the reasoning behind things. He always says that people underestimate a child's intellect, and I agree completely

by Anonymous 11 years ago

That never works on almost all children. Perhaps you weren't actually very young.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

I grew up in a similar situation. My granddad abused the shit out of my mum so she vowed to raise us without hitting us and it worked, we were well behaved and were still disciplined just not physically.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

When I was little, my parents told me several times not to touch a stove. For some reason, I //had// to touch that stove. So I did it, and I got burned. Did I listen to any of my parents warnings or talks? No, because I was a dumb kid. But as soon as I got burned, I stayed the fuck away from those stove tops. The point is, spanking should never be your go-to answer. Obviously my parents weren't going to just wait for me to touch the stove without warning me first. First scold them. Then punish them (like taking away TV or McDonald's or whatever). But if all else fails, I don't think spanking is the worst thing to do, as long as you talk to them afterwards to make sure they understand that you still love them and why what they did is wrong.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

ok, people are allowed to have their own opinions, but this is my understanding. As a child, i was hit when i did something TOTTALY stupid, or if i defied my parents purpousfuly, and i am a normal human being. its about when and why. Spanking them is totaly normal in my books, but if someone were to actually hit their child, with their fist then yes that is wrong. Its all about perspective. im not trying to offend, iim just stating my point of view

by Anonymous 11 years ago