Supreme Court Ruling: Spanking Children

[michele2042]

Spare the rod and spoil the child.  Create Frankenstein.

Exactly.  When the schools were still allowed to paddle you had well behaved kids that obeyed the rules.  You absolutely never heard of anything close to a school shooting when I was in school.  You didn't have heathens spitting on their teachers or hitting their teachers or kicking their teachers or threatening to KILL their teachers or classmates.  And there were not that many kids who actually got paddled.  You did have order and respect.  Kids went to school and acted like somebody.

But these days you have a bunch of snot nosed brats who are coddled and never told no.  They are taught to believe the world revolves solely around them.  They are right (a few of those people posting on here) and every one else is wrong.  You can't have your own opinion or you are called a bully.  Guess what - not everyone will agree with you.  Another reason we have safe spaces in college where idiots retreat with their crayons and blankies and cry and some head doctor tells them oh it's okay the person who doesn't like blue shirts is just a bully.  He was wearing a grey  shirt and I understand you don't like grey.  Reminds you of the prison walls in your mommy and daddies jail cell.  SO we will ban everyone from wearing GREY on campus.

This country is in some real trouble!

NO ONE, and I mean NO ONE has the right to take a paddle or any other form of corporal punishment to my child.  PERIOD

[ancmetro]

       Spanking children is "child abuse".

[dogsleash]

spank yes , hit no i do not believe in striking a child only spanking on the bottom .

[Iamag27]

You should never be allowed to hit a kid ever (or really anyone for that matter). Hundreds of scientific studies show that kids that were "disciplined" as children are much more likely to commit domestic assault and it also leads to higher rates of depression and substance abuse. Using the anecdote "I was spanked/hit/whipped as a child and I turned out fine" is a minority opinion compared to a majority opinion. My stance is always, if you wouldn't do it to a dog or to another kids child, don't do it to your own. There are safer and more effective was to discipline a child them by using violence. 

[countrygirl12]

Spare the rod and spoil the child.  Create Frankenstein.

Exactly.  When the schools were still allowed to paddle you had well behaved kids that obeyed the rules.  You absolutely never heard of anything close to a school shooting when I was in school.  You didn't have heathens spitting on their teachers or hitting their teachers or kicking their teachers or threatening to KILL their teachers or classmates.  And there were not that many kids who actually got paddled.  You did have order and respect.  Kids went to school and acted like somebody.

But these days you have a bunch of snot nosed brats who are coddled and never told no.  They are taught to believe the world revolves solely around them.  They are right (a few of those people posting on here) and every one else is wrong.  You can't have your own opinion or you are called a bully.  Guess what - not everyone will agree with you.  Another reason we have safe spaces in college where idiots retreat with their crayons and blankies and cry and some head doctor tells them oh it's okay the person who doesn't like blue shirts is just a bully.  He was wearing a grey  shirt and I understand you don't like grey.  Reminds you of the prison walls in your mommy and daddies jail cell.  SO we will ban everyone from wearing GREY on campus.

This country is in some real trouble!

NO ONE, and I mean NO ONE has the right to take a paddle or any other form of corporal punishment to my child.  PERIOD

lol.  Then keep your child at home.  If your child is in a public school and can't behave then the teachers have a right to spank them.  Hilarious how people can't handle someone having their own opinion without getting so bent out of shape.

[countrygirl12]

You should never be allowed to hit a kid ever (or really anyone for that matter). Hundreds of scientific studies show that kids that were "disciplined" as children are much more likely to commit domestic assault and it also leads to higher rates of depression and substance abuse. Using the anecdote "I was spanked/hit/whipped as a child and I turned out fine" is a minority opinion compared to a majority opinion. My stance is always, if you wouldn't do it to a dog or to another kids child, don't do it to your own. There are safer and more effective was to discipline a child them by using violence. 

Where are your statistics that adults who were spanked are depressed, commit crimes, blah blah blah.  From what I see the ones who are let run wild and never told no and never disciplined are the ones causing all the problems.  Spanking is not violence.  There is a difference between spanking, aka swatting a child on the butt, and beating them.  No one said to beat the crap out of them.  Spanking them is not going to hurt them.

[snuggleycutejc]

I guess but I don't agree with that. I have been spanked when I was young. I/You really don't have good memories after you always get spanked even after time goes by...and parent changes or knows to give attention or pays for something....you just don't care, you really don't get over it. You just to on and you make your own memories and hope you don't fall into the cycle and hurt somebody. Maybe it is a bustoutlet steam for........... naw just talk is the best, .

[ktheodos]

Wow...I didn't know that was something the Supreme Court was deciding...

[davissy]

NO ONE, and I mean NO ONE has the right to take a paddle or any other form of corporal punishment to my child.  PERIOD

I agree with you 100%.  If a kid is uncontrollable in school, suspend them, expel them, you don't hit them.  That's not how you teach kids to respect authority.

[JediJohnnie]

Frankly, I don't believe violence is ever the answer. I wouldn't go so far as to suggest spanking is "child abuse", but I don't think you teach children to refrain from violence by visiting violence upon them. As the bible says "You will reap what you sow."

[Iamag27]

Where are your statistics that adults who were spanked are depressed, commit crimes, blah blah blah.  From what I see the ones who are let run wild and never told no and never disciplined are the ones causing all the problems.  Spanking is not violence.  There is a difference between spanking, aka swatting a child on the butt, and beating them.  No one said to beat the crap out of them.  Spanking them is not going to hurt them.
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http://www.apa.org/monitor/2012/04/spanking.aspx
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/what-science-says-and-doesn-t-about-spanking/
Finding dynamic treatment effects under anticipation: the effects of spanking on behaviour: Authors:
Lee, MJ Huang, F ISSN: 09641998
Changing Beliefs About Corporal Punishment: Increasing Knowledge About Ineffectiveness to Build More Consistent Moral and Informational Beliefs. Robinson, Daniel H.1 dan.robinson@mail.utexas.edu Funk, Daniel Beth, Alicia1 Bush, Angela              ISSN: 1053-0819

First two articles are just links from google. The next two are from a data base, so I don't think links will work. If you want to look them up I gave you the title of the article, the authors, and ISSN. I hope this makes my point clearer and allows you to understand my point.

[hitch0403]

Lots of intangibles here.

When discipline isnt administered right away a child today is more apt to disobey.Its also the times we live in.I can remember when teachers slapped children.Today they would get charged with assault.Society is cracking up cos we are deep into this systems last days.Its been told from long ago.And its happening.

[cathy37]

Hitting is one thing, but spanking is entirely different.  You have to let them know what is right and wrong, so I don't think a little pop on the leg or butt is wrong.  It didn't kill me when I was growing up.

[madeara]

As a  child, I was spanked.  My siblings and I turned out well.  However, my sister and brother in law don't spank their children.  My niece and nephews are still thoughtful, kind and considerate.  I can certainly understand both sides of this issue.  In my view, whether or not to spank a child is a matter of personal preference.

[hkckk5]

I was spanked as a child and I turned out ok. However, I never did spank my children. I believe in time out and that is what worked for me. I remember that being spanked hurt me and I never wanted to hurt my children. I guess and adult does what works best for them. I hate seeing people in stores spanking their children.