Should parents be banned from using corporal punishment on their children?

[orlondo100]

Adults who were spanked as children are High School drop outs, teenage parents, smoke, do drugs, frequently unemployed or in jail.

Spanking is a tool of a lazy parent. Adults who weren't spanked as children go on to college, are drug free, have more stable employment and rarely have trouble with the law.

Outlaw this barbaric practice NOW!

[gillian59]

Adults who were spanked as children are High School drop outs, teenage parents, smoke, do drugs, frequently unemployed or in jail.

Spanking is a tool of a lazy parent. Adults who weren't spanked as children go on to college, are drug free, have more stable employment and rarely have trouble with the law.

Outlaw this barbaric practice NOW!

Adults who were spanked as children are High School drop outs, teenage parents, smoke, do drugs, frequently unemployed or in jail.

Spanking is a tool of a lazy parent. Adults who weren't spanked as children go on to college, are drug free, have more stable employment and rarely have trouble with the law.

Outlaw this barbaric practice NOW!

[arne33]

Adults who were spanked as children are High School drop outs, teenage parents, smoke, do drugs, frequently unemployed or in jail.

Spanking is a tool of a lazy parent. Adults who weren't spanked as children go on to college, are drug free, have more stable employment and rarely have trouble with the law.

Outlaw this barbaric practice NOW!

Adults who were spanked as children are High School drop outs, teenage parents, smoke, do drugs, frequently unemployed or in jail.

Spanking is a tool of a lazy parent. Adults who weren't spanked as children go on to college, are drug free, have more stable employment and rarely have trouble with the law.

Outlaw this barbaric practice NOW!

Did you kNow Walrus oil -- created by boiling walrus bladder at high temperatures -- was greedily sought for lamps, soap and as a machine lubricant between 1860 and 1880. During that period, approximately 10,000 walruses were killed a year in the eastern Arctic alone. After the most recent depletion, however, walrus hunting has largely been restricted in Canada, Russia and the U.S. Only native populations who rely on the walrus as a source of food are permitted to hunt the animal.

[banys]

Okay who have you been talking to? Usually the children that were beat and spanked turn out the best. look at the entire Continent of Asia this isn't racist or bigoted but most parents over there beat the crap out of there kids to punish them and guess what Asians are the smartest most productive and politest people on earth. Now look at your grand parents they were whipped and beaten senseless as children and chances are they are polite and hard working people. so my advice beat your children rather than give them some emotional punishment which has much longer and more traumatic psychological consequences than corporal punishment ever will.

[mace]

Can I get some statistics on your statements? As a young child, my parents would spank me when I became a large nuisance. It was to show that bad behavior would not be tolerated and resulted in punishment.

As of right now, I am 15 years old, and have never smoked/had sex/drank alcohol. I get good grades in school (A's and B's) and am an aspiring musician (I can play French Horn, Trumpet, Piano, Saxophone, Flute, Guitar, and Trombone). My parents and I get along well and I plan on going to college after graduation.

My point is that parents spanking their kids is their own decision. Spanking a child is a good way to make them realize that their behavior is not okay and that they need to learn to be civilized and respectful of other people, despite what they may want themselves.

Now, child abuse is a whole different story. When a child's actions are not acceptable, a parent should not forcefully hit their child in a vulnerable point of attack (face, stomach). Spanking is okay because even though it hurts enough to make a child quit, it can hardly do any real damage unless the adult is hitting them very very hard.

Because I think your intentions are against CHILD ABUSE, and not SPANKING, I will agree that corporal punishment is not the correct way to execute discipline on a child.

[lazaro94]

your premise is ridiculous and so is your conclusion

[shen86]

Haha thats really funny. Both my older sister & i were spanked as children(only when we really needed it/or deserved it) & both of us are.successful ypung women with careers, college degrees and healthy relationships with our finances. It is all case by case, you can not say that spanking is all bad or all good. Everything in life comes down to moderation. Yes there are plenty of stories both ways but instead of taking away our rights as a parent why dont we instead pass a law that you have to get licensed to have children, that would take care of alot of the low lives that have kids & dont give a hell about them. This honestly is an ignorant arguement, there are way more important topics of conversation you could be inquiring about. : )

[baigh75]

Actually just the opposite is true in my experience. I gurantee you I was spanked. And it even went on in school.

But.. that being said ... I think a person should take a mandatory course in child rearing .. just to understand a little of what you are dealing with. It is an enormous challenge. And not all are up to it.. so they take it out on the kids.

So .. I am partially with you.

[fiacre68]

Got spanked huh. Don't worry you will live over it.

[geol19]

No