Should spanking your child be illegal?

[DeadlyFoez]

@Taleweaver
If it makes you feel any better, almost 2/3 of people on this forum agree that a parent has the right to spank their child. Keeping in mind that this forum is primarily left-leaning.
So because that this forum is so left leaning, I figured I would also ask this question on a right leaning website, FunnyJunk.
https://funnyjunk.com/Should+spanking+be+illegal/yNYXMlA/
There, you can see, over 80% of people on FunnyJunk agreed that a parent has a right to spank their child.
Now, of course, this is no scientific polling here, but I think this says enough. The majority of people agree with that the parent has the right to spank their child, from both the left and right. The left side has more people that believe that spanking is wrong, but being that minority is still only ~1/3, I think we can get a close enough consensus about this matter.

Although, I would imagine that if this were to be polled on tumblr then the results might come back as 100% people think it should be illegal, but I am not about to create a tumblr account just to ask that.

If anyone else would like to ask this question on other forums, with proper polling, then please do so. I strongly suggest that you copy my first post and use that as a template because it does not express any bias towards either way, which is important in making polls like this.

I thank you all.

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All i have to do is give the dad look lol , no need to smack any child no matter what they have done.

The dad look works best once you have actually spanked your kid before because then the dad look is far more intimidating to them.

My 4 year old will stop dead in her tracks when I give her the look. She has gotten a spank before, never a bare bottom spank and never even hard enough to even cause fleeting pain, but it was enough of one that just her emotions about it caused her to get upset enough to know that she doesn't want to experience it again.

 

[Spider_Man]

punishing your child should not be illegal, this is whats wrong with todays generation kids having no respect for others and mugging elderly, stabbing others.

we get told we cant punish our kids and teach them right from wrong because some panzy arse twat classes it as child abuse, and it has to stop thinking it will put a stop to child abuse.

im sorry but any sick parent that thinks its ok to use their child as a punch bag, will still do so even if punishing your child is illegal or not.

all these twats are doing is preventing kids from being taught right from wrong, if you go back to my great grandparents days they never had the shit we see now off kids, i mean look at todays world kids even stabbing their teachers.

 

[Taleweaver]

@DeadlyFoez it...actually does make me feel better somewhat. I hadn't read the poll results (hadn't even voted until just now), but it takes only a few hardline posts to create an impression of "everyone is against me". I should've put things in perspective more.

 

[Nerdtendo]

I gave a short answer earlier but I do agree with what a lot are saying. Spanking is necessary provided the parents communicate the reasons well. Hitting just to hit is abuse obviously. My parents were excellent at this.

Gosh, I love my parents.

 

[zomborg]

punishing your child should not be illegal, this is whats wrong with todays generation kids having no respect for others and mugging elderly, stabbing others.

we get told we cant punish our kids and teach them right from wrong because some panzy arse twat classes it as child abuse, and it has to stop thinking it will put a stop to child abuse.

im sorry but any sick parent that thinks its ok to use their child as a punch bag, will still do so even if punishing your child is illegal or not.

all these twats are doing is preventing kids from being taught right from wrong, if you go back to my great grandparents days they never had the shit we see now off kids, i mean look at todays world kids even stabbing their teachers.

God's word brings wisdom on the topic of raising our children and whether to spank.

He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes. Proverbs 13:24

Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline will drive it far from him. Proverbs 22:15

Withold not discipline from the child, for if you strike and punish him with the rod, he will not die. Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell. Proverbs 23:13-14

Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying. Proverbs 19:18

The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame. Proverbs 29:15

Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it. Proverbs 22:6

 

[Reiten]

Not a parent myself so most of my thoughts come from my own upbringing and discussions with my friends who are parents.
The general conclusion I have come to is that spanking your child should not be illegal. Though it should only be used when all other forms of discipline(explaining, grounding, taking away stuff...) have failed. Or when the child has more or less knowingly endangered its own life or the lives of others. As others have noted, the punishment should be followed by a level-headed explanation, why the done thing was bad. Also the spanking should never injure the child.

As a small note, when thinking about this law, does anyone else have to think of that one South Park episode, where the kids got their parents arrested by telling the police they were molested?

 

[spotanjo3]

63 percent said yes .... WOW! They have no right to have a children then. Disgusting. Oh yes, I bet most of them don't have a children and they don't know what children are like. I know because I do and children are preciously. You gotta have humble, understanding, patiently, discipline and teaching them.. That's a key. We have to teach them properly and that's our responsible. Yes, they might break the rules or cheat or ignored. My punishment is to put them in the bedroom with lunch or dinner but without a tv, video game, and smartphone. They will have to sit there thinking about it. Works for me.. They realised and they understands.

NO SPANKING, PERIOD! NONE! Spanking is a bad parents and DONT DESERVE THE KIDS because they don't know how to teach them, easy as that! SPANKING IS NOT THE ANSWER. IT WONT WORK and it will make them worse.

 

[DeadlyFoez]

God's word brings wisdom on the topic of raising our children and whether to spank.

He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes. Proverbs 13:24

Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline will drive it far from him. Proverbs 22:15

Withold not discipline from the child, for if you strike and punish him with the rod, he will not die. Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell. Proverbs 23:13-14

Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying. Proverbs 19:18

The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame. Proverbs 29:15

Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it. Proverbs 22:6

And this is why the bible is a great book to live by, well not this alone. I mean the messages that it teaches. If someone can follow the teachings of the bible and live by them then they become great people... most of the time. I feel the religion is a complete lie, but it's teachings are great.

Oh shit. I hope I didn't just derail this topic now.....

 

[notimp]

Someone call a troll. This topic needs a troll by now.

But my believes on beating children are...

 

[zomborg]

And this is why the bible is a great book to live by, well not this alone. I mean the messages that it teaches. If someone can follow the teachings of the bible and live by them then they become great people... most of the time. I feel the religion is a complete lie, but it's teachings are great.

Oh shit. I hope I didn't just derail this topic now.....

I agree with you. Religion is man made and man is flawed. It's not religion we must seek but instead a relationship with God. When we raise our children by God's plan we walk in wisdom.

 

[Frankbel]

NO SPANKING, PERIOD! NONE! Spanking is a bad parents and DONT DESERVE THE KIDS because they don't know how to teach them, easy as that! SPANKING IS NOT THE ANSWER. IT WONT WORK and it will make them worse.

Based on which principle?
What you don't get and never get is that there is no rule that works in general. That's not mathematics nor physics.
There are children who need to be physically punished and there are children who probably do not need. And there is a gray area in which you need to use more or less spanking.