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NaturalHigh

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86. In my opinion, no. It's usually a sign that the parent has simply lost patience.

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Mon Feb 1, 2016, 05:12 PM

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Is It OK To Spank A Misbehaving Child Once In A While? [View all] Purveyor Jan 2016 OP

Only if they get to do the same thing to you when you are old and dependent on them. n/t Peregrine Took Jan 2016 #1

Best answer of all. Cleita Jan 2016 #31

+10000 wordpix Jan 2016 #68

like you, I have no children, so also try not to judge, having seen some truly horrendous niyad Jan 2016 #2

I was spanked, but snot Jan 2016 #3

I was spanked and worse loyalsister Jan 2016 #60

Is violence the best way to solve problems, especially with little kids? FSogol Jan 2016 #4

I suspect that this would be sensitive subject for some bpositive Jan 2016 #5

+1 TubbersUK Jan 2016 #78

Yes, of course - but only if they're being petronius Jan 2016 #6

Or put corn flakes in fried chicken. AngryAmish Jan 2016 #24

No, not in my opinion. elleng Jan 2016 #7

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Scootch over, these are always fun. I brought beer. beam me up scottie Jan 2016 #10

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You look like a corn flakes fried chicken person. AngryAmish Jan 2016 #25

Well you look like you let your pit bull breast feed at Walmart! It's ON!!! beam me up scottie Jan 2016 #28

I don't drink with you! AngryAmish Jan 2016 #54

You know it's gonna go to the hifiguy Jan 2016 #27

No Kalidurga Jan 2016 #9

What I love most of all in these discussions... Orrex Jan 2016 #11

One swat on the butt, which is all I ever got, hifiguy Jan 2016 #13

My experience as well. To get my attention more than anything. elias49 Jan 2016 #22

Yep. It meant "pay attention and smarten up." hifiguy Jan 2016 #26

Spanking is the easy way out kdmorris Jan 2016 #14

You have apparently, never met my father... Drahthaardogs Jan 2016 #42

I was spanked as a child - on my arm or rear end - LiberalElite Jan 2016 #45

No. katsy Jan 2016 #15

Do I get to spank Ted Cruz when he says something he knows is false? mythology Jan 2016 #16

At a laudramat there was a toddler and a baby angstlessk Jan 2016 #17

No. It's a lazy tactic that teaches children hitting's okay. Logical consequences pnwmom Jan 2016 #18

You left out the most odious part, where he said that America should spank HRC. pnwmom Jan 2016 #19

NO! handmade34 Jan 2016 #20

No abelenkpe Jan 2016 #21

Well, I think too many people onecent Jan 2016 #23

"Kids today are worthless?" Not the ones I know. Bit dramatic, aren't ya? vanlassie Jan 2016 #35

What a strange fantasy rjsquirrel Jan 2016 #38

You must not know many kids. gollygee Jan 2016 #39

Heh. Reminds me of this classic from Bye Bye Birdie LiberalElite Jan 2016 #47

huh? Texasgal Jan 2016 #41

Um, wow. tammywammy Jan 2016 #46

That's what old people were saying 60 years ago about your generation. and 60 Dorian Gray Jan 2016 #50

When you were a kid nobody got a new phone, because they were owned by the phone co. LeftyMom Jan 2016 #64

"and sometimes used as murder weapons in the movies." KentuckyWoman Jan 2016 #75

OMG. n/t jen63 Jan 2016 #71

I hear you. KentuckyWoman Jan 2016 #74

Yikes ! TubbersUK Jan 2016 #76

For those of you who think kids in the past were always well behaved, SheilaT Jan 2016 #79

Would you physically beat an adult? guillaumeb Jan 2016 #29

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This is assault. Nothing heroic. guillaumeb Jan 2016 #44

A spanking and a beating are two different things. ManiacJoe Jan 2016 #55

What is the distinction between the two? guillaumeb Jan 2016 #70

The difference is the purpose and the results. ManiacJoe Feb 2016 #83

A spanking is humiliating to the recipient, and dehumanizes and desensitizing to the giver. guillaumeb Feb 2016 #85

If you cannot tell the difference, it is good that you don't spank. ManiacJoe Feb 2016 #87

I have three grown children. guillaumeb Feb 2016 #88

No. Personal opinion. eom saltpoint Jan 2016 #30

No. frogmarch Jan 2016 #33

We don't spank mrs_p Jan 2016 #34

No it is not rurallib Jan 2016 #36

Never eom rjsquirrel Jan 2016 #37

No. N/t gollygee Jan 2016 #40

Growing up in the 70's my younger brother Texasgal Jan 2016 #43

no H2O Man Jan 2016 #48

Spanking is child abuse. Odin2005 Jan 2016 #49

I don't recall either of my parents ever spanking me with their hands. CBGLuthier Jan 2016 #51

How many times have I seen a mother say, gvstn Jan 2016 #52

No. n/t Little Tich Jan 2016 #53

I know a little boy named Donald who could benefit from a swift kick in the tukkas... lindysalsagal Jan 2016 #56

No laundry_queen Jan 2016 #57

No. BlueStater Jan 2016 #58

Yes Des Moines De Mon Jan 2016 #59

I'm okay with a pop on the behind infrequently, but physically striking over and over - NO! Lil Missy Jan 2016 #61

Would it depend on what we hope to teach? LiberalAndProud Jan 2016 #62

Yes, as long as it is a last resort and you are not angry when you do it. Feeling the Bern Jan 2016 #63

If all you have left to offer is physical dominance over your kids quaker bill Jan 2016 #65

No. Warren Stupidity Jan 2016 #66

I don't have kids but resist the idea we should be telling parents MH1 Jan 2016 #67

I've read all the arguments for and against. OnionPatch Jan 2016 #69

I would likely end up spanking a child....which is why I never had them. KentuckyWoman Jan 2016 #72

I have one adult child and two teenagers. GreenEyedLefty Jan 2016 #73

I was spanked gelatinous cube Jan 2016 #77

I was spanked regularly as a child... Armymedic88 Jan 2016 #80

Okay... Interesting. Nt Purveyor Jan 2016 #82

I didn't have difficult kids, but I tried to find something cry baby Jan 2016 #81

I would like to spank Ted Cruz olddots Feb 2016 #84

In my opinion, no. It's usually a sign that the parent has simply lost patience. NaturalHigh Feb 2016 #86

"[if] the five-year-old, says something she knows to be false, she gets a spanking." Atman Feb 2016 #89

As a psychiatrist Shankapotomus Feb 2016 #90

I only punished my kids by time outs, extra chores, or defenestration Bucky Feb 2016 #91

We need to put an end to this "Only parents know how to parent" bullshit. Act_of_Reparation Feb 2016 #92

I would stop short of "wrong", but I do think it's inadvisable. n/t lumberjack_jeff Feb 2016 #93

I never spanked because I had been spanked OldHippieChick Feb 2016 #94