lol my grandpa is like that. so if my dad he told me stories of when he was younger and what happened when he got in trouble

no1 in in nu family was ever like that. although my parents did say that they did get hit sometimes. but I'll set my kids straight before they destroy me.

^agreed.

You don't have to beat a kid to instill fear and respect. You want to make them fear and respect you, you take the things they love the most away. Spankings just make you look like a stone age dumbass who doesn't know how to control their child. If you have to hit your kid to control them you shouldnt be a parent. Just saying. Not directed at just you just had enough reading "Smack yo kid".

any type of physical harm is abuse which can lead to jail time. that includes spanking your kid, it is abuse.

82- There is a big difference between spanking or beating a child. Spanking can be a valuable tool in child rearing. It teaches the kid that there are tough consequences for screwed up actions, and to respect authority. If, God forbid, OP's kid gets a little older and decides he wants to go on a damn shooting spree because he doesn't like someone else's opinion, or his girl dumped him, he won't get a STERN talking to. His degenerate ass is gonna be sent packing to the Federal pen, or on an express trip to meet Jesus, Allah, or whomever you believe in.

85- Asinine. That is all.

Actually, statistics and child psychology show that spanking is not a positive tool in raising a child. It is the way I was raised however, the most progressive approach is teaching your children to undestand why their actions are wrong, why there is consequences and then why something they hold as valuable is being taken away. Violence begets violance. This is a generality.

Trying to teach a toddler to not hit by explaining why it is wrong is like trying to talk my dog into not being afraid of the vacuum cleaner. There's not enough understanding there. Am I saying to hit your kid every time they put a toe out of line? No, but in extreme cases such as this, a spanking would be appropriate to me. As someone who has seen the different parenting styles both in my own childhood and that of other family members, I'd say spanking is far more effective. Talking doesn't do anything until the kid is old enough to understand, in which case they shouldn't need to be talked to because by then it's too late. I'm not saying you're wrong, just that I disagree.

agreed

and make him eat them afterwards, i can assure you: he will never do that again!

I was spanked and I became superman. beeeat thaaaat

Superman, did your parents use a stick of kryptonite to beat you?