Spanking Your Kids: Discipline or Abuse? (part 5)

The experts from both sides of the debate weigh in with comments and concerns for "Ricki's" guests; Ricki shares her thoughts.

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[omgtaylorswift01]

@sw20008 since u were spanked and u think u turned out fine, i guess all the thousands of doctors and researchers who criticize spanking dont know what they r talking about. ur the genius. if u spank ur child, at least admit that ur a moron and dont try to rationalize ur behavior.

[R0b0mammal]

My father has been abusing me since i was 3 yrs old, up until now at age 17. As a person that is going through this situation RIGHT NOW, i can assure you that beating your child does NOT work! My situation with my father has escalated to a point where i ended up retaliating both verbally and physically because i just couldn't take it anymore.

The pain i'm going through right now is so deep, that i honestly feel like Killing myself and ending my life.

Parents, don't hit your kids, please....

[omgtaylorswift01]

@MtthwSmmns There are 2 serious issues I have with your statement. One, you want to reframe the debate to an issue that is opinion based, which is if parents should be able to do what they wish regardless of whether it has been proven harmful to children or not simply because they are parents. Two, with regards to the hypothetical you gave about standing in the corner. I have a hard time understandin why you believe that if a child disobeys your command, that the logical next step is to hit him.

[MtthwSmmns]

@ScouseCaspaXS oh and if you say that a child should have freedom, well then you might as well just throw your child to the wolves! By putting a child in the corner you are teaching them that if they break the rules then the punishment will be minor! Me however, Teach my kids that if I have to ask 3 times, then the punishment will not be something to be enjoyed or so minor. Your one of the reasons the murder rate is up. Keep teaching your minor punishments.

[MtthwSmmns]

@ScouseCaspaXS LOL Yea my Parents were such cruel bastards that I would do anything for them! They were so cruel that I respect them so much! My parents are so cruel that I am a law abiding citizen for now anyways until my freedoms are all taken away from which I will rise up and take them back! Oh, yea, my kids have no freedoms until grown up and out of my house. When being a child and living under my roof, you will obey my rules of the house! They are reasonable rules as well.

[MtthwSmmns]

@ScouseCaspaXS because my mom taught me that if I hit someone out of just wanting to hit someone that there are punishments for such crimes. Sorry had to fix that.

[MtthwSmmns]

@ScouseCaspaXS oh, hey you posted this twice! Must have done it out of rage or just impatience! Must be that trained professional coming through.

[MtthwSmmns]

@ScouseCaspaXS You dont have children! You get paid to let other pples children run all over you because you dont know how to punish a child. My children respect me, but also fear me as well, you are right about that. BTW, trust me, dont have children because you wouldnt be able to handle them day and night. Oh, yea, and I also dont really believe that you are a "trained professional". Just a lying person that does not really understand what having children really mean.

[MtthwSmmns]

@ScouseCaspaXS Wow I would hate to live in a world of your making because there would be criminals everywhere! They would kill someone and just get put in the corner. You "Now, dont do that again because killing is bad, do you understand?" Killer "Yes, I understand that if I kill someone then I will be put in the corner which is such a bad place to be, so (lie) I will not do it ever again because the corner is so bad........." LOL nice make believe world of chaos you have there.

[MtthwSmmns]

@ScouseCaspaXS Whoa.... you kiss your mom with that mouth? Hope you dont use that langauge around kids! Looks like someone hasnt been spanked as a child! LOL anyways, the child will never learn anything from being put in the corner over and over again. He or she will just learn repetitiveness is annoying! LOL I guess you just stand there all day long putting kids in the corner over and over and over again because like I said a kid has more energy than your grown self does!

[MtthwSmmns]

@ScouseCaspaXS LOL you are comparing a child to adults! Children are not adults! I dont hit anyone because my mom that if i hit someone out of just wanting to hit someone that there are punishments for such crimes. Its weird how it works! I was taught by spanking that if I got out of line and broke the rules that I would be punished in a way that is not so easy! A punishment that taught me not to hit others! Not a punishment that just made me think, gosh, is this all i get?

[ScouseCaspaXS]

@MtthwSmmns

I, however, have nothing to justify because I'm not a cruel bastard and I don't hurt children. I know how to raise a child w/o resorting to the easy option of inflicting pain on them because I'm not an idiot, not a bully and I want my children to respect me, not be scared of me - like yours probably were and still are.