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Watch full episodes of The View at http://abc.go.com/watch/the-view/SH559080?cid=YTV_VIEW The ladies of The View discuss their opinions on the topic of spanking children!

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[alonzo9772]

I was raised in a house of spanking and yelling. And my brother and I have a problem with how to deal with problems. With how we were raised, we sort of have it set in our mind that you just hit the person to get them to do what you want. Or you force something, to change it's way. The cycle needs to stop. Talk to your child, don't hit them.

[CJCA915]

I gotta agree with Whoopi.

[neecee401100]

@zhabtema Exactly. You have parents who just spank their kids for every little thing. That's uncalled for. Me and my brother were rarely spanked, only when we did something we know we weren't suppose to do. But my Uncle spanks his kids for every little thing, and now my cousin is very violent when she wants her way.

[zhabtema]

I'll put it like this: spanking, in a controlled manner, is DIFFERENT from beating or other forms of physical abuse. Do I think that there exist children who were not spanked and turned out fine? Yes. But I also know children who run amok on the streets who had wonderful parents who talked to them and it didn't help. KNOW your child - if he or she is a little wild and no, go to it. BUT mind the following things: only use a belt, only do it a few times, and only kids 6 to 12. Do not spank teens.

[ultrazman14]

@shaylinmonk There's a difference between spoiling you're kids and using disciplinary action without hitting them. if you're saying that they're being spoiled if they're not being spanked, thats ridiculous. I was never hit as a kid and I feel like i'm a pretty good person.

[shaylinmonk]

Most americans are verry ignorant. All most evet country is kicking your ass when it comes to kids and the way there thought. Most countries where people can afford to send children to school have a 70% graduation rate. Spoild american parents raising spoild amercan brats. Thats is why america got left behind and left in the past. Once a great country and the envy of the world. Now a joke the eveyone but them. They are to stupid to even see it and how bad it will really get.

[40ounceofJuicyJuice]

Knocking the hell out of your kid is wrong but giving a little pop on the hands of rm to reinforce that doing certain things is wrong is fine as far as I'm concerned. I was never beaten but when I was of school age and did something wrong my mother would talk to me first and if that didn't work I'd get a little pop and grounded or something. I'm fine and I have a wonderful family relationship.

[iwantorlando05]

I got spanked with a switch when I was growing up and....I'm fine.

[connerjd]

Our society has gotten to the point that people are too damn afraid to correct people for anything.

[connerjd]

I don't believe in physical force and yelling, but our society becoming so damn soft that it is getting ridiculous. It is getting to the point that you can't tell a child to be quite if they are too loud or even tell them no. It is just as harmful if you never correct a child for anything. just visit a jail for a day, they are fucked up because they never reveived any correction.

[cooolness3]

I was spanked, kicked, punched, and thrown things at as a child. I still remember it and it definitely makes me sad. I don't think you should spank your child. If you can't talk your child out of doing something wrong, then you're not a good enough parent. That's why we have mouths and the ability to form sentences, to communicate. Kids are smart. Talk to them.

[NewRedNinja]

GIVE. ME. A. BREAK. These days, people can be put in jail for so much as wagging their finger at a kid, citing it as "child abuse". I'm not saying you should discipline children with physical force, because there are several ways to make a child regret his/her negative behavior without coming out as too harsh.