Should parents be able to hit children?

[Alkaz]

Like I just said, using them as a punch bag isnt good! But a smacked bum nown again is good for them. Its instance and shows them whos boss.

If you do something at school the teacher dont say ''aww please can you stop please?'' they just chuck you our or give you a detention and it will normally work. Parents should be able to smack there children without force.

[Pyroka]

Abusing a kid just makes the kid more likely to get psychological damage when he/she's older I guess. So no, bad. Some kids do deserve it, like the little brats who just push their luck too far, but theres a difference between a slapped bottom (to put them in their place), and actually like whipping them proper.

[Alkaz]

How many time, a reasonable smack wont hurt! I bet when you were younger your parents hit you. And smacking them as a punishment isnt really abuse, its not as though your breaking bones or scaring them.

[buttons]

No, it's brutal. I'm too tired to argue why, but it is, and I'm never wrong, so don't doubt me *****.

lol loves it

It should be allowed, not saying I agree with it but I reckon there's no harm teaching your kids some discipline, only if taking away their favourite toys or not letting them out doesn't work. Should be a last resort really, if they're hit (gently) they'll stop what they're doing but if you just shout at them or threaten them they'll be encouraged to wind you up more, a little smack will show them who's boss. It'll stop them from being so spoilt and actually do what they're told.

[Frodo13.]

It should be allowed and it works, the parents know how to parent their children better than the state ever will.

We agree on something. This is perhaps the most conservative view I have, but whippings like the ones I get, work. I've never been in serious trouble, I've done well in school. Heck, I wouldn't dare do things any different in fear of getting a belting. It's a good deterent. In Eatern Countries, many petty criminals get punished with whippings/cannings. I bet the shoplifters/druggies of the UK wouldn't be in any haste to comitt crime again after recieving what they recieve.

[Moh]

Like I just said, using them as a punch bag isnt good! But a smacked bum nown again is good for them. Its instance and shows them whos boss.

If you do something at school the teacher dont say ''aww please can you stop please?'' they just chuck you our or give you a detention and it will normally work. Parents should be able to smack there children without force.

Even if you get a detention you still do it again =P

But yeah, I agree with you. A smack on the bum is ok. Like why farmers put electric fences up. If a cow gets shocked by an electric fence, it won't go near the fence again. So the child will know that if they do something bad, they will get a smack.

[Wayne]

No, I disagree with hitting children.

[Abbie.]

no, i was proper hit badly as a kid for the smallest thing, like i remember having bruises all down my leg for not learning my spellings.

it doesnt help in the long run, it just puts fear into the child, and they will remember the negitives of their parents rather than the positives.

[GommeInc]

Smacking is fine, thumping them in the face isn't. Different tactics work on different children, it's one thing the government/social services lack the appropriate brain cells, assuming we're all the same - like robots Of course, I don't mean beating the crud out of the child behind closed doors, I mean a quick slap across the wrist (which all grandparents do at some point anyway) - this is an "illegal" practice, supposedly.

If removing of privledges does not work, then a slight slap on the wrist may do and vice versa. Children are pretty much dumb anyway, they won't remember verbal things, something physical they do - punished via lack of priviledges or a slight smach etc.

[Richie]

It depends i don't think hitting defenceless children is ok, but i'm suprised perants don't want to hit teens like i know how much o a ***** i can be