Should parents be able to hit children?

[J0SH]

A few punches in their head till their vision blurs should do the trick, often kicks in the stomach till they throw up if they misbehave also.

That should get them to behave.

[Shockwave.2CC]

NO!!!

[Melsia]

No, violence never solves any problems in my opinion.
I can see why some parents might want to but I think there are more effective ways of solving behavior issues.

[today]

A clip round the ear never hurt anyone!

[FlyingJesus]

i disagree.
i'd say it's more efficient removing privileges than adding bruises.

I was smacked as a child from time to time if I did something really wrong (I was a pretty good kid anyway though so didn't happen often) and it doesn't leave bruises, it's just to show that bad things happen if you misbehave

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.

In the case of proper beatings I'm sure it's not much fun to endure, but the thread's not about the right to beat up a kid, it's about physical discipline which needed be overly strict or heavy

So you all think it's ok for children to be brought up thinking that hitting is the answer?

That doesn't happen, because hitting someone was one of the very few things that would get me a smack - therefore I grew up realising that hitting someone else would get me hurt. Kids these days grow up thinking if they hit someone they might not be able to watch TV for an hour or something, and so what? They can just go out and hit more people instead

Same, even if it doesn't physically harm them in a few years. they will remember it.

I remember it and it doesn't bother me

You can't assualt someone on the street. So No.

No-one's suggesting random attacks on children for no reason, and people on the street aren't your responsibility in any case

It shouldn't be legal, some parents will take it to far. Anyway, I respect your opinion.

If parents are willing to go "too far" then they'll do it no matter what the law is. The law currently states you can't leave marks, but it still happens in some cases

No, violence never solves any problems in my opinion.
I can see why some parents might want to but I think there are more effective ways of solving behavior issues.

Other ways? Yes. More effective ways? Only possibly. Fear is often the best teacher, and when they grow up and realise that it's a teaching method they'll be grateful like I am and like the thread starter is (assuming they are intelligent enough to work out why it was done). Better a tap on the wrist or light smack than negligence and appeasement. Parents these days are too scared to discipline their own children, which is an extremely sad scenario

[Immenseman]

I agree with it to an extent. It works like classical conditioning I reckon. They do something bad they get a thick ear. They will associate bad things with a negative sanction thus not do them therefore be good, well disciplined children. Obviously, this is if the parents don't actually wollop the children, although some children probably do deserve it but that's a topic for another day.

[Jackk]

they shouldnt be able to like kick the hell out of them, but i think if there being a little **** they should get a clip around the ear.

[Nxrissa]

i think its wrong to do it.

[VirtualG]

i don't like it, and i wouldn't do it to my kids.
and tbh, i'd be more likely to behave from having my computer taken off me than being slapped about. ;/

Yes, same here. And if that didn't fix you, then a "spank" wouldn't. The kid's that people think actually deserve it would only react in a way that would make things worse. If you want your kids to be disiplined sign them up to something like this http://www.cadetnet.gov.au/Pages/Home.aspx
It worked for me and now I've gotten my mates into it and we all love it and behave a lot better