I would say no. In my experience to discipline a child I have never had to use any sort of physical punishment of any kind. However, I will not judge how other people wish to punish children, as long as the child does not come to harm

Nay. It's assault, no matter how good your intentions are. When applied to a nude or semi-nude child, it verges on a sexual assault. Why the keen interest in maximum humiliation and pain? What's really going on in such a parent's head? And don't parents understand that inflicting pain on the child and then "kissing away their tears" is a good way to warp the kid for life? Talk about mixed messages! Talk about linking physical suffering to physical comforting! Also, striking children teaches them that hitting people who can't hit back is a privilege based on size or age or authority. It is a lesson in bullying. Also, it teaches children that violence is the answer to frustration or anger. NOT a good lesson. None of the children in the generation after me in my family have ever been struck (in anger or otherwise), and they are all good kids or good adults. Parents still have the legal right to assault their children in the U.S., but there's a difference between legally right and morally right. And for all of you who might write back to say, "Oh, but my parents hit me and I turned out okay; I'm going to hit my kids, too," as far as I'm concerned, that statement is proof you did NOT turn out okay. And for those who want to get Biblical, I ask you: are you eating shrimp? spending time in a menstrual hut? wearing wool blends? having sex three Fridays out of four? If you're not following Biblical precepts on those concepts, what gets you all a-twitter and self-righteous about THIS one?

Any criminal that commits a crime sould be found guilty through the courts and when his sentence is given, I feel the sentence should fit the crime and not just be prison time. Examples; Rape a person- criminal should be sentenced to experience the fright of rape so they go- OOOHHH CRAP, what was i thinking, then sent them to prison. If they get the crap frightened out of them then they might wake up, but sometimes criminals don't wake up and after 10 years in prison they right out and pick up where they left off.

Yes, reasonable corporal punishment is both legal and morally right. I'm talking about controlled spanking on the bottom, not losing your temper and beating a child with fists or shoes or a horsewhip. Controlled spanking for a good reason has never been proven to cause either short-term or long-term negative consequences.

A two- or three-year-old child is usually too young to understand much more than a swat. I don't approve of corporal punishment in a general sense, but if your toddler insists on running into the street after being told "no", a smack on the bottom is sometimes the only way to get the point across. HOWEVER, I am of the opinion that children, on average, are more intelligent than they get credit for, and as soon as they have the words and some understanding, they can be reasoned with at as young an age as four or five. I've worked at summer camps with kids aged 3-12 and if any given kid doesn't have emotional problems or suchlike, you can manage discipline with explanations of *why* the rules are the rules (where appropriate) and/or privilege-docking.

yea, definetly i mean if some randomers snotty kid was givin u lip u wood just wanna smack it!!

smack them cheeks

Nay. Spanked horribly myself. I have really bad feelings about my parents because of it.

My answer to this quary would be,just look at the undisiplined youth of today,most are totally rude,obnoctious,and downright criminals for the most part.look at life today with all the government laws about almost everything in our lives today, when I was growing up,we all had guns,and were taught to use them properly,you never heard of a child taking a gun to school to kill people,they were just for show and tell. if we started a tantrum in the market or at lunch,we got our butts smacked but good. I am not saying there were some that grew up with resentment,and I am not for beating or harming children in any way,but beleive me,a good spanking when deserved,never really hurt anyone.

Nay -- I've worked with kids that had behavioral issues within the county mental health/ division and never had to physically hit, spank etc. The reason I say no is that it feeds into the negative behavior, promotes aggression and although it might be a faster way to get a response than a time out or whatever other punishment it's not the best and creates a cycle of everyone being out of control.

You bet, why? because everybody knows corporals are the most misbehaved people in the army...