To Spank Or Not To Spank
Parenting is not easy, every parent knows that. One of the things that makes parenting difficult is the area of discipline. What is the proper way to discipline your child? Is it okay to use corporal punishment or not? The question is this: to spank or not to spank? I do not use spanking with my child, but I am not saying that my method of disciplining my child is the best one. I see other parents who use spanking to discipline their children, and I see that they seem to get good results with that method. To spank or not to spank? Well, I won’t say which is the better method, just see for yourself which method suits your situation. I asked around, and here are the arguments for and against spanking:
- Those who use spanking believe that what made them who they are now are the spankings they received from their parents when they were children. If those spankings molded them into the good citizens that they are now, then it won’t really hurt to use it with their own children also.
- Other parents who use spanking believe that toddlers cannot really understand reasons and the only way to make them see that something is bad is spanking, the only way to prevent them from doing it is spanking.
- Some parents also believe that those children who are spanked by their parents behave more properly in public than those who do not receive any spanking.
- There are also those who believe in this: spare the rod and spoil the child. So they spank.
Here are some thoughts from those who do not spank their children:
- One friend of mine says that spanking is a sign that she has lost control over her children that is why she never spanks them.
- Some people believe that spanking is just a step away from child abuse, that is why they do not use it on their children. It also can diminish the spanked child’s self-esteem. Behaving well in public because of fear of spanking from parents is not really healthy. There are many ways to discipline a child, spanking can be avoided at all cost.
The above views are just some of the many views about spanking, there are many more arguments for and against spanking, you can read more on this topic and decide, to spank or not to spank.
