Should spanking your children be illegal??? Need Ideas for essay!!

[asheleyc1212]

Spanking should NOT be illegal, I I have tried everything with my kids, time out, talking to them, spanking, and just plain trying to kid proof my house to a completely unattainable degree... I wanted to do with out spanking because as a child my dad always went a little overboard with it on me... not my younger sisters... Sometimes I thought it was my fault for not being biologically his, as I got older, he said it was because he "expected more from u than ur sisters" I will say if you do choose to spank your children do not discriminate against certain ones. I only spank my kids when its something pretty bad, otherwise its a time out for the little one, and my all time favorite is the writing sentences.. My 8 yr old HATES HATES HATES IT... If she sasses me, or yells at me.. *which oh yes, she tests my patience* I make her sit down and write 20 or 30 times " I will not yell at my mom." or for instance, "I will not slam my door"  stuff like that.. Time out or "grounding" doesn't work with her, but my 2 yr old it still works on. There are many different ways to discipline children, but as long as spankings aren't given for EVERY LITTLE THING, and aren't given in a abusive manner.. **in my opinion slapping a child in the mouth is a bit much, have a friend that does that, I leave her house everytime I see it, DRIVES ME NUTS, told her I didn't think she should do it, almost ended a friend ship because she told me, I can raise my kids my way and hers her own** ... But as said in another post, every child is different, and there are definitely a ton of teens that should have had their behinds spanked as children and they probably wouldn't be so outta control and disrespectful now.

[Angelbot]

I have to say that spanking a child should NOT be illegal! ive been spanked as a child and i have never held a grudge against my parents for doing so! in fact i thank them for it! they use to spank me once hard on the bum and then send me to my room! now ive seen some people whove spanked their children more than once in public and i think thats a little much! once is enough to get the point across! i agree with alot of people that parents should know the difference between spanking and abuse! but definetly spanking should NOT be illegal!

[SCarter984]

Spanking should not be illegal.  It has been an acceptable discipline since forever.  The problem is that people have begun to take their frustrations out on their children and have begun bludgeoning them.  THAT should be illegal.  That is abuse!

[kenrachel1993]

why do we think some of todays teens are so unruley ?? because good old fashioned spanking has already been practically removed from our society !! im not talking about whipping to abuse the child . ther is a limit  ! NEVER spank a child in or out of anger !!!! always afterward ask them to tell you why they were spanked and then remind them actions have consequences and finally hug them and let them know they are loved !!!