In what cultures is it quite normal to spank/smack a child to discipline?What cultures still use spanking as a parenting tool?
For many years spanking was looked down upon here in the US. Thankfully I'm starting to see that change. It seems like more and more people I run into do agree with spanking, however the degree to why and how they use it varies from one parent to another.
With all the current ';junk science'; available at the book stores on parenting, it's VERY difficult for parents to become informed on what ';works'; and what doesn't.
All I have to say is - When the general population ';looked down'; on parents who WOULDN'T spank their child when they were acting up, children as a whole behaved MUCH better. Take a survey, I'm sure most would agree.What cultures still use spanking as a parenting tool?
Poverty in lower income countries can be a blessing. Child experts have not attacked and destroyed as many of them yet.
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Here in alabama.. they spank ALOT..... lol u don't see that many Killers coming out of here...
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First to answer the actual question:
There are a LOT of cultures where it is considered normal and appropriate to spank/smack a child, but in my opinion, there are other more effective ways to discipline a child.
Next, I wanted to respond to something El-See wrote, I would have e-mailed, but e-mail is disabled, and I'd really like to know:
You wrote that if a child does something wrong, but did not known that it was wrong beforehand, that a light smack on the hand is a good way to teach them. What I was wondering, is wouldn't a better way to teach them be to talk to them?
It just doesn't seem fair to punish a child for something before you explain that it isn't okay, and why it isn't okay. Doesn't it make more sense to talk to them first?
I apologize if this is out of line, I just wanted to know.
My personal opinion is if your child does something wrong, but didn't no any better in the first place, then a good way to teach them is the next time they do that (for instance touching something) lightly smack their hand. But if a child is intentionally doing soemthing wrong. Or something violent, then a smack on the butt, is perfectly fine! Parents are getting wayy to leenent and kids are getting away with too many things, because parents are soo afraid of being accused of ';abusing';. If your not crossing the line, then dont worry about it. Hope this helped.
I'm in America, and if my kid needs to be spanked, I'll smack her on the butt. If she touches something she shouldn't, she gets a smack on the hand.
Not hard, but enough to let her know that no means no. After all, if she doesn't respect the command ';NO,'; then what's gonna happen when I yell at her not to touch the fire?
Spanking has worked for thousands of years. Abuse never does. It's up to the parent and the child to draw the distinction.
A note; diapers are padding, so the hardest, loudest smack on the butt can be barely felt by the kid. DO NOT spank a kid in pullups the same way... it's substantially less padding.
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I smack when needed and probably should do it more often. It's not like I'm abusing my kids they just need to know when they cross the line and that it's not alright to do what they did,again.
Its the reason why this world is going downhill so many spoiled brats telling their parents what to do instead of the other way around. I think the South is more on spanking then the north.
Only in cultures that are raising well behaved, respectful kids... I am not saying it is OK to BEAT your kids, but sometimes it is necessary to physically discipline them.
the HUMAN culture.
uneducated ones
It's still used in my culture and always will be used. :]
I think it is generally looked down on in most cultures nowadays... as it should be.
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