I agree.SurfinTaxt said:If you beat your kids, then you are a scum of the earth nothing
Good thing that spanking and beating are two totally different things.
I agree.SurfinTaxt said:If you beat your kids, then you are a scum of the earth nothing
^^This sssoooo muchanthony87 said:I agree.SurfinTaxt said:If you beat your kids, then you are a scum of the earth nothing
Good thing that spanking and beating are two totally different things.
Yep, a coward. Now a 200lb man that disciplines his kid by spanking is a normal parent.SurfinTaxt said:What do you call a 200 lb man who hits his defenseless 50 lb kid?Volf99 said:maybe your parents didn't properly apply spanking, but mine did and I don't hate them for it, nor do I have such a emotional motivated hatred of it like you seem to have.
You didn't answer my first question: if US laws changed, would your opinion of spanking change?Volf99 said:more or less those are the reasons why I don't consider it abuse. Only addition I would make is that I was spanked as a child and looking back at it I don't think it was abusive behavior.
Are you claiming that spanking is not hitting, or that kids being spanked are not defenseless?Volf99 said:Yep, a coward. Now a 200lb man that disciplines his kid by spanking is a normal parent.SurfinTaxt said:What do you call a 200 lb man who hits his defenseless 50 lb kid?
Who's talking about beating kids?SurfinTaxt said:I was hit plenty as a kid, and Its kept me from ever really developing a close bond with my parents. Its just not right, in fact its fucking cowardly, hitting a tiny defenseless human being just so you can feel more powerful. If you beat your kids, then you are a scum of the earth nothingMonkeyman O said:...SurfinTaxt said:what about people who beat kids for inconsistent things? What about people who hit their kids for no good reason at all? There are other ways to get through to them, hitting them is just primitive. People who beat their kids are just cavemen
What the fuck? What was the point of that comment?
That comment was on the same lines as someone saying sex between two consenting adults is fine then you coming in and asking "Well what about rape or paedophiles?"
See, maybe if your parents had hit you a little more you would stop and think about what you are saying.
MasochisticAvenger said:So, I've been following another thread wherein the original poster argued that Tommy Jordan, the man who shot up his daughter's laptop, is abusing his daughter. Disturbingly, I found that some people had the opinion punishing a child for doing something wrong is considered a form of abuse. Some even going as far as suggesting punishing a child for doing something wrong should be considered on the same level as beating a wife.
So, Escapist, do you think punishing a child is, or should be, considered abuse?
Well, to an extent it is a generational thing.... My dad had the tar beaten out of him as a child, but in the 50's that was acceptable.... On the other hand neither he not my mother ever laid a hand on me ( in an agressive fashion) and I'd say I turned out okay. ( but so did my dad) and I have met my grandparents, they are not bad people, it is just a matter of what was acceptable then vs what is acceptable now.SurfinTaxt said:I was hit plenty as a kid, and Its kept me from ever really developing a close bond with my parents. Its just not right, in fact its fucking cowardly, hitting a tiny defenseless human being just so you can feel more powerful. If you beat your kids, then you are a scum of the earth nothingMonkeyman O said:...SurfinTaxt said:what about people who beat kids for inconsistent things? What about people who hit their kids for no good reason at all? There are other ways to get through to them, hitting them is just primitive. People who beat their kids are just cavemen
What the fuck? What was the point of that comment?
That comment was on the same lines as someone saying sex between two consenting adults is fine then you coming in and asking "Well what about rape or paedophiles?"
See, maybe if your parents had hit you a little more you would stop and think about what you are saying.
Someone didn't read the original post and just responded based on an assumption of the thread's topic.Electro Dave said:No it's not abuse to give them a smacked bottom once in a while if you have exhausted all other alternatives.
But there is obviously a fine line between slapping their bum as a form of discipline and out right abuse.
The way I see it, it should be used as a last resort for the unruly.