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Parents under 35, do you spank your children?
Posted on 6/28/23 at 11:42 am
Posted on 6/28/23 at 11:42 am
If so, under what circumstances?
If not, what is your reasoning?
It seems that spanking kids has almost completely disappeared from our society. I’m in no way advocating for a “beating.” As a matter of fact, I have two grown children, and I spanked each of them only a handful of times in their lives. I have three grandchildren now, and I’m not aware of them ever being spanked. To be perfectly honest, I can see and understand both sides.
If not, what is your reasoning?
It seems that spanking kids has almost completely disappeared from our society. I’m in no way advocating for a “beating.” As a matter of fact, I have two grown children, and I spanked each of them only a handful of times in their lives. I have three grandchildren now, and I’m not aware of them ever being spanked. To be perfectly honest, I can see and understand both sides.
Posted on 6/28/23 at 11:44 am to High C
quote:no it hasn't unfortunately
It seems that spanking kids has almost completely disappeared from our society.
If you feel you are needing to spank your kid, 9 out of 10 times its your issue not the kids
Posted on 6/28/23 at 11:45 am to High C
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Parents under 35
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children
What is this, Mexico?
Posted on 6/28/23 at 11:46 am to High C
I don't have kids but I would spank them once to instill the fear, and then just threaten it whenever they are bad. That's what my dad did to me and it seemed to work because I would shape up quick whenever he cracked that belt 

Posted on 6/28/23 at 11:46 am to High C
More importantly, do you spank your children 35 and over.
Posted on 6/28/23 at 11:46 am to High C
I don’t belong in here as I’m 48 but I have 3 kids. Never spanked my oldest daughter. I spanked the shite out of my oldest son, now 19. Only “lightly” spanked my youngest who is 10. My younger brother who is 36 spanks his boys but not his girls, sister n law spanks them though but all their kids are also good at this point. They are all in the 5-10 y/o range
Fwiw, I haven’t spanked my 19 y/o since he was 6 or 7 but it was a whooping not a spanking. I haven’t spanked him consistently since around 4 or 5.
Fwiw, I haven’t spanked my 19 y/o since he was 6 or 7 but it was a whooping not a spanking. I haven’t spanked him consistently since around 4 or 5.
This post was edited on 6/28/23 at 11:51 am
Posted on 6/28/23 at 11:47 am to SuperSaint
quote:
no it hasn't unfortunately
If you feel you are needing to spank your kid, 9 out of 10 times its your issue not the kids
There you go, the modern viewpoint in a nutshell.
Posted on 6/28/23 at 11:47 am to PrecedentedTimes
quote:No, it's GreenRock's haciendaquote:
Parents under 35
children
What is this, Mexico?
Posted on 6/28/23 at 11:47 am to High C
my daughter is an OG spanking her does nothing she just stares at me
She actually responds better to timeout.

She actually responds better to timeout.
Posted on 6/28/23 at 11:48 am to High C
These are always great threads. You'll have lots of people with no kids telling you how to raise yours. There is no blanket answer. Sometimes spanking in necessary, if nothing else is working.
Posted on 6/28/23 at 11:49 am to High C
I am 35. I’ve spanked my now 3.5 year old a few times. Mostly when he was around 2. Haven’t had to in a long time, since the threat is now there.
We give him plenty of chances to avoid it (I sure don’t want to do it), and most of the time he cooperates before it comes down to spanking.
We give him plenty of chances to avoid it (I sure don’t want to do it), and most of the time he cooperates before it comes down to spanking.
Posted on 6/28/23 at 11:49 am to High C
I am 41 so I am too old for this but I do have 3 kids. The first one I didn't really have to spank. She was a kid that listened and i would just have to give her the look and she shaped up. The second one got her butt spanked allllllll the time and it didn't work. She is just as strong willed at 16 as she was at 3. The baby who is 3 now, well I don't spank him. He's the baby boy, it hurts my heart to even fuss at him.
But daddy will pop his butt if he needs it. but he is a pretty good kid too. If I had the middle child first I would never have had another kid.

Posted on 6/28/23 at 11:50 am to Byron Bojangles III
fricking right we did. My daughter has a child that's 1.5 years old. She is already sternly correcting him and will spank if needed when he's older.
Posted on 6/28/23 at 11:50 am to PrecedentedTimes
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Parents under 35
children
What is this, Mexico?
It was tough coming up with an age that wasn’t completely arbitrary. I used that number because it limits things approximately to millennial parents.
Posted on 6/28/23 at 11:51 am to High C
I've only done it once with our toddler, she bit me and got a spank on the leg for it as an instant reaction, I felt like a total a-hole but noticed that afterwards she never again tried to bite so I convinced myself it was worth it. She's relatively well behaved and follows instructions with time out, or even the threat of time out.
I'm not against spankings but will go out of my way to use it as a last ditch effort.
I'm not against spankings but will go out of my way to use it as a last ditch effort.
Posted on 6/28/23 at 11:51 am to High C
I did when they were very young, but as they grew older the shame of disappointing me is more painful and lasting than any physical punishment.
Posted on 6/28/23 at 11:52 am to High C
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Parents under 35, do you spank your children?
I can answer this. No they do not.
Posted on 6/28/23 at 11:52 am to High C
Not to spanking age yet, but I have no aversion to a pop on the arse if necessary in the moment to send a message that whatever behavior is totally unacceptable/needs to stop. Biting, etc. as others have mentioned. Verbal warnings would come first of course.
Don't see myself ever delivering a true "spanking" as in hitting multiple times or using a belt, etc.
In my mind, its more of an attention-getting device than a punishment.
Don't see myself ever delivering a true "spanking" as in hitting multiple times or using a belt, etc.
In my mind, its more of an attention-getting device than a punishment.
This post was edited on 6/28/23 at 11:56 am
Posted on 6/28/23 at 11:52 am to High C
Everyday my kids know that they got 10 smacks coming automatically. Its up to them to work that number down by the end of the day through chores and good deeds.
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