Spanking, beating, belting, smacking, and any other sort of physical abuse towards kids of any age is lazy parenting. Anyone who does this is a coward and a lazy asshole who isn't fit to be a parent. If you can't find a better way of dealing with a child's actions than beating them then you need to reassess your own character rather than taking it out on another person.
I was the whiniest little bitch of a kid up until the age of like 12, was never spanked even once, and am now a perfectly well-functioning, smart, outgoing 17-year-old with no noticeable traces of the kid I used to be.
What do you guys think? Do you think Corporal Punishment is okay? If so, why? If not, why not?
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You know, I was beat when I was a child. Over a lot of stupid reasons (not reading to my little sister). I'm thankful that my mom beat the living shit out of me at times. I was never a bad child. Always had good grades, never really disobeyed. My parents were strict with things, however it did make me into the person I am today. I am not fully supportive of corporal punishment, but there are times where it may be needed. Do I want to resort to that with my future children? No. However, I see the way that kids are today, and I facepalm about how they respect elders and people in general, and I definitely want to relate that to parents who are too lazy to actually punish their kids. Children having children is worse, and people who don't pay attention to their children because they are too immature to do so are worse. So, there are a lot of other things to be talked about on the subject of parenting rather than just corporal punishment. It's a fraction of what is wrong / right. There should always be other things that are done rather than just that one thing.