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Teachers used to be able to smack a child's hand till it was blacker then the night sky. (not literally). So I don't see why my parents couldn't spank my ass blue and black for being bad. Although, I used run before I get spanked because my dad is SCARY!

I remember in Shopping and Grocery Malls if I was bad my dad always said "Do you want a spanking in the shopping mall with a black and blue ass and a moon to every person." I always shut up after that.

It depend's on the situation.
If it's for no reason at all, then I completely disagree with it, it's not right when it's not done for a good purpose.
If it's to gain control and be able to place a certain amount of authority in the household then I'm fine with it.

I.e. The child's done something terrible and needs to be taught a lesson. Sure, grounding them may teach them a lesson but is it really enough? Surely they'll feel like they can do the same thing again and that's not very good situation for parent's to deal with.
But as I said, it really depend's on the situation.

Also, I don't believe that it should be too painful, just enough to make them not do it again. Parent's need to have some authority over their kid's and in a way, it's the best thing they can do for them in some cases.

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I can understand the general idea of it, you do something wrong you get a punishment.

I used to get smacked as a kid, actually once my mum said i was a greedy little girl and stuck my face in the butter thingy... but all it does is hit the parents in the face later. I do not trust my mother at all, one of my friends never lives with her dad anymore because he hit her once. I will most likely move away from home soon, and thats basically because what my parents did to me as a child makes me more angry now.

Once the child that is being hit gets older, they can defend themselves and respond to their parents a lot stronger. We grow up for a reason.

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I agree with Marietta, my dad used hit us, it hurt loads but without I don't think my brother would even contmplate listening to my dad if he hadn't have done it.
Sometimes he did take it a bit far like once we were upstairs supposed to be going to sleep when my brother started giggling, so my dad came upstairs and hit both of us because he didn't know which one it was, that was the last time he ever hit me thats when I was 9.
He's never hit my sister, he's allways been a lot less angry since she was born
I do agree with it but don't, I think it can help disciline a child but it also wrecks families, I used to hide and cry when he was doing it to my brother and my mum would sit there totally hopeless too.

this is precisely the reason why there is a law, that parents prohibit to beat their children, in Germany since few years ago. of course, nobody sticks to it. also not the politicians, who voted for the law. but this law makes also only sense if children are prepared already in the school for having to raise up children someday. at my school, this happens... for example in case we work partly in an kindergarten or so.

parents should not smack their kids on the face, but on the butt is totally fine. it's not gonna actually hurt them, and a spanking is often the fastest, most effective way to get the point across. it makes the child associate whatever wrong action with pain, so they will not do it again. because, the thing is, kids often have not yet developed a sense of right and wrong. parents have to teach their kids what associations to make. if they can't see that the action is wrong, or they don't care, a spanking will at least let them see that the action brings bad things for them

a little girl i know has never been spanked once in her life, literally. whenever she is in public, she is allowed to just sream and scream for no reason at all, and her parents just ask her to stop and promise her candy and junk. they actually reward the kid for screaming with attention and treats, so she will never stop doing it.

Its great to see all different types of opinions and this forum has given the best opinions and explanations that I have see and I have posted this question on a few forums now!

that shows how great the people are on this site!

in a German forum, your question was discussed so controversial, so that the thread was closed in the end and even deleted cause it only consisted irrelevant arguments and insults. Russian,Turkish, Spanish immigrants and some old German natives discussed and offended themself on the most vehement level. and at last, it only was embarrassing to read this.

Hitting anybody under age is illigal in Norway, and a lot of other countries as well, the problem is even with the law there, not a lot of cases get found out.
Children respect their parents, and very few children would dare tell any other grown up if their parents were hurting them. So often it goes to far, even if it is just punishment it's illigal.
The law is there to protect children and minors from being hurt by parents and other adults, but it barely works.

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