I think sometimes when our anger builds to a place where it hasn't been before (or in awhile), we need a quick release, and spanking seems an easy to way to kill two birds with one stone - the child causing the anger is getting punished and the spanker is offered a release. I don't feel comfortable spanking as I've come to realize that in the moments where I feel like a spank is needed, I actually need a time out as much as the kid. I had been smarting off to my mother though and her first reaction after growing so angry with me was to spank me. I still agree with him now that I'm a 'parent' and I can see that at that age there would be much more effective punishments (grounding from friends, tv, computer, etc) than spanking. My parents got into a fight about it afterwards because my dad felt that I was too old to be spanked, and at the time I of course agreed with him.
The very last time I was spanked it was by my mother, and I must have been in about 5th or 6th grade. In my youth, I remember being spanked, but not very often. I'm still thoroughly disgusted at the thought. I just can't imagine having some old leach thinking it's a great thing he's doing if he bares their asses. I mean, my god, a child of 12 will have pubic hair. I'd guess that's a good way to teach children to hate, especially an older child. I just don't see the point in degrading and humiliating them that way. I didn't think anyone still thought that it was OK to humiliate a child by pulling their pants down and hitting a bare bottom. I found other ways and I've got grown kids who are doing great and were never in trouble so it worked for us.Īnyway, I was just shocked at what I read. If you can pull it off and it works, more power to you. Spanking wouldn't have worked for me because it just didn't feel right to me. I guess the key is doing what works right for you. I do understand that some do and it works for them. I just couldn't do it with any of my kids. We had to go out and pick out the switches too but that was so long ago. However, making a child remove their clothing for punishment is a step WAAAY too far in my opinion. I AM opposed to spanking for me and my family but I do understand that some people want to do it and that it's their right to do so if it works for them as long as it's done in moderation. I don't think any human being EVER has the right to humiliate another, particularly a child and making them bare their asses to be beaten with an object is all about humiliation, power and control. If I heard of a grown man who was baring the asses of someone that age I'd want him arrested. It was said that appropriate punishment is blistering a bare ass with a belt, paddle, handĮDIT - This was advocated for OLDER children -age 12+. Maybe I'm the odd one out with my opinion. Wright case of 1977 that the spanking of kids in schools does not violate the Constitution's ban on "cruel and unusual punishment" or the right to due process.This came up on another blog and I wondered what other people's opinions are. The Supreme Court ruled in the Ingraham V. Georgia and 18 other states in the South, Southwest and Midwest allow corporal punishment, although cities likeHouston, Memphis, and Atlanta have ended the practice, The Atlantic magazine reported.
The district is investigating the incident and looking into its discipline policies at this time." When corporal punishment is used, it is with parental consent.
"That code of conduct is provided to all parents. "However, we can speak generally about the district's code of conduct which allows corporal punishment as one of the consequences for behavior," district officials said. Officials with the Jasper County School District released a statement on the district's website saying they are aware of Perez's video but cannot comment "about the specifics of this incident" due to state and federal privacy laws.