To spank or not to spank?

[Catholic_Lady]

As of now, I do plan on spanking my future kids. Two spanks per bad behavior is the current plan. I knew a family with young children who had that rule, and the consistency of 2 spanks per bad behavior seemed to work well because they knew exactly what they'd get if they were bad. Those were some of the best behaved kids I ever saw.

Mine are 10 & 12 years old, we never hit them. It's always a been a softly spoken word to point out the difference between right/wrong, safe/dangerous and they respond quite happily, we prefer reason and conversation to teach children. They don't get involved with hitting each other or other kids and don't go around yelling and screaming.

You go start hitting your kids and it becomes normal behaviour which they will carry through life.

I see it in our city centre every day, parents yelling and swearing and slapping and the kid responds in like - neverending cycle and once you've gone there there's no going back. What is the next threat when they become accustomed to spanking and refuse to comply?

Anyway, your kids, your choice. And out of curiosity, how did your friends decide that just the 2 spanks were sufficient?

Well I definitely agree there's a right and a wrong way to do it. I think the key is to not act on anger when you spank. This is quite different from what I see those crazy women doing at Walmart sometimes.