Spanking Makes Children More Aggressive, Study Shows

This can't be serious. Spanking causing aggression? Really? Whatever! My parents used to spank me (with a belt even!) growing up and I didn't turn out aggressive.
If a child is misbehaving and acting up, then spank their butt! We need to stop living in a world where people think discipline and spanking is abuse. There's a BIG difference between beating a child and popping them on their butt for acting the fool.

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I was spanked as a child, but it was never out of anger and it was never undeserved. As a young adult getting ready to graduate from college, I can't even begin to tell you how thankful I am for the discipline my parents gave me. When I look around at the rest of my generation and those behind me, I know exactly which children were "spared the rod" and which children were not.

There's a difference between spanking and abuse and this study didn't exactly clarify that. I've noticed that more aggressive children tend to be those who are punished unnecessarily to the point where they are almost numb to the spanking. It becomes just another part of life. BUT, when a child is spanked sparingly by a cool-headed mature parent are they more aggressive then?

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I have raised 2 daughters,6 grandkids, cared for 3 and had used spanking on all of them and none of them are bad or mean to any body. thats what is wrong with this world. I have seen kids in the plubic scream and holler at their parents and at other people. I f one of the children would ever talk. scream or holler at me like that seen they would get spank right there and then. Like i tell all my kids they are never to old to get spank.

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All of you who believe spanking is wrong for whatever your misguided and delusional reasons, please don't have any children. The country is screwed up enough. Even God said " spare the rod and spoil the child".

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I do not there is anything wrong with spanking or course you should not abuse your child. Children need to be held accountable for there actions. I have to say my friends that did not get spanking seem to be less diciplined and almost spolied. Yes you should try other methods before you spank and make it a last resort. Well 1st I sit down with my child and explain to then what they did wrong. 2nd write a scripture out of the bible. If the behavior continue to gets worse then it is time for a spanking. If you do not discipline your kids now then the juvenile detention center will or the jail.

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Bullsh*t.
This will just be used as more excuse for some parents to have rotten, ill-behaved children.

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I have 2 daughters ages 11 and 14 and they were both spanked when they did something to deserve it.When they were babies and started standing while holding onto things, they would reach out and try to grab things they were'nt supposed to have so I asked their doctor how to stop that without having to put everything on a high shelf. She told me to take my first two fingers and lightly tap their hand and say "No." Now am I a bad parent because I started "spanking" at such a young age? The light tapping never hurt them but they did learn to not touch certain things. As they got older I started the real spanking and for the most part they didn't walk away crying or screaming but they understood that what they did was wrong. I did use more time outs as they got older but they were spanked up until age 9 and both of them turned out pretty good. I think it depends on the relationship the parent has with the child and how often the child is spanked. My neighbor does not believe in spanking and her three kids ae out of control. She thinks that time outs and taking things away are better forms of punishment. They run wild when she takes them out and they don't listen to her at all. Her oldest told my 11 year old that spanking is abuse and that she should call the police on me. When my daughter told me that, I laughed and asked her if she thought it as abuse and she simply said, "No."

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Seriously? I was spanked when I was young, and my boyfriend comes from a background where he was beat, and neither of us have ever had a tendency to bully or otherwise abuse our peers, or anyone else.
You know why children are more agressive now when they're spanked? Because they hear about other kids who call it child abuse and then get whatever they want!
Do a study on agressiveness in children in comparison to how much expensive crap their parents buy them. My brothers are beautifully behaved pre-teens and guess what they do? They go play in the mud and go fishing and play tag with the neighborhood kids! They hardly ever play with computers or gaming systems.

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I spank my three kids rears, starting at 11 months. I slap their hands once, and never again after...but i place their hands in one hand on my fingers and with my other hand i clap the palm of my hand to "stun" them. IT WORKS.
I use a wooden spoon for spanking ON THE REAR WITH PANTS ON. When people visit with my kids or we are in public, MY children are the sweetest, sharing, courteous, and loving-- EVEN understanding.
I spank my kids, like my parents did me, and there parents did them. Forget the LEFT WING NUT JOBS and keep some order in this country.

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Did the study account for the fact that the children being spanked more might be more aggressive to start with? In my household, spanking was only used for willful, knowing disobedience, and most of my friends and family used it the same way, as a last resort. Perhaps these children were more willful right from the get-go. It would also be interesting to follow them into the future and see if they remain more aggressive, outgoing, extroverted types.

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If a child is being spanked many times by the age of 3, then that child was destined to be in trouble constantly already. You guys are a bunch of idiots to believe this shit, even animal offspring are disciplined physically. I was spanked plenty of times throughout my first 18 years and I know I deserved it, and I was not an aggressive child going around bullying others and shit. These people are idiots, think about it, over the past couple of decades people have been complaining more and more about discipline and b*tching about a child getting spanked, and criminal activity has increased along with it. A child that knows their parent is going to back up what they say and discipline them and keep their asses in line, that child is going to grow up obeying the law and people around them. Kids that grow up getting away with everything, and their parents trying to talk to them calmly and quietly are going to do whatever they want and treating everyone like shit. I don't mean people should beat on their kids, BUT HEY! What the hell happens when you touch a burning stove??????????? You get burnt, what happens when you mess with a cactus......you'll never want to do that again. What happens when you mess with a skunk.......or aggravate a dog or cat???? You're going to learn the hard way, they're not going to speak quietly and tell you "shhh...don't do that", you're going to feel pain. Get over yourselves people, pain is a part of life.

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maybe someone should do a study on the affect of passing children who deserve to be held back...or how giving them any thing they want all the time turns them into a generation of spoiled brats that think their government owes them...

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Due to the near success of the liberals and anti spanking movement of the past years we now have a severe problem with flash mobs here in Philadelphia with teenagers. Teens killing innocent ADULTS just for kicks. Teens killing their parents. Just watch the news and see the results of your flawed research. I was brought up with spanking, and I did some college, did over 20 years in the armed forces, own my own house, and two cars. Married with my own children. Have two teen aged daughters, one just got into college the other about to finish high school and none of them got pregnant. I also have two teen boys that hasn't been involved with the law. That's pretty damn good for living in Philadelphia. They have and do get the discipline when needed. My 9 year old reads on a 12th grade level, and all this was done with discipline and not abuse.

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First of all, these studies have almost no controll. First of all the kids are obviously not rased in same environments. Are they inner city vs subruban, who their parents are, how do they fit in their day cares, what are their parents occupation, what are their parents relationships amongst each other? These are just sveral things that will also influence the childs behavior. I mean if a father is abusive towards mother , well what do you expect the child to be , extremely passive and peaceful? What i am trying to say is these websites just get random b.s from some godforsaken sources, which conduct research on such topics as this in a very crude, unscientific manner.

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Most of you commenting against it , were raised with time outs, and oh nobody loses a game we dont keep score, what a bunch of bs. You must learn there's losers and winners, you must follow rules, play your best to win an be a productive person....BRING BACK the draft! every young man learn real quick to follow orders, follow rules and if you decided to back talk, well lets just say you only did it once.Pareents now oh dont correct little jonny it'll make him crazy , he'll grow up hating people, when this crap started Ive watch the teens become more and more disrespectful to everyone even their friends, watch the news, time out my butt, teach them real quick (just like as a grown up) you dont obey the rules of life; respectof others obey the Laws of this great land, you end up being punished not sent to you room for a time out. Damn people You parents left you down period. No wonder so many live be on their means and lose their homes they have no COMMON sense, sometime that only comes form learning the hard way

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My parents loved beating on me and telling me how worthless I
was and telling me why couldn't I be like my older sister, whom
they worshiped.I choose wrong men in my life who only hurt me
I grew up with agoraphobia and anti social attitudes.. But it doesn't
matter any more because I am now 72 and I can sleep all day and
sometimes I have a happy dream.Nothing I ever did mattered
anyhow.

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Alright, i'm a firm believer of spanking, i think that when a child acts out, and a simple warning does not work, take them into a different room and bust their butts, i'm not a beleiver on spanking a child in front of others, it seems more degrading, and to those whose going to say spanking is degrading then either they have no children, or they are really bad at living in reality, i was spanked when i was a child, and i understood why, my eldest sisters were not, and one of them ended up ruining a family because the discipline came to late, my son acts like a jerk sometimes, a simple look to him, shows him what kind of act he's pulling, and when that look becomes useless, he gets one warning threat, when that doesn't work, we walk to a bathroom, i don't see a point in putting them in time out, because you can only keep them in their mere minutes of age,( if they are 3) only three minutes, and by a minute and a half they've already forgot why they are there, the simple spanking reminds them then and their,

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There is nothing wrong with spanking a child when they are being downright defiant and used only as a last resort. When is the last time anyone was able to reason with a 3 old? Oh wait, it's better to discipline by messing with a kids head right? I would rather get a spanking and get it over with, believe me the spankings I got when I was kid made me "think" (there's the psychology) twice before I misbehaved again. How much money was spent on this study? Granted, there is a line between spanking and abuse, so a good swat on the backside is not abuse, anything more is abuse. I have raised two beautiful and well behaved children that are not even the least bit belligerant or aggressive, they are confident in themselves and do not let people misuse or manipulate them.

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Just another stupid study!!! Everyone I know got his when they were little and not just a little hit on the butt hell we got the big fat leather belt the spoon the smack on the thigh hell we got just about everything and Oh my GOD we all seem to be normal people these so called studies try to scare the parents from disciplining their children and you know what I see a generation of selfish lazy back talking brats!! I have six children and I go by the old fashion way I really have hardly ever hit my children(on the butt) but they know if they cross that line they will get it!! oh and my children have chores and as soon as they can get their working card they work!!!! and pay their way just like we all did (we will help with some of the cost) stop raising a bunch of spoiled rotten lazy brattttsssss!!!!!

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Parents who spank small children are the same ones who crank up the violence as the child grows. What they forget is that one day junior will be as big as his parent. And he'll be younger, spry, muscular, and madder than hell. So if you think it's good to knock your kids around, remember: they're plotting their revenge.

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