Judge to Mom: 'You Don't Spank Children'

I agree. Very well said!!!

Hitting is hitting and assault is assault. Who says that just because the victim is a child, its acceptable? Hitting and lack of respect for any person, young or old, is abuse...plain and simple. Cattle prods work on cattle too, where does it end?

i agree. there is very much difference between spanking a child and abuse of a child. if they will not stay off abusy street and have failed to listen to reason then maybe a swift posterior pop might do the trick. one should always help a child why they are being punished whatever the means. in elementary school i triped a girl i liked for fun. kid-flirt i guess. teacher caught me and put the paddle to my behind...he explained she could have gotten hurt before the punsihment. guess what??? i never did that again. makes me sick when a kid in public bullies his or her mom and mother let's them get away with it. these gangbagers wouldn't be so dangerousd and cocky had they been given more than a time out.

Thank You Dougal! A whack on the bottom is not abuse! Parents should not be made to fear disciplining their children. These judges should think of the future when they are going to meet these undisciplined people fact to face.

OLD SCHOOL SEEMED TO WORK BETTER THAN THIS NEW SCHOOL CRAP...I SAY SWAT THE CRAP OUT OF THEIR BEHIND AND GET THEIR ATTENTION BEFORE THEY GO TOO FAR...

The prisons are full of people who were spanked when they were little. They learned that force and violence was the way to control someone or get what you wanted. A 2 year old cannot learn from being spanked to the point it leaves marks. If it is okay to spank a child, it should be okay to bust an adult upside his or her head. No one likes being hit. Hitting is cruel and ignorant and when it is done, it is because we lose control.

Courtney it all goes to how you present your opinion. I figure this is not about an English class since you grammar is, "...a teacher who acts like I dumber than them when I have already taken the class they teacher...", not exactly spot on perfect. You can still not agree with the adult and do it respectfully. That is where the problem lies with alot of the children today. They have not been taught by their parents how to be respectful to their elders. It is the parents responsibility to teach their children respect, honesty and the multitude of personal qualities needed to succeed in life. A court should not inject its' own personal opinions into raising children.

You are so right. I am 78 and was spanked when I stepped out of line when i was a kid. . My Dad would tell us, If you get spanked in schoole you will get a spanking again when you get home. Todays liberal polit5icans and Lawyers are in the process of destroying this country. I spanked my kids when they were kids and if I still had young kids today I would still spank them when they deserved it. Who the hell are this people that they think they have the right to raise your kids. Now before the nuts comment I am totally against severe punishment for kids but a spanking with an open hand is not cruel and unusual punishment and I dont care what these moron judges think

well said. ~Cfw~~

Boy ! did you hit that right. i'm old school. Our society is in for a rude awakening come time for these children to run our country. If you thought it was bad now, Wait! they have no respect for any of the elders. they have no idea how to speak or use the phone. everything in facebook, tweeting and never actually speaking with someone . one on one conversation. Hello new world!!

Here I was all set to write out a nice long response to this article. I am so happy that you beat me to it dougalcandy. I so agree with everything you wrote. Today's kid's are nothing to write home about as they are being as protected as a species of animal going extinct. I do not believe that spanking should be overdone, but I do believe that spanking does serve a good purpose if administered within reason. Children are too spoiled and they are worse so because they already know that they can turn their parents in for any infraction. This is, of course, backwards. The children should be afraid that adults can and will make them mind with the support of every available adult who lives and breathes. Children have no idea what manners are and they are the worse off for it. I say children need firm guidance and a bit of fear that they can be molded into maturity whether they like it or not. Even children need to feel responsibility.

Absolutely agreeing with you! I hear kids talking to teachers or parents with no respect whatsoever! There are no consequences for kids today. And the kids KNOW they can make one call or tell one teacher an exaggerated story and all kinds of trouble will ensue. I do not condone spanking little children as they do not know right from wrong sometimes and are not being malicious when they do wrong. They just act. But older kids.....who know what they are doing or saying....different story to me! But if you are gonna spank, do it only when you are calm otherwise you are just doing it to get out your anger and not for punishment.

You know that "spare the rod spoil the child is advice from more than 2000 years ago.So it worked for 2000 years but now all of a sudden its wrong.
All I can say is BS!
Its funny that ever since they took corporal punishment out of schools kids have started and continue to fill the jails.Its a fact ,,,look it up.
I was sent to Catholic schools k-12.Every teacher I ever had,had a ruler or a stick of somekind.If my mother found out that one of my teachers corrected me,she was so embarassed that she got out her soup spoon and made sure that it wouldn't happen again.I am one of 5 children.While we are all differant people,no once has any of us ever even got close to being in trouble with the police.Not only that but aqll of our children have been complimented in one way or another by people out in public.
Knowing the differance between a beating and a spanking is wghat makes the dfifferance.I never acted out a punishment with my children when I was angrey.I always waited till my mind was clear.
I do believe beating children is wrong and that is what the law should be.Responcible spanking however is a 2000 year old idea that works and is not a crime.

You are SO right. When will a grass roots revolt take hold against the court systems to stand up for the rights of parents to discipline their children as they see fit? I had lots of welts on my legs from switches as a child. No harm done, and I learned to respect my parents. As an employer I am up against young adults who think they can get away with anything and pretend they don't hear because they were "talked to" by parents and not spanked as toddlers when a "talking to" doesn't help? If a kid can't talk, how do they understand what the parents are trying to reason with them about? Spanking is not acceptable past the age of 10, but before then, a few whacks on the backside of the glutious maximus doesn't hurt a darn thing. The Bible states repeatedly that an undisiplined child is trouble.

Let's ask for clarification? Unfortunately most mother-in-laws never accept or learn to love the wives of their sons, so that being said, How severe was the mark or marks on this 2year old? If severe enough why not talk to her son about her concerns, instead of involving the athorities, this family relationship can never be mended! now as for a spanking, I have raised my 2 children and took over on my sisters 3(out of 5) only 1 is not completely productive and of all their children (7 total) everyone of them has had a swat from their mom/aunt more than once and I have no regrets!!! I see kids today who run their parents and they are not even 5years old, not in my world! I have a simply rule,"you pay now or you pay later but you always pay"--this means if you take the time to raise them well they will rise above your expectations and accomplishments if you don't you will be digging them out or propping them up for the rest of your life! My children all speak to and visit me frequently and not with their hands out but with their arms open, I love my daughter-in-law and she loves me (I am very close with my neices + nephews spouses also) WE DID GOOD!!

Courtney, Teens need to earn their respect from adults, not demand it. The problem with you teens is that you DEMAND everything. Yes, you are dumber than the teacher and adults that are older than you. The teacher has many years of study and experience over you - that's why you are the student and they are the teachers. Adults should demand more respect from you teens instead of placating your whims and spoiled wants.

....absolutely agree! I was raise the "old way" and turned out to be a very productive member of society. My siblings however, have raised their children the new way and have had so many problems including their children calling the parents name that I wouldn't use in a bar fight (not that I would ever be in a bar fight). My siblings don't seem to understand the connection??

I totally agree the kids today need a good swift kick in the pants to get them on track like my parents did when I was growing up!! It worked for me and it will work for them.

totally agree!!!!

You said it. The current (and previous) generation of kids are a real nightmare. They do not take personal responsibility for ANYTHING but hey, obviously neither did their parents. There was no parenting going on in the house - just pandering. They were raised by the TV, video games and now, social networking. We've got a few generations of irresponsible zombies on our hands!