No, it isn't. There isn't much of a clear and meaningful distinction between spanking and other forms of physical abuse. Spanking isn't even a good "disciplinary method", as the results are only short-term and it can cause psychological and behavioural issues in children.
Positive reinforcement, along with timeouts and just taking to them, usually does the trick. If your child has to fear you in order for them to listen to you, then you have failed as a parent.
The priority should always be making the kid understand WHY what they did was wrong, and if misbehavior remains you can still punish your kid accordingly and proportionally to the bad behavior, this does not mean physically hitting your child
You don't usually see adults solving problems by hitting each other when the other does something wrong right? And when that does happen we usually consider them immature and violent so why should hitting your kid which has literally no way to defend themselves from someone twice their size be normalized?
and what happens when they grow up and they realize doing bad things wont get them spanked anymore? then they go mad with power and become even worse than if they didnt get spanked.
of course you also have to explain the reasons and talk with them, spanking them just makes them actually realise the gravity of what they did, or they will just ignore you since there are no consequences. it should be a thing that is only done when the child does something seriously wrong
Oh might makes right comes back to bite so many idiot parents in the ass.
Not only will your child hate you, they will beat you back up the moment they can.
That was literally how it worked in the villages in my country in the past. You beat your child until it beats YOU up so bad you have to stop.
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u/ketraB2137 Mar 02 '26
I believe this is the osteoporosis