Corporal Punishment

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For or against?

Discuss.

[ddrxero64]

Be a little more specific, or you're going to get a WIDE set opinions. Do you mean like a parent using corporal punishment, or a schoolteacher, or a criminal getting corporal punishment?

[who_cares973]

im pretty sure he just wants us to do his homework for him

[ddrxero64]

Originally Posted by who_cares973

im pretty sure he just wants us to do his homework for him

yea i can see that already. For some reason I can see this thread blowing up in off topic debates, so I'm trying to save everyone that trouble.

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i don't mind a wide set of opinions at all! ^_^ discussation of corporal punishment in general is fine. lol

[ddrxero64]

Parental: I don't see it beneficial, there are ways to parent without it, but I won't tell someone how to raise their kids, even if it bothers me. Unless of course it is extremely hurtful to them, and very unlawful. But I won't go calling cops because a mother spanked her child.

Educational: This is the worst, I see school as a safe place to gain knowledge and learn real world lessons you wouldn't learn at home. If country implements corporal punishment in schools, they are very old fashioned or traditional and obviously don't have the ability to learn to teach without it.

Criminal: Very debatable, corporal is more like the "eye for an eye" method which isn't very moral or productive (unless you use corporal punishment on top of a sentence in jail), but keeping prisoners in jail becomes very costly. It's a very thin line for me there.

For the most part, against it. There are ways to punish/discipline without physical violence, so there is no need for corporal punishment. A perfect example is training a dog. They respond much better to vocal discipline versus physical, if you know how to do it right. Most people can't dedicate time to training a dog and abuse them as a quick and brash way to get their point across, and out of frustration too.

[Izzy]

I'm only strongly against it in schools. I'm pretty sure it is illegal everywhere in the US, but it's still really pathetic. I understand there needs to be some kind of authority for the teachers but they have absolutely no right to do harm to a kid. If a kid is causing trouble just suspend them.

[nois-or-e]

I remember getting the cane in high school. Private schools for the lose...

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[Izzy]

Originally Posted by nois-or-e

I remember getting the cane in high school. Private schools for the lose...

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That just means your parents agreed to give them that authority.
You can just not agree to those terms and it would be illegal.

[nois-or-e]

In victoria, it wasn't illegal for private schools. Also I was homeless @ 14yo, so not like my wonderful 'parents' would disagree anyways. . .

[Charlo]

You should never need to use pain to enforce a rule. There are a lot of things you can do to make a kid's life miserable (taking away their cell phone, for example).

[Stewie7Griffin]

The way we punish our 1 year old daughter (turns one in 7 days!) is we tell her in a very firm voice, "NO" or "Don't touch" or "Stop that". If she's grabbing/touching something she shouldn't be touching, we flick her hand and move her away. But, since she is so young, if we're in a unfamiliar environment or there's something new to her, we just resort to telling verbal commands. If it becomes common to her though and she is still persistent after we tell her no, we flick her hand.

But, we never flick her hand for doing something until after we tell her not to do it and she continues to do it.

[Izzy]

Originally Posted by Stewie7Griffin

The way we punish our 1 year old daughter (turns one in 7 days!) is we tell her in a very firm voice, "NO" or "Don't touch" or "Stop that". If she's grabbing/touching something she shouldn't be touching, we flick her hand and move her away. But, since she is so young, if we're in a unfamiliar environment or there's something new to her, we just resort to telling verbal commands. If it becomes common to her though and she is still persistent after we tell her no, we flick her hand.

But, we never flick her hand for doing something until after we tell her not to do it and she continues to do it.

Seems fair enough. There is no reason to be upset with a child for doing something they don't even know is wrong. You are there to teach them these things so they wont ever know until you tell them.