Yea I went there... but you see it so much. "OMG spanking is abuse" "if you spank you are committing child abuse".
I grew up in a time where people spanked there kids. It was acceptable. If your child was acting up in public you spanked them if need be (or sometimes threatened with one), without having to fear someone calling 911 on you. Mist knew the difference between spanking for discipline and abusing a child. And over the years the lines got blurred until it became this taboo thing. So now we have those who think spanking means flat out abuse, and those who see it as a way to discipline. It doesn't help that there are so many different words that people use to describe "spanking" i.e pop, smack, hit...
But to me, no, spanking is not abuse. As long as the person using it as a measure of discipline knows what they are doing, and does not cross the line. If you are leaving bruises, making it an ongoing thing (like spanking for 5 mins) then to me that's no longer a spanking, that is abuse.
I agree fully! I spank my boys when I see fit. They know tho that I love them and it is typically one swat to their butts. If anyone wants to judge me fine, but take my boys for a day first and see how well behaved they are for you because I bet you anything you'll wish yours were as well behaved and thought thru consequences first. ☺
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