Originally posted by justlola
What pray tell do you think you are teaching a child if you hit them when you are not angry?


I would think that you are teaching them that when you hit someone out of anger, you're not in control. I would rather spank someone, child or no, when I am settled down from whatever has made me agry, mostly because by then I realize I really don't need to spank that person and some other bit of discipline will work a lot better and carry a better message.

What you're not teaching them is to start hitting every time they get angry at someone. You're also not teaching them how to abuse when they get older.

Hey, I agree with spanking, but I only agree to it when it's one swat on the bum or maybe two. When you haul out a belt and beat them for minutes at a time while you're pissed off at them, then you're not giving them discipline and you're not giving them punishment, you're abusing them in just the same way that you would be abusing an adult if you struck them out of anger.