Sentences with phrase «spanking children»

Yeah some parents spank their children because of those reasons but not every parent that does it.

Do not spank your child if it is illegal in your area.

Instead of spanking a child for misbehavior, reward him for good behavior.

Sometimes parents spank their child because it feels like nothing else will work.

I, like Megan, also am saddened when I see spanking being likened to abusive parenting — there are many who spank their children as Megan said, as a thoughtful, controlled part of their parenting, making sure the child knows why they are being spanked, and making sure the parent is calm and collected.

My favourite is a parent who spanks their child for hitting another child.

Isn't spanking a child for something such as throwing a toy at a friend, biting, or hitting another child an oxymoron?

Two years later, the mothers who had spanked their children more frequently reported higher levels of aggression such as arguing, screaming, fighting, destroying things, cruelty or bullying in their five - year - olds.

I haven't seen him in four months and only talk to him for a couple of minutes twice a week, his father, his attorney continues to accuse me and my family of hitting my son (I never even spanked my child in his life) They are trying everything in their power to keep my son away from me and the courts do not do anything about it.

I appreciate all the don't spank your children out there comments, and was very against spanking of any kind.

Obviously, the last thing on a parent's mind when spanking his child is the potential for psychological damage, but the possibility is there.

His website includes many papers about spanking children, corporal punishment, and domestic violence.

In the fundamentalist church of my childhood, parents spanked their children until the «will was broken.»

Results: Forty - four percent of the mothers reported spanking their children during the week prior to the study and they spanked them an average of 2.1 times that week.

It is possible to spank your child without harming him, and at certain times it may be necessary.

Gershoff reports that Straus and Stewart (1999) found that 94 % of American parents spank their children by the ages of 3 or 4.

The American Academy of Pediatrics has a very strong opinion on spanking children — they are against it:

Alot of people are saying spanking a child makes them think violence is ok when your mad but that's not true.

When did you stop spanking your children as a form of discipline?

It also appears that the effects of spanking children depend on parenting style.

Parents who spank their children believe it's an effective form of discipline.

I personally believe that most child abusers [I ain't talking parent who spank their children] do NOT have it in them to seek God so as to have the love of God cover them.

IE spank the child and go to prison instead of not spanking and having the child go to prison.

Spanking a child demonstrates authority and is supposed to earn you respect from a child.

Only spank your child in private, with just you and your child present.

The more spanking a child endures, the more likely he is to develop mental health symptoms later.

It's important to note, however, that this tool doesn't include spanking your child.

There's been a lot of discussion about the dangers of spanking children over the past few years, but there have been few warnings about the dangers of yelling.

There are people that still believe that spanking your child works.

Caregivers (parents or any adults) may also spank a child when, after being disciplined using another method, deliberately repeat the same behavior, as if to antagonize the parent.

It is true that every child is different, and some are naturally more resilient than others, but if someone was to spank a child less resilient, it could really set him / her back.

Proponents also argue that occasionally spanking a child who is acting unsafely or terribly does not make them child abusers or parents with anger problems.

They strongly argue against opponents» claims that spanking a child teaches them to become violent adults.

Child Protective Services or even the police have been called to investigate situations where an adult spanks a child in public.

It's hard to know exactly what percentage of parents or caregivers (like grandparents) actually spank a child, because many who do don't admit to it.

Here are a few reasons you may want to rethink spanking your child:

According to the «experts» (and the spanking parents who discuss these things online), you should not spank babies younger than about 15 - 18 months, and you should not spank children past the age of 7 years.

A recent poll found that 22 percent of parents spank their children weekly.

But, he believes most American families still spank their children.

Researchers at Ohio State University studied how often parents in the 1990s spanked their children, read to them and showed affection.