Not exact matches
My parents
spanked me and we
spanked out
children when they were small and unable to reason about natural consequences now that they are somewhat older, we have more or less
stopped.
Spanking and
child development: We know enough now to
stop hitting our
children.
Most define
spanking as any physical contact that involves striking a
child for the purpose of
stopping a behavior or action or getting their attention.
Not long after we
stopped spanking our oldest two
children, one of them begged to be
spanked instead of being allowed to experience the natural consequences of his behaviour!
When
children are
spanked, they don't learn how to make better choices and eventually,
spanking stops being a deterrent.
Many parents
spank because they are exasperated with their
child's behavior and want it to
stop but don't know what else to do.
You've probably already found that conventional remedies like reasoning, star charts, Time Out,
spanking, and enforcing «logical consequences» don't
stop a
child's aggression for long.
Spanking may make the
child to
stop the aggressive behavior in front of you, but it does not
stop altogether.
Today, as we celebrate SpankOut Day April 30th — an annual observance founded by the Center for Effective Discipline (now part of the Gundersen National
Child Protection Training Center) to bring attention to the need to
stop physical punishment of
children and promote nonviolent discipline — I want to encourage everyone to take this movement a step further than ending
spanking as a discipline method.
In terms of attitudes regarding the failure to use corporal punishment, Davis (1999) examined the cessation of corporal punishment by parents who start out
spanking their
children and then make a concerted effort to
stop.