Is it ever ok to use a belt to discipline your child? (1 Viewer)

[saintfool]

my mother used a belt to spank my brother and i. i think it was phased out when i was 12 or so. regrettably, there were plenty of times it got out of hand.

i would not, could not do something like that with my son. there are plenty of other ways to discipline a child without resorting to it.

 

[Carolina Hustler]

I got hit with hand, with a belt, and everything else. I didn't think any differently depending on what was used. Getting beaten is getting beaten.And again I ask what's wrong with the parent being the symbol of discipline?

There is a time for that fear, and there is a time for that fear to be stowed..

No doubt. But for many kids that fear doesn't even exist.

You don't walk around carrying a belt in your hand.. Kinda hard to walk around without your hands..

My dad beat me with his hands and anything else at hand. He was the symbol for me, not the other stuff.

Your experiences are reflected in your opinion.. Likewise with me..Thankfully I received spankings as a child, and was not subjected to abuse..

 

[Apple Jack]

This belt business is truly the ####ification of America. What ever happened to a good pile-driver? Or hanging the kid upside down off the roof? Disgusting what this pinko commie country has become.

 

[parasaurolophus]

Saw a kid at the grocery store gettin a little lippy. I gave the mom a lecture on a properly administered belt whooping. Stressed that it was pants up, belt doubled over, and about 47% force. I ordered the manual on ebay. I highly reco.

 

[The_Man]

I have some serious questions here.

When do you move from the spank to the belt? Is it after repeated spankings that haven't served as a deterrent, so you need to move up on the pain scale to get the kid's attention?

Subsequently, if a first belting doesn't serve as a deterrent, do you come back with another belting, only more severe?

Also, can a belting be given for a first-time infraction that is deemed so serious that the action "deserves" an enhanced punishment?

 

[doowain]

This belt business is truly the ####ification of America. What ever happened to a good pile-driver? Or hanging the kid upside down off the roof? Disgusting what this pinko commie country has become.

Here. I'm showing you attention. Now please stop. It's not even slightly clever.

 

[General Malaise]

What about yelling at your kids?

You people are so insensitive to their feelings.

For a guy that doesn't have any children of his own, you sure do have a lot of opinions about how people should best raise them.

 

[General Malaise]

This belt business is truly the ####ification of America. What ever happened to a good pile-driver? Or hanging the kid upside down off the roof? Disgusting what this pinko commie country has become.

Here. I'm showing you attention. Now please stop. It's not even slightly clever.

When Shtick Goes to Far 101....

 

[Spanky267]

I was spanked a few times as a kid. My mom did most of the disciplining in our house. Depending on the severity of the infraction my brother and I might get put in the corner, sent to our room or if we really misbehaved we might get spanked. I never got more than a half dozen spankings as a child. But if we really screwed up then my dad would step in. I got the belt one time and only once. The sound of it being popped is quite a deterrent.

I have kids and they have been spanked. But I use my hand as I don't wear a belt and dont really have one. But they have never done anything so severe as to warrant it.

 

[Witz]

Saw a kid at the grocery store gettin a little lippy. I gave the mom a lecture on a properly administered belt whooping. Stressed that it was pants up, belt doubled over, and about 47% force. I ordered the manual on ebay. I highly reco.

Probably sounded funnier in your head, am I right?

 

[doowain]

Saw a kid at the grocery store gettin a little lippy. I gave the mom a lecture on a properly administered belt whooping. Stressed that it was pants up, belt doubled over, and about 47% force. I ordered the manual on ebay. I highly reco.

Probably sounded funnier in your head, am I right?

 

[parasaurolophus]

Saw a kid at the grocery store gettin a little lippy. I gave the mom a lecture on a properly administered belt whooping. Stressed that it was pants up, belt doubled over, and about 47% force. I ordered the manual on ebay. I highly reco.

Probably sounded funnier in your head, am I right?

Nope. Sounded just as it is. I apologize that you weren't the target of my sarcasm.

 

[AAABatteries]

What about for these kids?

http://forums.footballguys.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=644802&st=0

 

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What about for these kids? http://forums.footballguys.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=644802&st=0

Waterboarding seems appropriate

 

[Frostillicus]

What if their pants don't fit? Okay to use a belt then?

I'm pretty drunk and not sure what I'm doing in this thread, but I just burst out laughing.

 

[bonesman]

Spanking Linked to Mental Illness, Says Study

 

[flysack]

It's child abuse, and just because you were abused as a child doesn't mean it's ok to beat your child too. "I turned out ok" isn't a good reason. You likely would have turned out much better if your parents hadn't taken the easy way out.Louis CK nails it on the head here @ around 4:55 and on:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOxoZ3exM_Q

He talks about it here too (from Opus and Anthony show) -http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQOmW2xRL7Q

 

[flapgreen]

yep

 

[gianmarco]

my mother used a belt to spank my brother and i. i think it was phased out when i was 12 or so. regrettably, there were plenty of times it got out of hand.i would not, could not do something like that with my son. there are plenty of other ways to discipline a child without resorting to it.

 

[Apple Jack]

This belt business is truly the ####ification of America. What ever happened to a good pile-driver? Or hanging the kid upside down off the roof? Disgusting what this pinko commie country has become.

Here. I'm showing you attention. Now please stop. It's not even slightly clever.

I'm not sure you got the point. Claw hammers ftw.

 

[jafo]

Kids that aren't spanked typically end up as liberals. That is a good enough reason to spank my child.

 

[bostonfred]

Spanking Linked to Mental Illness, Says Study

Kids that aren't spanked typically end up as liberals. That is a good enough reason to spank my child.

 

[Henry Ford]

Yes. "I'm taking away your belt until you can act respectfully. Until then, you have to hold your pants up with your hands."

Perfectly acceptable discipline.

 

[gianmarco]

Apparently a belt would have helped here

 

[Henry Ford]

Apparently a belt would have helped here

Why is that apparent?

 

[gianmarco]

Apparently a belt would have helped here

Why is that apparent?

Because that's what Poopdawg said?

 

[Henry Ford]

Apparently a belt would have helped here

Why is that apparent?

Because that's what Poopdawg said?

Oh. Well, if "Poopdawg" said it, we can take judicial notice.

 

[cstu]

Apparently a belt would have helped here

Spare the rod, create a murder-rapist.

 

[maxwelledison]

I voted no but not because I'm against physical reprimands. The bottom line is parenting sometimes calls for intimidation and, occasionally, contact. I'm pretty sure no right thinking person endorses beatings or excessive contact but to say one can never lay a hand on their child is absurd, IMO.

 

[poopdawg]

Apparently a belt would have helped here

Not sure if this is sarcasm or not, but are you saying that parenting has nothing to do with this? ####ification is destroying this country. We have become a nation of handing out 7th place trophies for fear of offending people or hurting their feelings. Or creating handouts for people because they don't have the same opportunities as others. My parents were working four jobs to get by, and if I stepped outta line, I got a whooping. Looking back on it, I'm glad. It taught me a lot about respect. Something these kids don't have obviously....

 

[poopdawg]

Apparently a belt would have helped here

Not sure if this is sarcasm or not, but are you saying that parenting has nothing to do with this? ####ification is destroying this country. We have become a nation of handing out 7th place trophies for fear of offending people or hurting their feelings. Or creating handouts for people because they don't have the same opportunities as others. My parents were working four jobs to get by, and if I stepped outta line, I got a whooping. Looking back on it, I'm glad. It taught me a lot about respect. Something these kids don't have obviously....

 

[Fennis]

Apparently a belt would have helped here

Not sure if this is sarcasm or not, but are you saying that parenting has nothing to do with this? ####ification is destroying this country. We have become a nation of handing out 7th place trophies for fear of offending people or hurting their feelings. Or creating handouts for people because they don't have the same opportunities as others. My parents were working four jobs to get by, and if I stepped outta line, I got a whooping. Looking back on it, I'm glad. It taught me a lot about respect. Something these kids don't have obviously....

Crime rates are lower now in the ####ified America than in your golden age of tough man America 20 years ago.

 

[cstu]

I voted no but not because I'm against physical reprimands. The bottom line is parenting sometimes calls for intimidation and, occasionally, contact. I'm pretty sure no right thinking person endorses beatings or excessive contact but to say one can never lay a hand on their child is absurd, IMO.

No, it doesn't.

 

[12punch]

Beating kids sounds like extremely lazy, dumb, and half-### parenting

But there are 6b ppl running around in the world - they aren't all winners

 

[12punch]

What about yelling at your kids? You people are so insensitive to their feelings.

For a guy that doesn't have any children of his own, you sure do have a lot of opinions about how people should best raise them.

Looooool good thing you don't ever gave criticisms of other walks of life or that might come off as hypocritical.If you have to beat your kid, you are a ####ty parent

 

[pollardsvision]

I don't remember ever getting a hand spanking (might've just been too young to remember those), but going out to the garage to get that ### whooped with a belt was part of our childhood discipline.

Looking back, I think that made sense. Getting a whipping was always a thought out process and it was generally pretty clear to us what offenses would result in a whipping.

Mom was pretty much the judge and jury on that and dad would carry out the sentence when he got home. "The wait" was awful and I'd almost say that was the worst part, but dad knew how to handle a belt. The wait was terrible, but the whipping was still worse.

Hand spanking's just seem odd to me. It's hitting a kid with a part of your body, it seems far more impulsive, and I really don't see how it has any effect for a kid over a few years old. Not sure what to think about beating a very young child anyway. They wouldn't understand the sentencing process.

 

[Christo]

Apparently a belt would have helped here

Not sure if this is sarcasm or not, but are you saying that parenting has nothing to do with this? ####ification is destroying this country. We have become a nation of handing out 7th place trophies for fear of offending people or hurting their feelings. Or creating handouts for people because they don't have the same opportunities as others. My parents were working four jobs to get by, and if I stepped outta line, I got a whooping. Looking back on it, I'm glad. It taught me a lot about respect. Something these kids don't have obviously....

Crime rates are lower now in the ####ified America than in your golden age of tough man America 20 years ago.

Freakonomics!

 

[Christo]

I voted no but not because I'm against physical reprimands. The bottom line is parenting sometimes calls for intimidation and, occasionally, contact. I'm pretty sure no right thinking person endorses beatings or excessive contact but to say one can never lay a hand on their child is absurd, IMO.

No, it doesn't.

Sure, children always respond to reason and logic.

 

[Flying V]

Not to criticize, but I find it amazing that so many people that were whipped as a kid still think it's a good idea.

The only thing whippings taught me as a kid was that if I ever got into a real jam, I sure better not get my parents involved, because their biggest contribution would be a sore butt.

 

[Christo]

Got into a jam???????????????

 

[uconnalum]

No doubt about it. I have never used one but my parents, aunts and uncles, and grandparents all used them on us and we all turned out okay. Would not be used for minor stuff it was the severe stuff.

 

[poopdawg]

Apparently a belt would have helped here

Not sure if this is sarcasm or not, but are you saying that parenting has nothing to do with this? ####ification is destroying this country. We have become a nation of handing out 7th place trophies for fear of offending people or hurting their feelings. Or creating handouts for people because they don't have the same opportunities as others. My parents were working four jobs to get by, and if I stepped outta line, I got a whooping. Looking back on it, I'm glad. It taught me a lot about respect. Something these kids don't have obviously....

Crime rates are lower now in the ####ified America than in your golden age of tough man America 20 years ago.

Overall? I'm not going to argue that. Perhaps that applies to the older crowd. But the values of young kids nowadays has gone down the ####ter. A majority of them have zero respect for anything, whether that be property or maybe even another ones life. And that falls solely on the parents.

 

[Flying V]

Got into a jam???????????????

In a bind?

Fingers in the cookie jar?

 

[Apple Jack]

This belt business is truly the ####ification of America. What ever happened to a good pile-driver? Or hanging the kid upside down off the roof? Disgusting what this pinko commie country has become.

Here. I'm showing you attention. Now please stop. It's not even slightly clever.

I couldn't possibly give less of a #### about you or your attention. But if you want to learn somethin' bout learnin' that ungrateful boy who just doesn't understand how lucky he was to be borneded to a stud like you, then listen up. Hammer that boy! Hard. Before he gets to readin'. Or ideasin'. Or considers a life as a non-########.

 

[Insein]

Not to criticize, but I find it amazing that so many people that were whipped as a kid still think it's a good idea.

The only thing whippings taught me as a kid was that if I ever got into a real jam, I sure better not get my parents involved, because their biggest contribution would be a sore butt.

This. All I ever learned was that I need to lie better to avoid a whooping.

 

[cstu]

Apparently a belt would have helped here

Not sure if this is sarcasm or not, but are you saying that parenting has nothing to do with this? ####ification is destroying this country. We have become a nation of handing out 7th place trophies for fear of offending people or hurting their feelings. Or creating handouts for people because they don't have the same opportunities as others. My parents were working four jobs to get by, and if I stepped outta line, I got a whooping. Looking back on it, I'm glad. It taught me a lot about respect. Something these kids don't have obviously....

Crime rates are lower now in the ####ified America than in your golden age of tough man America 20 years ago.

Overall? I'm not going to argue that. Perhaps that applies to the older crowd. But the values of young kids nowadays has gone down the ####ter. A majority of them have zero respect for anything, whether that be property or maybe even another ones life. And that falls solely on the parents.

The blame for the lack of respect by kids today lies squarely on the parents - and not because they didn't beat them enough. The kids I've seen that lack respect have had parents that want to be their buddy and/or don't require respect from them. None of that has to do with lack of physical violence. If parents don't respect themselves then their kids aren't going to respect them either.

 

[Insein]

Apparently a belt would have helped here

Not sure if this is sarcasm or not, but are you saying that parenting has nothing to do with this? ####ification is destroying this country. We have become a nation of handing out 7th place trophies for fear of offending people or hurting their feelings. Or creating handouts for people because they don't have the same opportunities as others. My parents were working four jobs to get by, and if I stepped outta line, I got a whooping. Looking back on it, I'm glad. It taught me a lot about respect. Something these kids don't have obviously....

Crime rates are lower now in the ####ified America than in your golden age of tough man America 20 years ago.

Overall? I'm not going to argue that. Perhaps that applies to the older crowd. But the values of young kids nowadays has gone down the ####ter. A majority of them have zero respect for anything, whether that be property or maybe even another ones life. And that falls solely on the parents.

The blame for the lack of respect by kids today lies squarely on the parents - and not because they didn't beat them enough. The kids I've seen that lack respect have had parents that want to be their buddy and/or don't require respect from them. None of that has to do with lack of physical violence. If parents don't respect themselves then their kids aren't going to respect them either.

Spot on here.

 

[12punch]

Hahaha....ideasin....

 

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What about yelling at your kids? You people are so insensitive to their feelings.

For a guy that doesn't have any children of his own, you sure do have a lot of opinions about how people should best raise them.

Don't have to raise my own to recognize flaws in the partenting of others.

 

[the moops]

What about yelling at your kids?You people are so insensitive to their feelings.

For a guy that doesn't have any children of his own, you sure do have a lot of opinions about how people should best raise them.

Don't have to raise my own to recognize flaws in the partenting of others.

That may be true. But there are pretty large aspects of parenting that only a parent, or someone trained in parenting, really knows.