Im doing an argumentative essay for school and my topic is physical punishment/spanking. As apart of…

1. My parents talked to me and or grounded me a lot. I do, but we also spank. I don’t think what my parents did was enough.

2. I was not spanked and I was a HUGE brat. I think I probably wouldn’t have been if my parents had spanked me.

1.) i was spanked as a child. My parents had a ass whooping paddle. Lol

We are going the non spanking route with our own children. I don’t want them to fear me.

2.) I think being spanked as a child had a positive effect on me. I learned respect and not to throw fits in public. I learned not to talk back and be a little asshole.

I was naughty as a child, when I moved with my foster family I was set in my ways and needed a more stern punishment. I needed more structure.

I was a little asshole and my children aren’t.

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My mom mainly grounded us but would also spank us.

We do alot of talking and taking things away for our kiddos. Kynzleigh was getting spanked but I don't anymore. Taking away her stuff works

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I don't think it had any effect. My Sister's were extremely disrespectful and i wasn't 🤷

All raised the same

I got spanked with a belt wet belt and wet hand, I do not do that to my son and I don't plan to, I think there's other ways better to discipline

I don't think I have a negative or positive impact ,, but I did stop doing whatever I was doing to get that ass wooping it did scare the shit out of me when I was kid and did fucking hurt

But I still did bad shit when I got older lol excuse my language

1.I had my things broken/thrown away. Demeaning language, spankings all from my step dad.

My mom would talk to me, let me get out my emotions healthily.

1.I choose to take toys away from my oldest for a few days, but nothing is broken or permanently taken away.

I do butt pats but mostly corner time, I don't think punishment through fear works. I plan to talk to my kids when they're old enough to express themselves enough.

2.I feel it had a negative impact, it wasn't light punishment, I ended up growing up with a lot of resentment from it and have anger towards my mother too still, as I got older I realized it was abuse. It has made me learn to control my own anger though, I know right from wrong when it comes to discipline as far as that goes.

I was spanked with paddles with holes, cords, belts etc etc.

I occasionally spat my daughter on the bottom if taking her things or talking doesn’t work. Definitely will not be doing to her what was done to me.

I was always terrified of doing ANYTHING, or going to them to talk about anything and I don’t want that relationship

I was spanked with a wooden paddle, tree switch... anything close but also got grounded etc. I’m pregnant and won’t use that same discipline when my baby comes... spanking in that matter.

I think it did have a positive outcome for me. Taught me not to make the same mistake again.

1. My parents used a belt, switch, comb, hand to correct us. I was no saint I will say but my dad had a temper and it came out one time on me and CPS had to get involved so I won’t be doing that on my child. If it comes to it I will swat or pop them but I’ve learned that correcting or reprimanding a child while you are upset is the worst thing you can ever do. It develops an unhealthy fear and places a strain on the relationship - speaking from experience.

2. I do feel that it had a positive impact on me because some of the spankings I needed - like I said I was no saint - and it did shape and mold me but I do also think that there are other ways to correct a child besides spanking.