Originally Posted by ribbons

I am the parent of two and am absolutely 100% against the hitting of children. It’s just wrong and I have never laid a finger on my kids. There are much more humane and reasonable methods to discipline children, such as the use of time outs, taking away privileges, etc. These methods do take patience and consistency to enforce, but guess what? That’s your job as a parent. You are the adult, you are supposed to be setting the example. Hitting children is not a good example. If the child has serious behavioral problems, then make sure the child gets professional counseling – and make sure you get professional counseling as well. I’m sorry, but I think disciplining children – even difficult children – by hitting them is the lazy and easy way out.

Originally Posted by VEGANGELICA

I agree with posts made by adidasss and Hesher (and Tore, of course): I oppose hitting anyone, whether adult or child. Causing someone physical pain is never a solution because it is also a problem.

People should use their words to resolve issues and should not physically harm or hurt others. This is succinctly stated in the phrase, "Hands are not for hitting." I believe this strongly for logical reasons (hitting someone to try to teach her not to hit, for example, is just plain stupid and hypocritical) and because of my experiences as a child and as a parent.

I do feel the action of spanking is violence regardless what the feelings of the hitter are. Whether the spanker is feeling angry or coldly calm or regretful, hitting a child is still hitting a child to cause the child pain, and that is violence. I do not feel love involves fearing a person. Fear is fear and is not love.

Originally Posted by Urban Hatemonger

The video does nothing to change my mind.

That's not discipline, that's abuse and there already laws to stop people acting that way towards children.

I fail to see the correlation between what's in the video and giving a child a tap on the back of the hand as a last resort if they are doing something that could potentially be a danger to themselves.