Results: Spanking children… yay or nay?
Published on 08/12/2024
Is it ever ok to spank a child? If so, under what condition is it acceptable to spank your child? What forms of punishment should parents give when a child misbehaves?
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Do you feel as tho spanking a child (with open hand on the child's bottom ) is an acceptable form of punishment for parents to use for their own children? Yes
44%
923 votes
No
32%
671 votes
Undecided
24%
506 votes
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If you selected yes, at what age should spanking no longer be an option as a form of punishment for a child?" Under 3
3%
53 votes
3-5
6%
122 votes
6-8
13%
281 votes
9-11
12%
262 votes
12-14
7%
146 votes
15+
2%
46 votes
As long as it's needed
10%
212 votes
Other (please specify)
1%
21 votes
Not Applicable
46%
957 votes
| Other Answers | Percentage | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| 0.52% | 6 | |
| Spanking a child only shows the child that the person spaking them wants to hurt them. | 0.09% | 1 |
| I fart at people who spank their kids. | 0.09% | 1 |
| you should never hit or spank a child ever there are much better ways of discipline a child | 0.09% | 1 |
| 45-50 | 0.09% | 1 |
| Never acceptable | 0.09% | 1 |
| all of the above | 0.09% | 1 |
| Never | 0.09% | 1 |
| IT DEPENDS ON THE CHILD | 0.09% | 1 |
| I don't believe in hitting a single thing on this earth - keep your hands off - disgusting | 0.09% | 1 |
| Unsure, create a technique. | 0.09% | 1 |
| You Can Not and Should Not hit a kid under the age 3 years | 0.09% | 1 |
| It should only be considered as a last resort option | 0.09% | 1 |
| undecided as to whether children should be spanked at all. | 0.09% | 1 |
| puberty | 0.09% | 1 |
| It should never occur | 0.09% | 1 |
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Were you spanked for punishment as a child (under 18) by your parents? Yes
70%
1474 votes
No
30%
626 votes
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What are some alternatives other than spanking that a parent can administer to their child when they are misbehaving?
Time out
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26 votes
none
0%
12 votes
Time outs
0%
5 votes
Na
0%
5 votes
n/a
0%
4 votes
No
0%
2 votes
Flogging
0%
2 votes
Time out.
0%
2 votes
a time out
0%
2 votes
no comments
0%
2 votes
stand in the corner
0%
2 votes
Nothing
0%
2 votes
talk to them
0%
2 votes
talk
0%
2 votes
Grounding them
0%
2 votes
When my Mom told me I was too old to spank anymore she resorted to slapping. NOT an improvement!
0%
1 votes
Sit down with them, explain what they are doing wrong
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1 votes
Put in a corner
0%
1 votes
time out chair, but has not worked for me
0%
1 votes
From the beginning always make your no mean no and your yes mean yes. Both parents need to be united. Time out in their room or on a chair in the corner.
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1 votes
stand in corner
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1 votes
Educate your child, don't hurt them.
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1 votes
unsure
0%
1 votes
Discussions, withdrawing privileges in various ways
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1 votes
isolation, with holding gifts
0%
1 votes
Time out and take away toys etc
0%
1 votes
Take a way screen time,
0%
1 votes
put ion the corner for time out. Take away television or video game time
0%
1 votes
Time out Take away toys Take away activities Grounding from outdoors
0%
1 votes
I talked to mine, punishment fit the consequences. If one hit the other they had to clean the other's room or take over a chore of theirs. That made their spats a lot less frequent! Discipline isn't physical abuse, that teaches them nothing. The shepherd in the Old Testament had a rod but used it only to guide the sheep, not beat them. "Spare the rod and spoil the child" is often used as justifying physical abuse but if the verse is read in context it means guidance.
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1 votes
Time out; take away a privilege; give them a task to do the they don't like; earlier curfew
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1 votes
Le priver de certains privil ges.
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1 votes
My dad was a police officer and he very much believed in discipling us when we misbehaved. Sometimes a spanking is absolutely necessary. I was also put on restriction for being bad.
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1 votes
denying them goodies, telling them to stay in their room, redicing allowance
0%
1 votes
time outs, no TV, No cell phone
0%
1 votes
Time outs and loss of privileges
0%
1 votes
Belt always worked with me.
0%
1 votes
WHIP THEM WITH A STURDY STICK WORKS GOOD......VOTE BLUE....
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1 votes
Spanking is the last resort for when all other options have been tried
0%
1 votes
Yake away priviliges. Or if we are somewhere fun say we are going home right now!
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1 votes
There are many alternatives. It is an opportunity to teach them something.
0%
1 votes
Grounding or making them do extra chores.
0%
1 votes
Grounded
0%
1 votes
have them sit till they are calmed down
0%
1 votes
Take privileges away, ground as for a week, time out chair.
0%
1 votes
Give them chores to do.
0%
1 votes
Taking away privileges, time out, etc.
0%
1 votes
Spanking only creates anger just make the child sit down somewhere quiet and think bout why
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1 votes
Teach them command words, so they know what the parent wants & become aware of thenselves
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1 votes
Keeping them out of their room not allowing them to play with toys, electronics, nor watch tv
0%
1 votes
Time out or put them in the corner
0%
1 votes
Talking to the and explaining why or why not do something
0%
1 votes
Alternatives that will work? None
0%
1 votes
'time out'
'grounding'
favourite items taken away for awhile
punishment should fit the 'crime'
The only way I can see 'spanking' being applicable would be if the child has an issue with hitting others. Let's see how they like to be 'hit'; in the form of spanking.
0%
1 votes
Take away the toys for being rude
0%
1 votes
Time out. Go to your room.
0%
1 votes
time-out
0%
1 votes
Being CONSISTENT with basic punishments like grounding and limiting extra things.
0%
1 votes
Take away phone, tv, video games, grounding from events & parties, give extra chores... basically anything except physical hitting or verbal abuse.
0%
1 votes
Loss privilege of cell phone
0%
1 votes
Putting them in timeout
0%
1 votes
take something they like away for a while
0%
1 votes
Taking away something like a phone or Internet
0%
1 votes
Yes by taking away things that they like
0%
1 votes
grounding, TV restrictions, favorite toy/game restrictions, cell phone restrictions, time outs for young ones, missing out on activities like a concert, game, slumber party, whatever the child likes
0%
1 votes
Slap the back of their hand every time they misbehave. It will sting enough for them to catch on that they need to stop what they're doing. It's not humiliating like spanking which can also leave mental scars .
0%
1 votes
Spanking is never acceptable, ever
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1 votes
Time out, take away a favorite toy, sit down and explain why their behavior is not acceptable.
0%
1 votes
none! Give that child a swat every time it is needed!
0%
1 votes
Scolding
0%
1 votes
nothing is better than pain and fear lol just kidding
0%
1 votes
time out, sit down and talk it out
0%
1 votes
None comes to my mind, if only because spanking is both reasonale and, ideally, sufficient.
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1 votes
Taking away something they enjoy, grounding or withholding a trip or experience they enjoy.
0%
1 votes
Room or corner
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1 votes
Tell them you're angry, then ask them why. If they can't (or won't) answer, then you tell them why, what they did wrong, and why they're not to do it again. Then you can say no desert tonight, no watching that TV show, whatever, so they know there's consequences to wrong behavior.
0%
1 votes
Sit in a straight hard backed chair (dining room style) without anything to lean on for a set period of time.
0%
1 votes
none the bible says don't spare the rod.
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1 votes
Remove toys, cell phone, TV, candy and confine child to their bedroom
0%
1 votes
Take aways
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1 votes
sitting down and talking to your child in a positive manner show them what they are doing wrong and show them how to do better it works real good and its a 100 times better than getting yelled screamed at and beaten that was what my child hood was like
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1 votes
Manual labor
0%
1 votes
Take their phone it works every time
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1 votes
I do not think spanking or belting a kid does any good. I think it makes you disrespect the one doing the punishment so you are more apt to do the wrong again.
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1 votes
Time out, withholding allowance, home confinement
0%
1 votes
my mother washed my mouth out with soap
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1 votes
time out or standing in the corner. I do feel a light pat on their butts would not hurt them but it does kind of rub me the wrong way. I was spanked with a wooden spoon until it broke.
0%
1 votes
Privilege withdrawal, redirection,
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1 votes
time out, lose privileges for a period of time, etc
0%
1 votes
food deprivation, chained to the bed
0%
1 votes
SIT IN THE CORNER NO TV
0%
1 votes
Take electrics all from them, no phone, putting them in the corner, and no friends coming over
0%
1 votes
Time out banishing them to their room.
0%
1 votes
consequences
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1 votes
Time out, sit in chair facing wall (set timer they can see or will drive you nuts asking when it's over.) If an older child, grounded (be careful -- you are grounded, too!
0%
1 votes
standing in a corner or take away a priviage depends on the age
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1 votes
Time spent without electronics and/or time spent in a corner alone.
0%
1 votes
Constructive punishment such as take away a favourite item for short period of time and talk to them and explain why. Always reward good behaviour
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1 votes
Time out, taking a toy away etc. Spanking does not work
0%
1 votes
Calm them down and talk to them about their behavior.
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1 votes
grounding
0%
1 votes
Give them time-out.
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1 votes
Ipsa deserunt assumenda non earum reprehenderit sit repellendus
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1 votes
Sitting in the corner.
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1 votes
some times that's the only answer
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1 votes
talking and listening
0%
1 votes
Time-out, no electronic devices
0%
1 votes
I mostly smacked a hand if my child was about to touch something dangerous. I would put them in time out with no toys or tv for a bit and then ask them what they did wrong, and will not do again when time out was finished. I hated to hit my children and would only spank in extreme situations rarely. Talking to them was really the best thing a parent can do.
0%
1 votes
Understanding your child's motivation for a particular behavior then discuss the behavior on a level they can understand. Always let them know you are on their side
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1 votes
Physical abuse is never ok,parents who participate in this barbaric tradition need to be charged with assault and child abuse, convicted, and sent to prison,and have those parental rights stripped from them
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1 votes
like
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1 votes
There are no alternatives!
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1 votes
restriction or taking away their phones
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1 votes
No phone, tv, radio, social media, computer games, grounded, forced to eat your mothers cooking and clean the litter boxes
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1 votes
My daughter was very social from day 1. When she got a little older I would ground her. Never spanked her. She grew up to be a find successful young lady. You do need to be consistant.
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1 votes
A solid verbal parlay.
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1 votes
Time out or something they like taken away
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1 votes
time out, grounding, extra chores, loss of privileges
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1 votes
if your child is of average intelligence talk to them-- explain why there are rules--most get it--no spanking needed
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1 votes
Take away a special toy if the child is very young. If they are a teen take away a special event.or some place they want to go.
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1 votes
Taking away favorite privileges or foods.
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1 votes
Nine tail swat
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1 votes
Whatever works for the specific child. I have a nephew that tolerated spanking with no problem. He would not quit his bad behavior, but we found out that by making him sit in a chair all by himself in a room worked wonders. Go figure!!
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1 votes
hickory stick
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1 votes
Talk to them.
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1 votes
Sit in a corner. Take away a privilege or toy.
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1 votes
no allowance - something like that - don't teach violence
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1 votes
Coming from some thin air.
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1 votes
Stern lecture followed by removed permissions
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1 votes
Every child is different - Some will respond with communication while others are stubborn and need to experience the consequences so they understand. I believe spanking should be used rarely. When my son was a toddler he would bite and after trying several things I thought he does not how it feels so I bit him and that was the end of his biting. Never again.
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1 votes
Take away their privileges
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1 votes
Time out; withdrawal of privileges, etc.
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1 votes
Stand in the corner face to the corner, take away a favorite toy, cell phone, video game
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1 votes
it today's day and age, there are benefits that you can take away
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1 votes
The Kids today get away with everyone because their parents don't do anything to fix the issue. A little smack on their butts won't hurt them
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1 votes
Sent to your room ; privileges taken away
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1 votes
take away privileges example the cell phone that will get their attention
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1 votes
Sitting in the corner
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1 votes
go to their room
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1 votes
Withdraw a certain toy or game for a predetermined time.
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1 votes
explain the problem and send to room (isolation) to think about the previous discusion
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1 votes
Sitting in corner, send to bed or remove favor toy.
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1 votes
Timeouts loss of privilege
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1 votes
consequences that are upheld e.g. no TV, no gaming, missed event
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1 votes
Spanking should rarely be used. Time out, redirection, attending to immediate needs works much better. Always talk to a child after punishment, flowed by a hug, so that they learn how to separate behavior from their own value as a person.
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1 votes
Send child to their home Stand in the corner
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1 votes
Used as a startle, not a beating to interrupt a bad behaviour. When older something that includes consequences that are upheld.
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1 votes
Be their buddy! Yeah that will work hah ha.
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1 votes
take their prefered things away
0%
1 votes
Talking about it
0%
1 votes
each child is different
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1 votes
Talk to them and explain why their actions are objectionable. Believe it or not, they are capable of learning as well as understanding if you give them reasons. And never NEVER use the words "because I said so"....you only paint yourself as ignorant.
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1 votes
Call Super Nanny
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1 votes
Send them to their room
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1 votes
Privileges removed. Some for a long time.
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1 votes
time out and a conversation
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1 votes
Stand in a corner.
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1 votes
taking away a privilege
0%
1 votes
Take away their favorite thing.
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1 votes
withholding allowance, restricting computer and phone use, grounding
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1 votes
ground, take away, stay home
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1 votes
no screen time
0%
1 votes
Taking away phone privleges
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1 votes
Time outs. Taking away privleges.
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1 votes
a firm lecture on why you are upset.
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1 votes
go to your room no TV or Internet
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1 votes
take away priviledges
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1 votes
TO IGNOR THE CHILD
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1 votes
take there internet away
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1 votes
stand in the corner; sit at the table both with no speaking
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1 votes
My dad used his boot. An effective method
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1 votes
Please, please, don't let the option be asking the kid for how to punish them.
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1 votes
Time outs - and after that, I got nothin'
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1 votes
restrictions on going out., computer use ,telephone use, etc
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1 votes
Sit in the corner go to bed early
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1 votes
Taking away privileges.
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1 votes
Timeouts
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1 votes
I still feel that a spanking has it's place and time... if I told my girls the same thing 3 times, they'd get their diaper rattled so perhaps that would jog their memory
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1 votes
belt, a rack, any corporal punishment
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1 votes
Taking something away from them. iPad, phone, television privileges, etc.
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1 votes
Designated room, time out
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1 votes
I've found that a clear statement of consequences for non-compliance, used with a warning, was usually more effective than spanking. There have been times when consequences-warnings did not work, and I had to resort to spanking.
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1 votes
Time out and watching my daughter in law implement this does take a lot of patience. Now that they are older electronic restriction is a good go to and that seems to work, since I cannot ask for better behaved grandchildren.
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1 votes
None because they don't learn their lesson
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1 votes
Time out, if they're old enough to understand.
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1 votes
ground them ,no internet time
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1 votes
Time out with an apology
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1 votes
A swat on the back side for correction is all that should be required. Beating a child is both excessive, cruel , and evil ! Punishment is of religious invention not the True God and Christianity. Disciplining a child is a completely different. And requires the correct knowledge and application from a study of God's rightly divided Word ! Never emotionally initiated. Count to 10 first !
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1 votes
There are none that are as effective.
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1 votes
Take away electronics. Make them stand in the corner with their nose facing the wall. Limit social activities.
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1 votes
taking away a priviage
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1 votes
take away things they like to play with for a certain amount of time depending on what they didi
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1 votes
Family meetings. Meetings in which what might be appropriate behaviour and what might not be. Then a discussion on what might be the consequences of either one. then a family vote on which should be applied in certain circumstances.
At no time should any form of violence be applied. It only teaches that the best way to get what you want is to hit out. Democracy rules.
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1 votes
send them to their rooms. open door Food in the room Allow bathroom. Just not family time and TV.
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1 votes
The first one is the first and second one I saw on
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1 votes
My dear Mother just gave me "That Look" that was enough.
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1 votes
The only option is to be a model of fairness and consistency with children always showing love and teaching with love. Punishment is not something that is needed with children. Children are born trying to please their parents. See Gabor Mate.
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1 votes
Time out Reduce priviledges
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1 votes
Timing out, grounding, taking away privileges such as tech.
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1 votes
revoke privileges or allowance, extra chores, write an essay why it was not a good choice, etc.
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1 votes
sending to room, time out chair to think about offense
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1 votes
Sit on a chair, denial of certain privileges, denial of allowance, no technology for a certain time
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1 votes
None that's actually Factive
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1 votes
Removal of privilges
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1 votes
Taking away there phones.
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1 votes
sit in the corner.
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1 votes
quiet time
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1 votes
taking things they like away for a bit of time
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1 votes
Boubou yaw yak
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1 votes
Just be open, take them to have ice cream or pizza, and just talk.
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1 votes
Emphasis on discipline, having punishment based on the transgression so the child has to think about what they've done, and see why they shouldn't do it again. When you hit a child, for what ever reason, you just teach them to hit in their own turn.
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1 votes
Take away whatever they like playing with.
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1 votes
Time out and take something they klke
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1 votes
Grounding kids, taking away tv and cell phones
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1 votes
Take away
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1 votes
Time outs worked great for my son.
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1 votes
No social media, no TV etc. Hitting should never be an option
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1 votes
Just grounding them is enough punishment, no tv shows they like, not allowed to play their video games, not allowed to do something they like to do is enough.
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1 votes
got nothing
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1 votes
Restrictions on tv, phone a computer
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1 votes
hugs
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1 votes
Time out, not allowed to have devices
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1 votes
Taking things away. Like a bed and bedding. Talk back to me? Looks like you're sleeping on the floor.
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1 votes
we use to have to pick our own switch from the yard. then mom would switch us with it, leaving marks
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1 votes
A parent explaining why a child has done something wrong and telling why and what could happen.
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1 votes
Time outs, reason with them.
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1 votes
To make your child sit in a chair corner of a room for about 30 minutes.
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1 votes
Removing any toys or electronics that the child loves.
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1 votes
Talking to them and making them understand.
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1 votes
Have consequences, like not being able to play video games or if older, taking away their phones. Time outs when they are little was helpful both for kids and parents. Also, if you give your child an allowance, deduct money from their allowance.
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1 votes
Time outs and taking their favorite items away and they have to earn them back.
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1 votes
Time out Games and toys withheld
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1 votes
Timeouts and losing of certain things ( a specific toy, no phone, etc.)
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1 votes
Time out, take something away from them that they like
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1 votes
Reason
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1 votes
Sending them to their room to think about it .
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1 votes
sit in a corner
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1 votes
Put them in a corner or in bed
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1 votes
I spank toddlers on their diapers. They never felt anything, they heard a startling noise. It worked quite effectively. Then they grew old enough to listen.
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1 votes
Time out, loss of privileges, positive reinforcement. Anything other than physically hurting your child.
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1 votes
taking electronics, cars
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1 votes
Take away time from leisure activities
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1 votes
Go stand in the corner
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1 votes
Sent to room, no phone, taking away a privilege
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1 votes
Withold treats. Take TV away. Deny pocket money
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1 votes
Take away the most important thing they love for a couple days.
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1 votes
Time out and take away privileges.
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1 votes
restriction from favored toys or activities
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1 votes
Privileges revoked
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1 votes
Time out , take the electronics away
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1 votes
time out chair
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1 votes
Sit on the couch and don't get off of it . or stand in a corner
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1 votes
seperation to the time out corner
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1 votes
taking away things they like time out talking and explaining things
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1 votes
Withdrawing privileges
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1 votes
Timeout
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1 votes
Taking away, PlayStation was more effective than anything else Or whatever type of technology, they are addicted to because of damage we are lucky that we have those to fall back on when I was a child we didn t have that
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1 votes
Timeout but kids these days have no manners and parents let them get away with too much it has too stop even in the schools they are rude too teachers and principle so maybe spanking has too comeback does not mean too beat them
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1 votes
De escalate the situation
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1 votes
put them in a corner facing a wall and make them think about what they did wrong. After 15 minutes, check to see if they have the correct answer, if not, another 5 minutes added on until the right response is given and then take the time to discuss why it was wrong and make sure that the child understands and that it will not happen again
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1 votes
Punishment
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1 votes
TAKING AWAY THEIR ELECTRONICS
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1 votes
Time-outs and losing privileges.
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1 votes
talking to the child
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1 votes
Taking away electronics
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1 votes
NONE. . . .
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1 votes
Time out,being grounded,taking away rights &/or privileges(such as phones,video games,extra curricular activities,hobbies,etc).
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1 votes
Taking their tablet for one week.
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1 votes
sterness
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1 votes
good
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1 votes
A cool down time by self ( child s room); serious firm approach with your parent needs to discuss this incident soon ; if not being reasonable maybe an appropriate punishment is good ie. no allowance or no treat time being given.
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1 votes
Sternness
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1 votes
Time out loss of privileges
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1 votes
Sit on a chair in corner, stand in the corner. Take something or a privilege away. I had to kneel in the corner and I fainted, so they went to the chair.
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1 votes
No TV, no video games, an extra chore
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1 votes
Grounding, standing in the corner.
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1 votes
There are none in today's world.
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1 votes
quiet time sit in a corner
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1 votes
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