I think really, spanking should only be a tool for stubborn 4-8 year olds who just wont listen/ follow what you say. I think its an important tool to help teach them they ways they can act, and the ways that they can't. I'm not saying you should go spank crazy... But only that it should be used sparingly when all else fails.

nope.

My parents never spanked/smacked me on the BUTT but I've gotten a cuff to the head every once and awhile.

Violence is just a waste of time. Pain shouldn't be used as a punishment, so no I would never hit my kids.

i've been spanked since i was little, for every bad thing i do. i'm 14 and they still do it! but i think its the best way to get the point across: gets kids to stop what they're doing wrong, or in my case continue on but more secretly! but i'm sure i'll spank my kids, i just works.

I dont think my mom ever laid a hand on me, I was wrapped in cotton wool when I was growing up, I think it's probably due to me getting meningitis when I was 1 and my dad be abusive/manipulative to my mom..
I think I would shout at my kids if they were older (Like over 2 years) But I doubt I would ever physically do anything

of course I will spank my kids if they deserve it and my dad only spanked me once. I was like three or four and I was always running into the sreet and my dad would tell me nnot to and i wouldn't listen and finally one day he got tired of it and took a switch from the tree and got me right across the legs and from then on I din't step foot into the street.. It is discipline and it has worked for years and years, there is nothing wong with spanking your children.

nah they never did

i was never literally spanked but like hit, yea. my mom would have a wooden ruler and smack me on both sides of my hands 5 times each every 15mins for a day... it was a horrible day but it worked... im not sure if that counts as being spanked

Nope, I was never hit or spanked.

Yes my mum did. I'm still scared of her hitting me now, she hurts. But I guess it stopped me misbehaving. I'm going to try not to spank my kids.

When I was younger my parents spanked me. I don't see anything wrong with it as long as it's warranted and not overdone. I will be spanking my children if they ask for it.

I hope you did something absolutely ridiculous...

nope, never

My mum used to smack me & chase me around the house with her shoes. Haha. I used to be too fast for her, so she'd say "Just wait till your father comes home"... and he'd eventually find me & smack me with his belt.

And even though I will NOT hit my own kids if I ever eventually have them (Mainly because I don't agree to it, and even if I did, I wouldn't know how to handle the situation)... I still think it helped me straighten out a little. I became very obedient & that was for the better.

I look back upon it now, and I laugh.

However, my mum and dad would always smack the boys in the house. My dad NEVER EVER EVER EVER touched my sisters. And neither did my mum. They were only ever grounded.

nope, not once.

Ohhh yea, my father spanked me. When you heard him say "GET TO THE GARAGE" You knew you were getting it. But, I think it has made me a better person. I did the crime, I get the punishment.

I was smacked numorous times growing up, by mum and dad. infact my last was January this year :O(

Emily

Yah, I was but it sure made me think twica about doing something I wasn't suppose to

Yes pretty much until the age of 10. They would use belt, bamboo or yam stick, hanger. But before they smack me I would go running around but my dad was fast lol so I'd get smack even harder.

Ya i used to be spanked by my mom and somtimes hit for no reason, but that stoped after one time i hit her back

she knows not to touch me ever again