Why do you call it "spanking" when it is "hitting"?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Were you beat as a child OP? Is that part of your difficulty understanding the difference?

Or are you raising little hellions who listen to no one so you are trying to justify your parenting style with "at least I don't spank" threads?

Neither.

I just want you to own it.

I don't spank. My kids are too old and when they were the appropriate age they would have likely just laughed at me.

I was spanked as a child. No scars, mentally or physically, and I am a better person for it. I also know the difference between spanking, hitting and abuse.

My uncle was abusive to his kids and my aunt. To equate calm and loving spanking as a limited discipline technique with abuse shows that you have no idea of what abuse and violence towards children is and trivializes actual abuse and its lifelong effects.

This. +1,000

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Because spanking is spanking, not hitting.

Definition of spanking: an act of slapping, especially on the buttocks as a punishment for children

Definition of hitting: bring one's hand or a tool or weapon into contact with (someone or something) quickly and forcefully

Spanking is done in slow motion?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I thought the intention of spanking is to overpower someone who is helpless. That's my definition of hitting, too.

No, look at the definition. It's for punishment, not for overpowering.

It is inflicting physical pain on a helpless child. You should think about whether there might be better ways to discipline.

[Anonymous]

OP I am not sure if you are hitting me over the head with your craziness or spanking me. It is sure starting to feel like punishment so I guess it is spanking.

Geez, you have issues. You should own that.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:After reading through these forums and seeing the pride that so many take from hitting their children, I'm really curious about this.

You are hitting your children. Why not own it?

So they can sleep at night. It's hitting, straight up. If a spouse did it to them they'd be arrested

If my husband forced me in timeout, he'd be arrested for that, too. Logic fail on your part.

[Anonymous]

Did I really just read the words "calm and loving spanking"?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:After reading through these forums and seeing the pride that so many take from hitting their children, I'm really curious about this.

You are hitting your children. Why not own it?

So they can sleep at night. It's hitting, straight up. If a spouse did it to them they'd be arrested

If someone forced me to sit in time out, I could sue them for false imprisonment. I don't spank my kids, but we can certainly agree that certain things are ok to do to kids that are not ok to do to adults, right?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:After reading through these forums and seeing the pride that so many take from hitting their children, I'm really curious about this.

You are hitting your children. Why not own it?

So they can sleep at night. It's hitting, straight up. If a spouse did it to them they'd be arrested

If my husband forced me in timeout, he'd be arrested for that, too. Logic fail on your part.

What the hell is your definition of "forcing you into timeout"?

[Anonymous]

Ok, "hitting." I hit my kid for doing something dangerous again after all recipes methods of discipline failed and I did not want him to do it again and possibly be killed. So, yes, I hit my kid. And?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Did I really just read the words "calm and loving spanking"?

Np. If spanking is done properl, this is what it is.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:After reading through these forums and seeing the pride that so many take from hitting their children, I'm really curious about this.

You are hitting your children. Why not own it?

So they can sleep at night. It's hitting, straight up. If a spouse did it to them they'd be arrested

If a spouse continually behaved in a manner that I didn't like, I'd probably divorce the spouse. I can't divorce my kids. I think it's stupid logic to equate children to adults. One adult is not responsible for another adult; we don't have the same expectations of a child as we do an adult. I don't teach my spouse how to behave or make him do his work. I do all those things to my kids.

If I don't feed my spouse (unless incapacitated) I won't get arrested. I would get arrested if I didn't feed my child. I won't get arrested if I don't make my spouse go to work; I would if I don't make my kid go to school. I can go and on. Just bad logic.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Did I really just read the words "calm and loving spanking"?

Np. If spanking is done properl, this is what it is.

No wonder there are so many into BDSM

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:After reading through these forums and seeing the pride that so many take from hitting their children, I'm really curious about this.

You are hitting your children. Why not own it?

So they can sleep at night. It's hitting, straight up. If a spouse did it to them they'd be arrested

If a spouse continually behaved in a manner that I didn't like, I'd probably divorce the spouse. I can't divorce my kids. I think it's stupid logic to equate children to adults. One adult is not responsible for another adult; we don't have the same expectations of a child as we do an adult. I don't teach my spouse how to behave or make him do his work. I do all those things to my kids.

If I don't feed my spouse (unless incapacitated) I won't get arrested. I would get arrested if I didn't feed my child. I won't get arrested if I don't make my spouse go to work; I would if I don't make my kid go to school. I can go and on. Just bad logic.

Which is precisely the reason children should be protected from being hit. They are helpless.

[Anonymous]

I own it. I use the term bust your ass. But on here I would say spank, hit or simply using a belt. Trust me it's owned

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ok, "hitting." I hit my kid for doing something dangerous again after all recipes methods of discipline failed and I did not want him to do it again and possibly be killed. So, yes, I hit my kid. And?

No need for all of the justification