What are the best reasons to spank a child 13 years of age or younger?
How old should a child be before trying to spank them?
What are some techniques to get your child to do the right things without resorting to so much spanking?
How might it be possible to have a child do all the right things without the need for any spanking?
Seems it is best to not punish a child at all if the child is able to do all the right things without punishment. Ideally, all the right things would be that the child remain respectful to superiors and the elder members of the family. Ideally, the child would always clean up after himself even more than the mess he might have left. Ideally, the child would always do all their homework and then some.
I am inclined to believe that there are different types of punishment before we get down to actual spanking. For instance, no candy, no going to the movies, and we could go on down the line from the less severe to the more severe.
Parents may not know how to recognize what they can convince there child to do. Just the threat of getting spanked was enough to make me run and hide.
Perhaps there is some way to convince the child that punishment actually exists for them if they are bad enough. If they see a child being spanked on TV then they might realize that it could happen to them if they get too much out of line. But, then just show them the stick and hopefully you will never have to use it.
Of course, we have to be very careful if actually spanking a child. You do not want to injure your child. A little stink on the hand or below the butt might be enough if it actually becomes necessary to spank a child.
When a child is five years or less, they are normally much easier to handle. It shouldn’t take any spanking to get them to do the right thing. It is at that age that it is easiest to physically harm your child due to spanking. Between the ages of five and thirteen the child might be more the spanking age if that actually becomes necessary. But, the older the child the more possibility the child will not take the spanking seriously.
We should always attempt to teach and guide the child with our personal example. And, of course, we should always treat our child with love and respect.
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