Comments by "BVargas78" (@BVargas78) on "Is Spanking As Punishment Ever Okay? Question" video.

  1. I was never spanked but then, i was a good kid overall. My only flaw was being lazy but i never picked on others nor stole or anything like that.
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  2. rahowhero I've just always felt that you should treat others how you would like to be treated. How would i feel if i were in their shoes? I would say to myself, from an early age.
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  3. +Shadowtechnik But were you being spanked fairly or unfairly? For example, did you get spanked if you kicked a cat or beat up another kid to take his lunch money? If so, then good. If you got spanked because your parents feel you looked at them funny, or because you got bad grades or didnt put your tie on properly, thenen yeah i'm inclined to agree with you that it was pretty messed up. In fact, i would call that abuse.
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  4. TheRedRaccoonDog Kid shouldnt be an asshole then. If i had kids i wouldnt spank them, unless i found out they were beating up other kids. Even then i would try talk them out of it first, but if that fails it's time to feel some harsh justice. I was never spanked as a kid by the way, but i wasn't a bully so i didn't need it.
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  5. TheRedRaccoonDog No it's not. They will realise that if they inflict pain on other kids, they themselves will feel pain. If they are nice to other kids they themselves will be treated nicely, they will be honoured, patted on the back. Gifts even. Thus they will learn that being good is rewarding and being bad is the opposite of rewarding.
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  6. TheRedRaccoonDog Might makes right is terrible if it is inflicted unfairly. But to punish bullies its fine in my books, but corporal punishment alone would probably make things worse if theres no opportunity to open a dialogue and appeal to reason, or present alternatives such as showing them why being honourable and kind is a better and more rewarding path. Personally, if i had my way, parents who beat their kids for getting bad grades, or not having proper table manners, or looking at them in a disagreeable way etc should also get beaten as they themselves are being bullies and it will ruin their kids childhood.
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  7. TheRedRaccoonDog Hence opening a dialogue and appealing to logic and reason should always be the first option. But that alone doesn't always work. And if the bully, (and lets say it was my own son) was still beating up and tormenting other kids, then i'd feel pretty bad about that.
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  8. rahowhero So.. we put them in solitary isolation cells instead? lol jk
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