[Lapsiks]

I've been slapped a few times by my mom and dad growing up (about 10 times I can remember), the last time was when I was about 13 when I was timewasting in some way and my dad slapped me. I used to think it was unfair, but now I'm starting to think it's the best way to discipline kids- classical conditioning etc

Like parents are very fond of saying, some day you'll need to motivate yourself to behave well. When I can't be bothered to do something I secrety wish there WAS someone to give me a kick up the backside and make me do it.

Anyway, please vote and feel free to share any stories.

P.S. Sorry if this is in the wrong sub forum but there isn't a general culture forum so I put it here.

[fabrizioitwloch]

I got smacked when I deserved it, I turned out fine.

[ssupermegatone]

Yes, but only rarely and lightly. In my culture, it's normal to 'discipline' your children through beatings, there is no controversy over it like there is in the West, but sometimes some parents take it to the extreme and do things I really consider to be evil, like some parents put chili pepper on their child's mouth if they said something vulgar as a way of making them learn to never say such things again. I once witnessed such an episode at my neighbour's house, it was so traumatizing to see such a thing! The child was just screaming from pain and the mother was satisfied that he 'learnt his lesson'. Other parents literally beat up their child, which I find to be barbaric and child abuse...Personally, I wouldn't smack my own kid, I don't have the heart to. I think there are alternatives. I wasn't ever beaten, my parents used to talk to me as a mature person, we communicated through trust & understanding, so I turned out ok through just that.

[8cyVn4RJ]

Not as I can remember (and I should remember something like that).

I wouldn't smack my children.

[Alkassyinhisk]

Actually to add to that, I was yelled at as a kid too by my mother.

Being yelled at and insulted when I was a kid had more of an effect on me, and when my sister and I talked about it, her as well.

I will not yell at my kids.

[Fededorbprago]

Sometimes my father smacked me..lol.. nothing serious..was something like "Hey kid, stop doing this.." specially when I took his gun and dismantled it (kids are too curious)..lol


I don't smack my daughter.. I prefer to talk and show her that she is wrong.. but her mother when lose patience she smack her, lightly, but smack her.. I think it is because she is from a very different culture..

[Argurnenoni]

Very rarely and only when I deserved. The method is alright if you ask me...

[SueveDobe]

I don't remember my parents ever hitting me.

I would discipline my children in a smart way. I wouldn't resort to violence though, ever.

[UHlVExs7]

I got whipped a lot when I was little. I think parents smack thier children out of frustration more than anything.

[libertiespana]

I was smacked rarely, by my mother but never by my father.

[aburva.org]

Been smacked, will probably smack

I would not say regularly, but it was not rare either.

[Kristoferson]

i got hit alot haha.i think alot of it was just my mother being frustrated with being so poor.after i turned 14 or 15 it stopped because we were doing alot better financially.i was a little trouble maker though so some of it was deserved,but she would go overboard sometimes and straight up sock me in the face if i mouthed off to much.


i remember when i was younger she took me to the dollar store and got one of those paddles with the balls on it and said it was a present for me.then when we got into the car she ripped the ball off and whacked me with it for a good while.i had got suspended the week before for fighting or somethin so it wasnt all unwarranted.i look back on it now and laugh though haha.

[AmfitNom]

My mother always smacked my and my brothers, my dad used to kick us Nothing wrong with that. In fact after the age of 9-10 i became used to my mother's beatings so i started laughing after a while when my mother tried to beat me.

Ill probably do the same to my kids, offcourse i dont smack the shit out of them

[pinawinekolad]

Very rarely. If I ever do have kids I would definitely smack them to instill discipline in their heads. It is necessary, this coming from someone who was spoiled as hell as a child and has grown up to be an irresponsible douche. I've gotten away with shit that would be way across the line for most normal parents.

[optormtix]

A couple of times, yes.

Sometimes kids need to be reminded of the order of things, and often times words dont suffice; that's when a good bitchslap comes in handy.

[Soypopetype]

Yes, I was. But it was mainly my mother the one giving the discipline to my brothers and me in the household, as my father usually only had to look at us the wrong way once in order for us to behave. He only got to hit me like two times on my lifetime, and that was when he entirely ran out of patience, which he has aplenty.

[arrendabomnem]

Never got smacked and don't miss it.

[JosephEL]

I'm surprised that most were hit by the mother, my mother rarely hit me, my father was the one that did most of the beatings, the odd part from what I remember was that I used to get beat for stupid reasons, but when I messed up big, rather than getting beatings they would just talk to me about my mistake.

[ropinirole]

yupp and I had to kneel on dried peas and some other things that people outside of east europe may find fucked up

[moohassinny]

I'm surprised that most were hit by the mother, my mother rarely hit me, my father was the one that did most of the beatings, the odd part from what I remember was that I used to get beat for stupid reasons, but when I messed up big, rather than getting beatings they would just talk to me about my mistake.

My mother hit me more, actually. My father would smack me on the side of the head lightly if I was out of line but my mother did far worse. She punched me, dragged me down the hall by my hair (my older sister intervened when she saw that), even choked me once to get me to stop crying (after she yelled at me an called me down to the lowest). She'd also force me to drink milk as punishment (I'm lactose intolerant). And these reactions were for even the slightest infraction.

But I have to say the worst with my mother was the insults. Also, comparing me to her friend's kid who was the same age hurt me a lot. I'd come home and be proud of myself for making 96% on a test (and damn good mark) and she would be like "Well, my friend's daughter made 98%. Pissed me off. My sister is mad about that stuff too, and I never realized it happened to her too.

Needless to say, I don't get along with my mother very well.