shakran

I don't think it's necessary but I'm not gonna foam at the mouth and call child protection over it. I still think it sends the wrong message. "When people displease you, you should hit them." That's not the message I want to impart to my child.

And all the examples on here about "I got spanked and straightened right the hell up" are great, but just because one method gets a desired result does not mean it's the only method, nor does it mean it's the best.

As I mentioned earlier, I too had an issue with my kid mouthing off to his mom. I didn't lay a hand on him, but I stripped his room completely bare except for his mattress. I even put his dresser in our room. He had to come to us to get his clothes. He also had to do every chore my wife wanted him to do, above and beyond his normal chores. He didn't have ANY free time for 6 months, and he ended up digging a big damn garden (nice rocky soil too). In short I made his life a living hell for months on end because of his stupidity. That was several years ago now and the kid's NEVER done anything like that again. I too taught him respect and I didn't have to lay a hand on him. The main physical consequence to his punishment was that he developed his muscles.

I have never found it necessary to spank my kid.

But regardless of what our opinions on spanking are, it is still without question wrong to commit child abuse. If you hit your kid with an object, or throw your kid into something, you are abusing your kid.