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Why is it everyone is always in an uproar about a swat to the bottom?

but if you were to see a child being verbally chastised in public (I don't mean a good talking to, being berated and utterly humiliated via swearing and putdowns) nobody thinks of that as abuse? Sanrio, that is def. not what a consider to be a swat and anybody w/any common sense doesn't either.

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1. Because some people will never know how to be a good parent and their child will end up hurting and holding resentment in the end.
2. I think of the verbal stuff as abuse, but a swat on the bottom, to me, is okay.
3. Words can scar a kid forever, so I don't know why people do not think about that. A swat to the bottom is not a bad thing, if that is the type of parenting you choose. Just do not hit your kid out of anger, do it out of discipline.
4. i had a friend like that..who would scream at her kids in the middle of the mall (or wherever we were) and totally fly off the handle using insane amounts of profanity (especially the F bomb) and turned around and belittle me because i spank my child....
5. That is abuse too, actually, I disagree with spankings, but verbal putdowns, humiliation, and name-calling are worse, those warrant a call to the police, in my opinion.
6. I agree - the verbal abuse some parents use is horrible. I was at a store last week and a child was walking around listing off the prices "3.99, 5.99, 11.99..." and then the Mom turned to this little kid and said, "SHUT UP NOW." What that poor child was doing wrong I don't know.
7. I think both are wrong. Besides, what is a "swat" anyway? Some might consider a barebottom with a belt a simple "swat on the butt"
8. I think the verbal abuse is much worse than a swat on the behind. There are a lot of the same people that don't believe in spankings that also don't believe in any discipline at all. I've seen people (family; friends; co-workers) who want to count to 10 to get their kid to mind; that threaten certain punishments and never follow through with it. Those kids are absolutely unruly: back talking to their parents; destroying their belongings; running wild during church services; running wild in the supermarkets. I have never beat my children; never swatted with more than the palm of my hand (not a spanking-I got those as a kid), but I have swatted them. My children ARE NOT afraid of me, are well adjusted and respect me. They also mind me.
9. Of course it is abuse. They are Both Abuse, and should never be done to a child.
10. I never agreed to physical abuse but a good swat never hurt anyone but usually helped them to make better choices and doing what they are supposed to ,,to help them from getting a swat...I used it on my kids when they got out of line..They aren't spoiled brats and know they have limits ..If they got grounded they didn't get the message as good as a swat on the bottom ...All are different and all should be treated differently ,,according to what works...
11. Well, you should definitely not verbally abuse your child. If they do something wrong then you should talk to them like an adult and tell them why it was wrong and that it makes you unhappy when they act that way. And about the spanking? I have spanked my child but only when she has really needed it, and I would never do it in public because I dont believe discipline should ever be public for everyone else to view. Try to keep the discipline private so the child is not embarressed or humiliated.