Read the articles below and discuss the following question with your parents.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/opinion/2495009/Smacking-debate-needs-some-correction
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/2674381/How-to-raise-kids-without-smacking
When you have children do you think you will smack them? Please explain your answer!
No if I had children I would never smack them because they could grow up thinking that it is ok. Even now I cant even hit someone and i dont think that will change.
ReplyDeleteFelicity :)
i don't think it is a good to hit your kids, but immagen if your kid did something really bad like played with fire. how would you teach them not to do it? if you just say no don't do that bad little one then are they really going to learn anything? so i think it is ok to do a light pat its not ok to beat your children with a piece of wood.
ReplyDeleteNEVER IN A MILLION YEARS WOULD I HIT MY KIDS!
ReplyDeletebecause:
a. Any kind of abuse is not ok!
b. I couldn't bring myself to do it
c. It is against the law
d. Its mean and desrispectful
There is absolutely no excuse for family violence. Nothing would change my mind about how strong a feel about this!
I hope everybody else in the class will agree and say NO!
If I had any children I wouldn't smack them. because I know that it would hurt and the fact that you can discipline your children in other ways and they may start to think that it's okay to hit others...
ReplyDeleteand like Suz said today it could possibly lead to assault and that is horrible.
Zara
I woudn't smack my children ever because they could think that it is ok to hit people OR they could get scared of their parents. I think as a consequence you could take luxurys away from them such as tv, playstation ect.
ReplyDeleteVIOLENCE IS NOT THE ANSWER!!
Paddy
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ReplyDeletei would not smack my kids because, its mean and doesnt always stop the child froming doing the thing they were doing. and if you smack your child it could make them think it is acceptable to hit other people at school etc.
ReplyDeletelara :)
I would never smack my children because it is mean and would hurt them. And there are other ways to dicsipline your children without using violence. And when they are older they could be more violent because they would be used to it. So i would definitely never smack my children!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeletefrom sarah
I would never smack my children. I would dicsipline them some other way, without using violence.
ReplyDeleteI would also explaine to them what them did wrong, and maybe punish them by taking the tv away for a coupem days or something.
Mead
I would NEVER EVER hit a kid of any age...
ReplyDeleteThere is other ways tho dicsipline kids with out any sort of violence,they could hit their friends, teacher or hit you back, they could start to hate you and you dont want that to happen.it dosnt mean that they will stop being bad... kids are kids and theres no way to stop them being who they are.
So NO HITTING KIDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
Definately not some kids die from abuse. Smaking is one of the causes and if you have a kid and you love them why would you want to hurt them? Even if kids have been naughty you could easily deduct pocket money from them instead of hitting them!
ReplyDeleteGeorgie
I wouldn't hit my kids at all there are always other ways to punish children instead of smacking them really hard and that would hurt the child and they could get really sceared of their own parents and may run away from their own home and they could think if you hit them they will start to think it ok to hit other people.
ReplyDeleteFAMILY VIOLENCE IS NOT OK!!!!!!!
CAMPBELL ;)
I would never hit my kids, and some times when your angry well you take your anger out on your kids and they didnt even do anything wrong. So your hurting them for not reason.
ReplyDeleteUm.. kids would probly get worried about talking to you or going near you cause your smacking them all the time.
Instead of smack you should make rules like if u do this bad thing you have to sit in the corner for like 5 minutes or like a naughty chair or sticker chart be good get sticker be bad take away sticker. I think thats better than smacking your kids.
PEOPLE DONT SMACK YOUR CHILDREN!!! Cause i know i wont.
:)ERIN:)
I probably would but not to hard just to give them some discipline, and it does depend what it is.
ReplyDeletefelicity, paddy, sarah, nicole, campbell and erin said that they might hurt other kids at school, But I'm sure that there parents smacked them when they were little and they didn't hurt other kids at school!
and people are saying that they might be scared of you because your smacking them all the time but even if you did they would soon learn that what they are doing is wrong and also again when you were little your parents probably would of smacked you and I'm not to sure about you but i was never scared about my parent just because they smacked me, i still loved them even when they did because i new what i did was wrong.
Im not saying Im going to beat my kids to death. but if they cary on doing something that frequently told them not to do and the thing is really dangerous then i would :)
From Rose :) :)
Im not going to hit my children because they might think it is ok to hit others and some times they might hit back because they don't think think they did anything wrong. also there are other ways to punish your children so why do you need to hit them when it does not always work.
ReplyDeletefrom sjoerd
i don't think i will because i think it will make them afaid of you and it may lead them to thinking it's ok to hit other people.
ReplyDeletearoha!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:)
i think that you should not be allowed to beat our children but you should be allowed to yell or be asertive but not in a fizical way you should be able to give them a smack if they do something really bad but not that you give them a black eye or a broken arm and you should not be allowed to put them in a drier or put them on the washing line
ReplyDeleteLast comment by Matt
ReplyDeleteNo Way would i ever smack my kids!!
ReplyDeleteYour children need discipline but that is not the way to bring up your children!
There is way better ways to bring up your kids healthy and non abusive smacking your kids is not ok!
And i dont think and parent should treat there kids that way its unhealthy and it proves you are not fit and capeble to be a parent!
Terri :P
i would never hit my kids because violence can only lead to more violence and it wont teach them anything. it will only cause them to be violent back to you and other people
ReplyDeletelast comment by Mitchel
ReplyDeleteIf I have children, I would not smack them. I think the only reason that parents smack is because they dont know what else to do. If what the child is doing is seriously wrong, then you should punish them according to the problem,eg take away their favourite toy or something they are looking forward to.
ReplyDeleteBy Henry :D
idk?
ReplyDeletei would look for alternatives in disipl. mi children i.e confiskating a favourite toy or asset and as i have had things confiskated from me i think its just as annoying as having i LIGHT smack.
ReplyDelete( x katie x)
ReplyDeleteI wouldn't smack them, there are plenty of other ways to discipline and kids usually want to do the oppisite of what you tell them to do if you don't give them a good reason not to. As lots people have said it's possible that they will grow up and hit there friends or their little brothers and sisters and that's not solving the problem it's just creating new ones. Plus when they get to old to smack they won't know what they can or can't do because they would of never been told- just smacked. Even if they had been told they'd never remember what, they'd just remember the smacking, once agian, creating problems not solving them.- Lucy.
ReplyDeleteI WOULD NEVER HIT MY KIDS BECAUSE.
ReplyDeleteit is wrong to hit or abuse people especially women or girls.if you hit youre kids hard with a stick or something it could lead to brain damage and if someone else's kid did something that they were not supposed to your kids could end up hitting them because they will think it is right to hit other kids and hurt them and could start hitting girls which is wrong and when they are older they could get sent to jail .plus it is really mean especially if they are very little.
I would never hit my kids because it would probably lead to them thinking its alright to hit other people. there is always other ways to discipline like confiscating things or not letting them do something.
ReplyDeleteby Rhys
I do not think we should smack are children because it encourages violence and it is not ok to hit adults so why would be ok to hit children. And if we said it is was ok then chidren would fight bthinking bit was ok
ReplyDeleteBy Fergus