Based on my own personal experience. No.

And how can I supply a argument on that, I can't. My own experience is my own experience.

God has his hand on all of us.

No, no, no, no. A baby is a baby, they are defenseless. And is a life that we do not have the right to destroy. I also don't agree with capital punishment.

Should it be? Yes!! But can it be, no. As a parent of 4, all my children have been bullied. Especially my child with mild Autism. It's aggravating to deal with, but I adjusted to each scenario. No two situations are the same and in a court of law, it would be hard to prove. But why let it get that far? I have had the privilege of living in various provinces and have seen some excellent anti bulling programs in public schools. That being said, out of four children I have only one attending public school, as the others were being bullied and I had to put to in private, and one is homeschooled. Bullying is very bad in our current city. :(.

If my children became my parents, We would all die..lol..a point I have discussed with them just recently in joking conversation.

But I do disagree with you sorry. Yes I agree that we should set good examples for our children in terms of respect etc. But I have to say that in my experience children need a firm boundary otherwise they will push and push till the limit. I know..I have 4 and have seen it myself with 2.

I agree with you to a certain extent. I don't like to spank my children but I will do it if I i have tried other options and they will not stop said behavior.

I agree sometimes they will get mad, or hurt..but it is a consequence to a bad behavior. If my child hurts someone physically, repeatedly or steals 4 or 5 times...they are going to get a spanking because it means no other consequence has worked. That's not even the worst punishment. Boot camp lol

But seriously, I have considered it with one child.

Yes, I agree with that one. With belts you can't know how much you are hurting them. And I think that's too much pain to inflict.

I don't have to spank my kids often. But as a parent I like having the option there, as a last resort...if they don't chose to make better choices.

After all, if they are not disciplined properly in childhood, they will be in adulthood via....jail.

I'd prefer them not to go there, as guard to prisoner abuse or prisoner to prisoner abuse is a much more scary thought.

My child rearing strategies reflect current societal expectation and consequences for common citizens.

There are too many argumentative variables with this issue.

How much do you use spanking as a consequence to neg behavior in your children?

For what reason, big or small?

Belt or hand?

I'll say this...spanking when your angry is not a good practice. It teaches your children that if your bigger you can get away with being a bully. When you get angry, take some time to reflect on what the proper punishment is.

Spanking using tools of whatever kind are not a good idea, because you don't really know how much pain you are inflicting. Spank with a open palm on the butt, then you feel the same exact pain as they feel.

Make sure your kids know ahead of time, that spanking is a option in your parenting list of possible punishments. In fact state ahead of time, all list of possible punishments.

And one last thing I would like to suggest, something that works for me...even to this day with my 17 year old lol. If my kids are in the midst of acting out a undesirable behavior..I simply start counting from 1 to 5 out loud. If I reach 5, they go to their room for a time out. It's rare that I reach 5 with all of them in any situation. I learned this in a parenting course and it has been a great blessing to me ever since.