Spanking Your Child

Question:

I am doing a paper for a class I am in. I was wondering what you think about spanking your child. Do you think it is wrong? If so please specify. Thank you.

Answer:

I absolutely do not believe in spanking. I believe in using methods that are effective long-term, not just short term. In other words, I’m not saying that spanking doesn’t work. It does work if all you care about is stopping the behavior right now, and don’t care about the long-term effects.

A primary focus of all our books is to help parents and teachers learn hundreds of methods that help children develop healthy self-esteem and important life skills while treating them with dignity and respect. In fact, the subtitle of our book, Positive DisciplineA-Z is 1001 Solutions for Everyday Parenting Problems.

Following is a long quote from my book, PositiveDiscipline: