Do you think corporal punishment should be reinstated in schools?

@4meAndyou Only when people with common sense see that it is needed. Not all children need 'the rod', but a parent who does not apply traditional corporal punishment when needed is doing their child a great disservice.

@puck61 Parents have become lazy. They would rather watch tv or play with their cell phones than teach and raise their kids properly, and most of them the kids are threatening to call the police for parental abuse if the parent even touches them. Kids are learning snark and brattiness from television, and viciousness from social media. The ONLY way you can force parents to care is to dip into their wallets.

@4meAndyou It's pretty hard, that's for sure. The last time I spanked a child, it was for running into the street when I told him to stop. He stopped when I said, "STOP!" after that. I also had a long talk with him about being hit by cars! He understood that I spanked him because I didn't want him to be hurt or killed. It strengthened our bond in the long run.

@puck61 The only time I ever hit my son was when he was mouthing off (teenager) and I just couldn't take it anymore and I hauled off and slapped him right across the face, just like my mother used to do to me. It wasn't the slap that strengthened our bond, it was my sincere apology an hour later. Thinking back to that, I don't know if I should be mouthing off about what to do with teenagers with bad manners.

@4meAndyou @Spoiledbrat A good old fashion trip to the woodshed is sometimes the best option for a parent. The madness we see all around us is the direct result of poor parenting and the neglect of traditional discipline.

@Spoiledbrat Some kids are practically angelic. I kid around, but seriously, I'm not trying to promote beating children or anything. Just good old fashion Andy Griffith spankings when they really need it!

[My parents sent us to public school. There were four of us, and by the time we attended, spankings were outlawed there. That didn't stop teachers from knocking boys across the back of their heads for forgetting to remove their hats on coming indoors, or grabbing girls by the hair for wearing an abbreviated skirt (that didn't reveal anything, but the teacher thought it did). If there was spanking to be done, my parents did it in private at home. I can still hear my mother's words, "If any teacher lays ONE HAND on my son (or daughter), I'll kill him (or her). "

@4meAndyou EXCELLENT idea. But have a pop-up for every infraction committed, complete with what each cost. Otherwise the morons will take you to court as they honestly have never seen the kid misbehave. They block it out when it affects other people. Among thepeople I know, those who use moderate CP have well-behaved kids. Those who don't choose not to see anything reprehensible that their kid does. Or choose the futile path of repeating not to do that & giving one the despairing look of "See how hard a parent's job is" but not effectively stopping the kid's misbehavior. They also trust that if the kid does something dangerous to himself that you will do something to stop it at your own risk. Pretty stupid.