DukeU
Diamond Member
First off "spankings" are NOT "whippings". Spanking is done with the hand. Whippings are done using an object - belt, stick, or paddle. They are not the same thing at all.
Secondly, corporal punishment is not "evil", but it is child abuse.
I was spanked and it was useless. Children who are hit, learn to hit others. Fear of a spanking never stopped me from doing anything.
I never spanked any of my children. There are other, more effective ways of discipline that respect a child's bodily autonomy and doesn't cause them harm or pain.
Proverbs 29:15 The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.
Proverbs 23:13 Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.
Proverbs 23:14 Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell.
Proverbs 22:15 Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
