A recent survey taken on YourBlackWorld found that more than 80 percent of black respondents have no problem with the idea of giving spankings to their children. Additionally, the same 78 percent of the respondents feel that the anti-spanking wave has gone too far.
As I reminisce on the spankings my mother gave me as a child, I wonder if there could have been a better way. I remember the terror in my skull that emerged upon hearing the belt jingling as she walked down the steps, and I remember feeling that there was no purpose to the pain I felt whenever I did something wrong. CONTINUE READING
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it’s HOW you do it.if you do it in a hurry or when your angry and in the process leave a bruise,then yeah it’s consider abuse.but overall spanking your child within reason is NOT abuse.i remember acting up in the stores,throwing fits when i didn’t get my way,fought my brothers,lied about school work,or didn’t do what my mom told me right then and there.and in return for my bad behavior,i got a spanking.time outs weren’t a real threat because in the end,i got out within 7 to 10 minutes.but a spanking let me know that my actions weren’t okay and there was no way that i could get away with it.it made me respect my mom and other adult figures in my life.most parents who spank their kids,aren’t hurting their children and know where their limits are.but their are a FEW who take it out of control and do hurt their children,which gives spankings a bad name.but overall,there’s nothing wrong with spanking your child/children.if i ever have some,it will be grantee,that i will spank them.
I spanked my kids after I had warned, punished, over and over then I spanked. I work with children everyday and I promise u parents need to do some spanking now.
I Really hated spanking my kids and now my grandbaby, it hurt me more than them. But sometimes talking your head off doesn’t do it, but you don’t have to corporal punish them, that is just plain abuse.