Common questions

Is it normal for people to hit their kids?

Is it normal for people to hit their kids?

81% of parents say that spanking their children is sometimes appropriate. 35% of children experienced some form of corporal punishment at least once per year. 26% of men 18-59 reported having been spanked or slapped by parent as a child. 61% of women report hitting, beating, spanking, or slapping their children.

Do dogs forgive abusers?

A dog cannot “forgive” an abusive owner in the way humans might think of forgiveness, but the dog will also only associate that abusive behavior with the specific circumstances surrounding the abuser. Dogs forgive, but not quite as much as they forget.

Is it okay for parents to hit their kids?

And you find a different way. Whereas, once parents take the path of raising a child with violence – once parents decide, in other words, that violence is an answer, well, you know the joke about hammers and nails. And talking to parents who hit their kids, this is what I have found.

Why do we need to stop hitting our kids?

The most important reason, according to Dr. Peter Newell, coordinator of the organization End Punishment of Children (EPOCH) 2, is that “all people have the right to protection of their physical integrity, and children are people too.”. Hitting children teaches them to become hitters themselves.

Do you hit your kids when you’re angry?

Let’s assume that you as a parent are more interested in shaping your children’s behavior than you are in using physical punishment as a means of venting your own anger and frustration. Simply seeing how angry you are is usually frightening enough to a young child. You don’t need to compound the fear by getting physical.

What happens to your body when you hit your child?

The likelihood is that you will go over the line. Pretty soon, you will be giving yourself permission to hit your child for even the slightest infraction because you will have become addicted to that rush of relief you get from hitting someone defenseless. And you won’t want to face the fact that you are hitting your child because it feels good. 4.

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Ruth Doyle