Discipline

Proverbs 13:24: “Whoever spares the rod hates their children, but the one who loves their children is careful to discipline them.”

The word rod in Hebrew is šēbeṭ which is also the word used for rod, for the sheep. The shepherd never beat their sheep. Youre supposed to steer your children, teach them and create boundaries.

I think you can discipline your kids without spanking them. I'm Christian and don't plan to use whoopings as a way to discipline. I think the Bible tells us parents we ought to educate our children but that doesn't mean spanking.

Lila rose show podcast has lots of good episodes on raising kids as Christians and they touch on discipline and setting boundaries with them I highly recommend you watch them.

Hitting/spanking is lazy, ineffective parenting. As said, it’s not about physical punishment and those who translate it to mean violence are people trying to maintain control rather than act like Jesus. Please break the cycle.

You can talk to them. Their brains are developing

We don’t typically spank. But with our second we sometimes have to do a pop on the hand or leg because she won’t listen other ways. Some kids it works with and some it doesn’t. I think spanking multiple times in a row isn’t necessary the best. But I don’t think just a pop or two is bad either. I think you need to discipline the way your child needs to

We have consequences if he doesn't listen, he loses TV time or a toy for a couple of days

My dad used to spank us a d it was very hard. I definitely don’t like that. It hurt. When we do it it doesn’t hurt or maybe it’s like a little sting but that’s not

Nope. It is abuse and teaches your child
1. To be scared of you.
2. That love and abuse go hand in hand

Not in a million years.
Then again I’m from a country where hitting your child is illegal.
I know people that have seen someone hit their child, followed them and called the police.
I think the people that hit are usually tourists etc.