Using the Belt on Kids Like in the Good Ol' Days

I see a lot of references on BGP to the good ol' days when Ma and Pa used the belt on Junior to teach him right from wrong. I hear a lot of people say it needs to come back and we'd be better off.

So, how many of you parents have ever used a belt on your children's rear end?

I got the belt when I was a kid. Heck, my babysitter used to hit me with a swtich on my bare bottom.

I've never hit my kids with a belt.

You?

Yep.

Recieved when I was young, gave when my kids were young and needed it.

Both my parents have used a belt when I did something drastic to make sure I didn't do it again.

It worked.

Both my parents have used a belt when I did something drastic to make sure I didn't do it again.

 

It worked.

Are you a parent?

I got the belt, the switch, the shoe, the hairbrush, the ruler, even a cast iron skillet to the head before. I remember vividly trying to sit in class with oozing whelps on my back, thighs and backside. I have never hit my kids with anything.

Whether it helped or not is debatable. I often got "it" for stuff I didn't even do, and just as often got "it" for stuff I did. Did I do the same things again? I don't think so. But I did run away from home, did leave home the day I graduated, didn't make one decision that was based on rational thought toward the future. All I wanted to do was get out of my parent's home.

Have only whipped my child twice. Never with a belt, just a hand smack to the backside. My mother was right when she said, "It hurts me more than it hurts you." First time I spanked my child. I went and locked myself in the bathroom and cried more than she did.

I do believe there is a place for a spanking.

My mom with a belt twice and I laughed. Then she figured out that grounding me was worse than any beating she could give me.

My dad ONE time with a belt that was all I "needed" for the rest of my life. My dad was an over the road truck driver and he told me what was coming three days before it happened. I had to turn and touch my toes. He literally lifted me off the ground and I fell; he said stand up "I am not finished." Ironically, I got the belt from him for sneaking out when I was grounded. I went out to play in a football game!!!

My kids with a belt once each.

Yes, I've been on the receiving end, and the giving end of the belt. And I never believed my dad when he told me, but it's true, it hurts the giver a lot more than it does the receiver.

Yes, I've been on the receiving end, and the giving end of the belt. And I never believed my dad when he told me, but it's true, it hurts the giver a lot more than it does the receiver.

So have your kids received the belt?

Been threatened with it, never received it.

So have your kids received the belt?

Who else would I be giving the belt to?

I got threatened but only got it a few times.

Rule 1: Never spank when you are angry.

Rule 2: If your anger is in check and the child deserves it, spank away.

Received the hand or sometimes a kitchen utensil when I was young. All I have ever delivered as a parent is the hand. Never given or received a belt.

Who else would I be giving the belt to?

My fault. Didn't see the "giving end" piece of your post.

I'm not a parent. I received the belt a few times when I was very young, but not as I got older. I rarely got in trouble at all, actually. And when I did, mom knew that sending me to the room to sit in silence (not watch TV, read, or listen to music) was the worst punishment she could give me.

I don't see me spanking my children, though. I see how I did not need it, and hope that if/when I ever have kids, I can get similar results as mom did.