Is physical punishment OK as long as there's no mark?

No.

I use time outs for my child…all I do is have him sit in a chair(age=the amount of minutes) tell him why hes sitting there..and whens hes done I tell him again why he was there and give him a hug and tell him I love him-works every time-no hitting ever!!

there is no law in the u.s preventing parents from “spanking.” it is however, against the law to use excessive force or harm a child in doing so, such as leaving a mark. There has to be evidence that the parent used excessive force, children are not just taken from homes because their parents spanked them.

Ther are many ways to discipline kids. It depends on your child and what technique works best for them. Abuse is never an option. Some people use time out methods and they work. Others watch their kids take advantaage of time out methods, so they spank their kids. I personally don’t see anything wrong with physically disciplining your kids as long as you are not abusing them. It is a difference.

Dear here_4_us, Each country and state may be different but one thing is not different is if you leave a mark on your child that is child abuse. Canada has a spanking law; it states you can spank your child on the behind only and if you do it cannot leave a mark. Some countries like Sweden I believe you cannot spank a child at all. If spanking worked you’d only have to do it once but we know it does not work and that is why some areas do not allow it. Sue…good luck

I am fully against it! Kids will HATE you for it. There are two types of respect: Military Respect (what you’ll get through spanking), and family loving respect (from tolerence)

I dated a police officer for over 10 years and it don’t matter where you live there is NO officer that will say its ok because its not. So who ever said they did ok it is a lier

If they misbehave then ground them from what they like doing, PlayStation, xbox ,tv, phone, ect… It worked will all 3 of my kids and I never needed any kind of physical punishment

yeeeaaahhh… I’m pretty sure you can’t punish your kids physically. Even if it doesn’t leave a mark it’s against the law to hit a kid. At least it is here.

No im from australia too & its illegal to abuse your children.

wow ok here in the U.S if you hit your kids and they tell on you they take yo kids from you

Ok, so does that mean that even spanking your child isn’t alright? because some of you’se are saying different things.