mls88br asked this question on 2/21/2000:

Is spanking a child Child Abuse?

AngelRose34 gave this response on 2/23/2000:

Dear mls88br,

I can tell you from a Biblical standing that it is not. I do not know if you are religious, but this is my belief.

Prov 14:24 He who spares the rod hates his son, but he who loves him is careful to discipline him. Prov 22:15 Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline will drive it far from him. Prov 23:13 Do not withhold discipline from a child; if you punish him with the rod, he will not die. 14 Punish him with the rod and save his soul from death.

Now if one does not punish a child out of love then it becomes abuse. We correct our children because we love them. If they get away with everything then they know no boundaries, what boundaries will they know when they are on their own and out in society?

Just some food for thought.

Blessings, AngelRose

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