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When do you start corporal punishment with a child?
« on: October 12, 2025, 08:46:38 PM »
Child has hit the so-called terrible twos and is getting very rebellious and disobedient. Resorting to “bribes” or just switcharoos (I don’t mean sweets but just some other good, healthy food or doing/giving something) for now but I don’t know if it’s a good thing all the time. 

What’s the general practice among trads?
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Re: When do you start corporal punishment with a child?
« Reply #1 on: October 12, 2025, 10:06:43 PM »
Corporal punishment starts the first time they do something that you know they knew they shouldn't.
Also the third time after they've been told NO.
Be careful, bribes and switcharoos will be interpreted by the child as a reward and then you've made matters worse.
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Re: When do you start corporal punishment with a child?
« Reply #2 on: October 12, 2025, 10:09:50 PM »
You can start corporal punishment as soon as you know that the child understands basic terms like "No!", "Don't", "Bad", "Good","Not yours", "Quiet!", "SHHHHH".

This way, you know they understand enough to make decisions, and follow rules and commands, and have some idea what the command means.
You could start earlier than that, but it will not work as well; it would be more like training a pet for lack of the stated qualities.
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Re: When do you start corporal punishment with a child?
« Reply #3 on: October 12, 2025, 10:49:26 PM »
I think that you should try taking away a beloved toy before hitting the child. Physical violence should always be the last option. And even this, if overused, will lose its effect.

That being said, I think that I started using very mild corporal punishment when my child was around two. Only a hit or two on the buttocks. I have never spanked the little fellow.
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Re: When do you start corporal punishment with a child?
« Reply #4 on: October 13, 2025, 01:53:16 AM »
What do you mean by corporal punishment?
Parents, mothers more than fathers, can tell when a child understands enough to be deliberately defiant. 
Even before then, a quick smack to the “patties” in response to undesirable or dangerous behavior is not out out of order.
There is no specific age for a formal punishment as each child is different in understanding and temperament. 
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