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Absolutely. It's a weapon.

HELL YES.

My kid gets spanked with nothing other than my hand.

Quoting Jackie Burkhart ♡:" Absolutely. It's a weapon. "

 

Quoting Jackie Burkhart ♡:" Absolutely. It's a weapon. "

I want to talk to someone who doesn't think it is. I need help understanding this line of thinking. :/

spanking is only allowed to be one spank on the butt with an open palm so its, legally its abuse.

I guess parents can spank if they choose to but why they think it's okay to hit your child with an object, I can't understand.

100% yes

If I hit an adult with it, I'd be in jail for assault. Why would it be ok to hit a kid with it?

Yes, definitely abuse in my opinion. I also believe in most states using an object to spank a child is illegal.

Yes.   that makes me sad

Then I guess I was abused half my whole life.

absolutely

In my eyes "spanking" involves a hand only. Hitting someone with an object like a belt, switch, spoon(DH's grandmother broke one on his backside), anything but an open hand is abuse. DH told me he became a really fast runner because my FIL used to chase them with a belt. I was spanked as a child, but never hit with anything but an open hand...and it didn't happen very often.

Yes! Using anything besides your open palm on the butt is abuse in my opinion. I'm not a big fan of spanking with open palm on butt but I know it is needed in certain situations.