Do you think spanking a teenager on the bare butt is child abuse?

Abel Successful Lewis: Do you think spanking a teenager on the bare butt is child abuse?
Its not child abuse to me. I think teenagers should get spanked if they deserved it. If a teenager doesn’t want a spanking on the bare butt then they shouldn’t be talking back to their parents and they shouldn’t be disrespectful and cussing to their parents. As long as a teenager is living in your house you should be able spank them. What do you think?

Answers and Views:

Answer by ladystang
spanking yes
bare butt no

Answer by LavenderBubble
there teens not little 5 yrs old
ground them

Answer by Rebecca
Little kids do not know what they are doing. Big kids you need to correct them.

Answer by kindra1988
It depends on their age. And what they did. There comes a time when talking is enough. If you spanked me when I was a teenager I would probably laugh at you and rebel more. But I was a grimey teenager…lol

Answer by Sharon with 5 rock’n kids
I certainly do. I spank ALL of my kids bare bottom. As embaresing as it is for a teenager to be spanked BARE, it teaches them a lesson!

Answer by Little Lady.
well, in the case of spanking a teenager, i think you’re the one looking funny, not the person getting spanked. if you think about it, there isn’t a whole lot of difference between a 20 year old and a fifteen year old in routine decision making. would you have liked it if some one had pulled your pants down at that age? and if they did do that to you that doesn’t mean you need to invade some ones bare butt personal space because they’d like to speak their minds like a human being. every one should have the right to say what they want whether you like it or not, you can’t go against human nature. in some cases yes, i feel grounding is necessary, i’m a teen, 17, and i admit, i do learn from getting grounded. and that some things are better unspoken… but if my father spanked me, no it’s not child abuse, i’m not a child, but depending on how i felt about it i could possibly get my father in alot of trouble for it.

Answer by pkavanagh2
no.16 would be my age limit.if you break the rules and you know the consequences,a red butt is your reward.

Answer by Missy
“Spanking” is not child abuse, however, consider other punishment options. Depending on the sex of the teenager you should think about how comfortable your child would feel having their parent/s pulling their pants down to spank them. I think that there are other options that would have the same effect.

Answer by Jeff N
I agree with you on everything, Abel.

Answer by Jamie
It is absolutely not abuse if it is done calmly as punishment for real misbehavior. Spanking is perfectly appropriate and very effective throughout teen and even college age years, and almost all spankings from age 5 or 6 should be bare bottom.