I was going to write about spanking, but I feel like I would stumble over my words and end up sounding ridiculous. However, I am entirely against behavior towards children that hurts, physically and mentally. There is NEVER a right way to spank a child.

So, instead of writing, I am going to share some of my favorite quotes, video’s and books about Peaceful Parenting.

“There is no single effort more radical in its potential for saving the world than a transformation of the way we raise our children.”
~ Marianne Williamson

“I really think it’s crazy that we hit our kids. It really is.
Here’s the crazy part about it. Kids are the only people in the world you are allowed to hit. Do you realize that?
They’re the most vulnerable and they’re the most destroyed by being hit, but it’s totally ok to hit them.
And they’re the only ones. If you hit a dog, they will put you in jail for that!”
~ Louis C K

“Where did we ever get the crazy idea that in order to make children do better, first we have to make them feel worse? Think of the last time you felt humiliated or treated unfairly. Did you feel like cooperating of doing better?”
~ Jane Nelson

“Want to stop the bullying epidemic? Don’t act like a bully. Don’t hit, threaten, ignore, isolate, or manipulate your child. Children learn what they live.”
~ L.R. Knost

“Physical punishment is considered too severe for felons, murderers, criminals of all kinds and ages, including juvenile delinquents, too demeaning for soldiers, sailors, servants, and spouses. But it remains legal and acceptable for children who are innocent of any crime.”
~ The Influence of Corporal Punishment on Crime by Adah Maurer, Ph.D. and James Wallerstein (1987)

“Care what your children think of you more than what strangers think of you.”
~ Dayna Martin

‘Time-outs’ are hurting children.
In a brain scan, relational pain-that caused by isolation during punishment-can look the same as physical abuse. Is alone in the corner really the best place for your child?
No Drama Discipline: The Whole-Brain way to Calm the Chaos and Nurture Your Child’s Developing Mind

“What bothers me so much about punishing children is that it is a conscious effort to hurt them..The question that must be asked is why we are, and have been, so willing to hurt our children in order to get them to behave-to treat them as criminals, slaves, and animals.”
~ James Kimmell

What can spanking teach your child? To submit to the threat of violence.

“One generation full of deeply loving parents would change the brain of the next generation and with that, the world,”
~ Dr Charles Raison

“When you consider the torments suffered by children throughout history, you will understand the violence and inequality besetting our world…PARENTING EVOLUTION DRIVES SOCIAL EVOLUTION, and appreciating this shows us the steps needed to make this world a better place.”
~ Robin Grille, Parenting for a Peaceful World

Amazing video by Stefan Molyneux about the effects of spanking on children