Ten reasons why you should not be hitting your kids Top Hitting your children will make them rebels and violence loving individuals. The research has proven that those kids who have had lot of punishment in their childhood grow up to be aggressive individuals. Children learn the attitudes and habits of adults thus it's up to the parents and other elders to teach them restraint, love, empathy genuine wisdom thus making them to be perfect gentlemen or ladies when they grow up. Many kids do not get enough sleep, play time attention from their parents so they revolt as they do not know anything much better to show their disappointment. If you have resorted to hitting you are changing your child's perceptions about yourself.
Most children feel when they are hit by their parents, that their parents are their worst enemies.
A child might hit you back as an adult and release his frustration for all those years he was unable to do anything as a kid. You can expect superficial respect from them You can cause serious injury to your child Some children have known to become deaf and even paralyzed through nerve damage from spanking, and some have died. The need to discipline the kids is always there but the defining line here is that discipline which teaches responsibility , encourages them to be better persons under no influence of threat of being punished. Spend quality time with them so that they feel loved and cared for, all the time. Listen carefully what they are saying and respond with your undivided attention.