Is there a better way to discipline kids besides hitting them?

"But what if they get big when they grow up and I have no other way to discipline them." Well, good luck at that point. Because if you hit them now, they are learning that when you're angry or frustrated, you hit people. By the time they are bigger than you, it will be too late to undo all the years of teaching them to hit. You may think you have turned out fine, but have you really? You are continuing the cycle of violence, aren't you? Just because you are female and don't hit adult men because you know they'll knock your lights out doesn't mean that your sons, when they grow up, won't be hitting adult men (or women). And they'll go to jail for it. Is that really fine with you? My parents hit me, too, and I don't consider myself abused. Frankly, I don't blame my parents for some of the times they hit me because nothing else worked. However, I did learn that hitting was violent, it hurt me, and I, as a parent, opt to use it only as a last resort. My kids are 3 and 5 and only my 5 year old has ever been spanked (only twice) and the behaviour that triggered the spanking has never repeated itself. I don't judge, because every kid is different and parents have to do what is necessary to keep them in line, but I don't believe spanking needs to be a "regular" form of discipline. I believe it should be reserved for the most dire misbehaviour (that which causes harm to themselves or others).

Take away something they like. Give time outs and explain why you did it so they understand. If you want them to be good when they are older, don't ever let them talk back to you. Islam teaches that a mom and dad have a lot of respect from their kids, or should. When they grow older, they are supposed to take care of you, not dump you at a retirement home.

Time outs seem to work wonders with my kids. Take away playtime and they start to understand that is punishment.

Smacking is ok in my opinion when it's absolutely needed. It must never be done because you lose your temper. That aside, how about taking things away from them. I often remove the tv, or Xbox from my sons room, and he is 16. Or I switch remove his gadgets from the wifi network! He hates that! With the younger one, I talk to her sternly, tell her off and that's usually enough. Failing that I ignore her bad behaviour, remove her from the room, and make her sit and cool off. I have been more hands on with my son, and he has reared up to me once, but I soon sorted that out! I don't think he'd ever dare hit me, or his father. He's not been bought up like that. The key is to not give in once you've disciplined them.

lots of different ways. Try reading a book or taking a class.

Surely your kids won't hit u back, if u raise them to respect their elders and don't abuse them, spanking is fine, abusing is obviously not okay. Now days people are against physically punishing your kids, but all our grandparents were raised that way n the ones that werent in an abusive family just a disciplined one well they turned out fine. But other ways of punishment is taking away things they like, now would be toys, watching tv etc. once they are older it's things like car, cell phone, and not seeing friends

Yes

Take their weekend away by making them work at a homeless shelter or soup kitchen fri-sun the whole day Idk it depends on what they did

You can hit your son and yell at him all you want. You're his mother. Let him grow up and try to put his hands on you. If you had not taught him by that point about putting his hands on a woman, let alone his mother, things are too far gone. You should just call the police on that sh**.