Singer Kelly Clarkson was accused of kid abuse after she admitted in an interview to spanking her kids.

In an interview with In the present day, Clarkson, a mom of 4, opened up about parenting and stated that she is “not above” spanking her kids in the event that they misbehave, a apply she stated folks “aren’t essentially into.”

The “American Idol” winner clarified, nonetheless, when discussing spanking her 3-year-old daughter: “And I do not imply like hitting her arduous, I simply imply a spanking.”

“I warn her,” the mom stated. “I am like, ‘Hello, I’ll spank you in your backside for those who do not cease proper now — like that is ridiculous.”

Clarkson defended her option to spank her daughter, saying that she was disciplined in the identical means as a baby.

“My dad and mom spanked me, I did superb in life and I really feel superb about it,” she stated.

Clarkson later added, “In order that’s a tough factor whenever you’re out in public, ‘trigger then individuals are like, you already know, they assume that is improper or one thing. However I discover nothing improper with a spanking … I am from the South, y’all, so we get spankings. My mother would name the principal if I ever ended up within the principal’s workplace and provides permission for her to spank me … I am a well-rounded particular person with a number of character, so I feel it is superb.”

In response to CafeMom, a lot of readers shared their ideas on Clarkson’s admission, with some disagreeing that spanking is important.

“I am a Single mother with 3 boys,” one reader commented. “I by no means spanked my kids as a result of I taught them to be respectful. They’re all youngsters now. A/B college students, athletes, and really respectful accountable folks. Hitting a baby does not train them something aside from it is alright to hit whenever you’re indignant or annoyed.”

“Spanking lets kids assume it is alright to hit!!” one other Fb consumer shared. “After they go to highschool it is my expertise working 30 years with kids they hit to unravel issues. It is arduous to show kids one other means as soon as this has been the apply.”

Whereas some accused the Grammy Award-winning singer of kid abuse after she admitted to spanking her kids, others shared their assist for Clarkson’s parental practices.

“Good for her, dad and mom immediately don’t self-discipline their sorts and that is why there are a bunch of entitled brats working world wide who assume they will get away with something,” one other reader wrote. “There’s a line between self-discipline and abuse and she or he actually is aware of the distinction; that is one other downside that has developed in society.”