List as many tv parents as possible and their positions on spanking.

Andy Taylor: yes

Ward Cleaver: no

June Cleaver: no

Rickey Ricardo: yes

Lucy Ricardo: yes

Ben Cartwright: yes

Gene Gatling: yes

Carl Kanisky: yes

Mike Brady: no

Carol Brady: no

Danny Tanner: no

Roseanne Conner: no

Dan Conner: no

Cliff Huxtible: no

Clare Huxtible: no

James Evans: yes

Florida Evans: yes

Archie Bunker: probably

Edith Bunker: probably

Gloria Bunker: probably not

Mike Stivic: probably not

Charles Ingalls: yes

Caroline Ingalls: yes

Nels Oleson: yes

Harriet Oleson: probably

This is all I could think of off the top of my head. Please add.

The mom on What's Happening-Yes.

She was always taking the belt to Raj and Dee.

The mom on What's Happening-Yes.

She was always taking the belt to Raj and Dee.

Oh what memories, LOL.......

Dee: Go ahead give it to em Mama.
Mama: Shut up before I beat your behind.


Carl and Harriet Winslow-No
Fred Sanford-Probably
Maude-No

Definitely non-spanking dads!
Danny Tanner-Full House
Jessie Katsopolis-Full House
Jason Seaver-Growing Pains

The mom on What's Happening-Yes.

She was always taking the belt to Raj and Dee.


Mama Thomas: "RAAAAAHH-JAH! Get me a belt!"
Rerun: "Here I got one!"
Mama Thomas: "Oh Good Lord, Rerun! I wanted to spank him, not strangle him!"

:lol:


Also:

SPANKING:
Phillip Drummond - In the beginning of DS he was for spanking.
The mom from Everybody Hates Chris
Homer Simpson - sometimes
Red Forman - His spanking is more of a "Foot-in-your-@$%!"


And LOL-ing at James Evans! He def. wasn't afraid fo laying it on anyone, especially the one episode where Michael's friend came over and disrepesected James. :lol:

James Evans: "You're in my house and I have the right to whup yo' behind!" :lol:

I think Red Forman would have spanked his kids.

Homer doesn't spank. He just strangles.

YES!!!
Nels Oleson (Little House)
Jonathan Garvey (Little House)
James Evans (Good Times)
Darryl Hughley (The Hugleys)

Jack Arnold, The Wonder Years: yes (it was said in the pilot he spanked Wayne once)

John Walton, The Waltons: yes (threatened Jim-Bob for talking badly to Corabeth in the episode "The Tailspin" (Season 7) with a trip to the woodshed)

Olivia Walton, The Waltons: yes (threatened one of the kids with "the switch" early in the series--sorry, I can't remember which episode)

I think Red Forman would have spanked his kids.he proabaly just spanked eric he let laurie get away with everything under the sun

Hank and Peggy Hill- no
Cotton Hill- yes
Peter Griffin- probably not
Stan Smith- probably
Ned Flanders- yes

List as many tv parents as possible and their positions on spanking.

Andy Taylor: yes

Ward Cleaver: no

June Cleaver: no

Rickey Ricardo: yes

Lucy Ricardo: yes

Ben Cartwright: yes

Gene Gatling: yes

Carl Kanisky: yes

Mike Brady: no

Carol Brady: no

Danny Tanner: no

Roseanne Conner: no

Dan Conner: no

Cliff Huxtible: no

Clare Huxtible: no

James Evans: yes

Florida Evans: yes

Archie Bunker: probably

Edith Bunker: probably

Gloria Bunker: probably not

Mike Stivic: probably not

Charles Ingalls: yes

Caroline Ingalls: yes

Nels Oleson: yes

Harriet Oleson: probably

This is all I could think of off the top of my head. Please add.

Accurate assessment. One exception. I think Ward Cleaver would've been a spanker, but once or twice in a lifetime type, for something really serious. I remember the Beave on a couple of occasions wondering whether he was gonna get, as he said 'clobbered'.

Al Bundy- No

Frank Lambert- No

Sometimes I wonder how we can tell the non-spanking parents for sure; while we neither saw them spank their kids on TV nor implied it, they could have done it off camera. How do we know the Cleavers or Huxtables absolutely, 100%, did not spank their kids?

Jack Arnold, The Wonder Years: yes (it was said in the pilot he spanked Wayne once)



I think even non-spanking parents would have spanked Wayne.

Sometimes I wonder how we can tell the non-spanking parents for sure; while we neither saw them spank their kids on TV nor implied it, they could have done it off camera. How do we know the Cleavers or Huxtables absolutely, 100%, did not spank their kids?

Ward Cleaver said that he didn't spank his kids. I think it had something to do with Ward's own father always taking him out to the woodshed back on the farm.

Accurate assessment. One exception. I think Ward Cleaver would've been a spanker, but once or twice in a lifetime type, for something really serious. I remember the Beave on a couple of occasions wondering whether he was gonna get, as he said 'clobbered'.

Even though Beaver always feared of being clobbered, he never was because Ward wasn't a spanking parent. I remember Ward or June mentioning that Ward didn't spank his kids.

Bernie Mac-yes
George Jefferson-although Lionel was grown I think that he spanked him when he was a kid
Weezie Jefferson-no (she'd let George do it) she did slap Lionel once
Thelma Harper-yes
Ernest Frye-no
Raymond Barone-no
Deborah Barone-no
Marie Barone-no
Frank Barone-yes (he was mad when Marie hugged the boys) STOP HUGGING THEM!!!:lol:

List as many tv parents as possible and their positions on spanking.

Andy Taylor: yes

Ward Cleaver: no

June Cleaver: no

Rickey Ricardo: yes

Lucy Ricardo: yes

Ben Cartwright: yes

Gene Gatling: yes

Carl Kanisky: yes

Mike Brady: no

Carol Brady: no

Danny Tanner: no

Roseanne Conner: no

Dan Conner: no

Cliff Huxtible: no

Clare Huxtible: no

James Evans: yes

Florida Evans: yes

Archie Bunker: probably

Edith Bunker: probably

Gloria Bunker: probably not

Mike Stivic: probably not

Charles Ingalls: yes

Caroline Ingalls: yes

Nels Oleson: yes

Harriet Oleson: probably

This is all I could think of off the top of my head. Please add.

I would like to point out, wheather or not Ricky ever spanked his kid, he DID spank Lucy, which I would think would be unacceptable in todays society.

The Lamberts in Step by Step: I think Carol would've been a spanking parent, but not Frank. Either way, I thought they both portrayed good, caring parents.

Thelma Harper-yes

:lol:

That kid deserved to be taken to the woodshed by Mama Harper! He was a real BRAT for what he did!

Please feel free to correct any of these:

Frank DeFazio, Laverne & Shirley -- yes

Howard Cunningham, Happy Days -- ?

Marion Cunningham, Happy Days -- ?

Hayden Fox, Coach -- probably

Kate Bradley, Petticoat Junction -- probably not

Jed Clampett, The Beverly Hillbillies -- ?

Pearl Bodine, The Beverly Hillbillies -- yes

Bill Davis, Family Affair -- yes (adopted nieces and nephew)

Steve Douglas, My Three Sons -- no (except perhaps early on)

Robbie Douglas, My Three Sons -- no

Henry Mitchell, Dennis the Menace -- ?

Ellen Miller, Lassie -- probably not (Gramps would more likely do it)

Paul Martin, Lassie -- probably not

Ruth Martin, Lassie -- probably not

Lucas McCain, The Rifleman -- probably (in that era especially)

Jed Clampett, The Beverly Hillbillies -- ?

Pearl Bodine, The Beverly Hillbillies -- yes

I don't know about Jed and Pearl, but Granny spanked Jethro all the time, which is comical because he was an adult.

:lol:

That kid deserved to be taken to the woodshed by Mama Harper! He was a real BRAT for what he did!


That was so funny. She was also known to slap Vince on the head every now and then:) sometimes I feel that he deserved it

Carla Tortelli, Cheers -- yes

Frasier Crane, Cheers and Frasier -- no

Lilith Sternin Crane, Cheers and Frasier -- no

Alex Reger, Taxi-- probably not

Tony Micelli, Who's the Boss? -- probably not

Chin Ho Kelly, Hawaii Five-O -- ?

Ben Matlock, Matlock-- ?

P.S. -- For me, spankings were routine (usually from my mom when I was a toddler) and not that bad. What was really bad was my dad's belt or an old razor strop that he used on me in later years! YEE-OUCH!!

Definitely non-spanking dads!
Danny Tanner-Full House
Jessie Katsopolis-Full House
Jason Seaver-Growing Pains

Jason Seaver is questionable--while nobody was ever actually sentenced to a spanking that I recall, there was a dialogue between Ben and Mike that went along the lines "Dad's gonna ground you"--"Yeah, well Dad's gonna ground you and spank you." Could've been Mike's wishful thinking of course.

Rochelle: Everybody Hates Chris - she always seems to find ways of beating her kids but ends not really doing that.

Lois: Malcolm in the Middle - She wasn't afraid of doing something torturous to her kids.

Even though Beaver always feared of being clobbered, he never was because Ward wasn't a spanking parent. I remember Ward or June mentioning that Ward didn't spank his kids.

I always think of that episode where Beaver has Wally write at letter to his teacher (as their dad). Wally writes something like, "I beat him, his mother beat him..." :lol:

Ann Romano and Ed Cooper (One Day At A Time) were spankers.

Regarding Roseanne being a "non-spanking" parent, I do recall one time when she gave DJ quite a licking. It was in the "Driver's Seat" episode.