{"id":14044,"date":"2006-10-24T22:22:49","date_gmt":"2006-10-25T03:22:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/?p=14044"},"modified":"2026-07-12T16:43:53","modified_gmt":"2026-07-12T21:43:53","slug":"our-son-recently-started-getting-erections-when-he-is-spanked-what-should-we-do","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/our-son-recently-started-getting-erections-when-he-is-spanked-what-should-we-do\/","title":{"rendered":"Our son recently started getting erections when he is spanked. What should we do?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t<h2>Question:<\/h2>\n<p>Our oldest son is 14 and we have always spanked him. However, the last few times he has been spanked he has developed erections. How should this be handled?<\/p>\n\t<h2>Answer:<\/h2>\n<p>When a boy gains the ability to have an erection, he has no control over when they happen. Since erections are physically caused by a muscle clamping down on the veins that return blood from the penis, things that cause muscles to tense up will trigger erections. Especially early on, a boy does not have fine control over which muscles will tense and which will not. Such fine control is not likely to show itself during a spanking, and spankings do cause a lot of tension.<\/p>\n<p>For this reason, I suggest that fathers handle spankings of teenage boys when needed. The erections themselves should simply be ignored. They are a normal physical response to being spanked.<\/p>\n<p>However, since you know that he has reached the age of sexual capability, it is time that Dad sits down with the boy and begins teaching him about reproduction and his new responsibilities to keep himself pure. See\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/growingupboys.info\/Book\/\">Growing Up in the Lord: A Study for Teenage Boys<\/a><\/em>\u00a0for a study guide.<\/p>\n<p>See also:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/does-my-son-enjoy-being-spanked\/\">Does my son enjoy being spanked?<\/a><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question: Our oldest son is 14 and we have always spanked him. However, the last few times he has been spanked he has developed erections. How should this be handled? Answer: When a boy gains the ability to have an erection, he has no control over when they happen. Since erections are physically caused by&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1033,1028,1034],"tags":[1044,29,1043,108],"class_list":["post-14044","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adolescence","category-parenting","category-teenager","tag-adolescence","tag-parenting","tag-puberty","tag-spanking"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":35682,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/how-do-i-get-freedom-from-a-spanking-fetish\/","url_meta":{"origin":14044,"position":0},"title":"How do I get freedom from a spanking fetish?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"November 5, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: Dear Sir, I realize that spanking children during childhood establish a spanking fetish in them. I have this problem. On the Internet, I know many girls and boys who masturbate after being spanked by their parents. They also masturbate when they see their parents spank their brothers. I know\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Answer&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":5393,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/does-my-son-enjoy-being-spanked\/","url_meta":{"origin":14044,"position":1},"title":"Does my son enjoy being spanked?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"May 22, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: I read the wealth of information your web site offers with regard to child rearing. I must say that I agree with most of what you say here. 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Now, I realize that this can happen at any time and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Adolescence&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Adolescence","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/parenting\/adolescence\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":13965,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/are-bare-bottom-spankings-necessary\/","url_meta":{"origin":14044,"position":3},"title":"Are bare-bottom spankings necessary?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"October 24, 2005","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: I'm glad I came across your website and read so many things from other dads of older boys. I'm a single dad of a 13-year-old boy. I've been needing to spank him for his improper attitude, but I have been very afraid to. Mostly because I'm uptight about male\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Adolescence&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Adolescence","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/parenting\/adolescence\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":14038,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/my-eight-year-old-is-having-erections-and-he-says-they-hurt\/","url_meta":{"origin":14044,"position":4},"title":"My eight-year-old is having erections and he says they hurt","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"October 24, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: My son just turned 8 and is having erections. He tells me it hurts and burns. I told him to put a cold wet cloth on it so it will go down. My husband tells me it is normal, but he seems so young and it seems to hurt.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Adolescence&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Adolescence","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/parenting\/adolescence\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":14034,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/can-a-boy-have-erections-at-any-age\/","url_meta":{"origin":14044,"position":5},"title":"Can a boy have erections at any age?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"October 24, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: Can a boy get an erection at any age? Can they get an erection from the time they are born, even though there is no sperm production? Answer: Boys experience erections even before they are born. They start as early as 16 weeks into pregnancy. 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