How can you beat a child?

Question

How can a mother or a father look at their beautiful baby and hit him/her. How can you be so disgusting, and hit your child like that. There's this show on dr. phil, about a mother who constantly belittles her children and beat them. it makes me want to vomit, it's disgusting and people like that don't deserve to be parents, they don't deserve to be a functioning member of society. They should be tied down and beaten, to see how they like it. God it just makes me sick...

Answer 1

Do you honestly think that the sorts of people who do that would answer this question honestly?

Answer 2

It's the ugly truth of today's society and the product of someone who had abusive parents as they were growing up .. which is why they call it the vicious cycle .. it NEVER ends ...

There is no excuse for a parent to ever beat the child .. right when a child is born their minds are blank .. all they know to do is pee and poop in their diapers and they look at us for help to learn what they should do and how they should act .. when a baby drops on their little bums the first thing they do after shock is look at you and see how you react..if you react like you are in shock too or sad they too will feel the same and start crying

Now take that example and apply it to a child getting beat up by the one figure they respect .. love and look up to unconditionally only to find that all they see is a big arm swinging down at them and beating them into fear .. i don't understand why people never wonder 'why mom/dad why are you beating me for something i did not know was wrong' to me seeing a child beat by a parent who is 5 feet taller than they are and double the muscle mass beat on a child is downright cowardly ..

There are also those who have had a tough childhood and decide that becaue THEY haven't had a good life as children that they should take it out on their own .. again .. another act of cowardice .. any parent beating their child commits a sin .. for children are given to us as a blessing from god and to be treating an angel like this .. it is sinful .. why would someone care and protect and carry a child for those 9 months only to instill terror in them?

Were i in the parliament i'd be the first one to jail whoever beats on their children .. can't those people see what they are doing is wrong? :(

Answer 3

Hi, there is a difference between beating a child and spanking or popping them. When my child is way out of control and throwing a temper tantrum, time out doesn't work, going toher room doesn't work. We take away toys and etc. Spanking is a last resort but sometimes that is the only to get her attention and get her to mind. But there is a difference between a pop on the tail and pure out beating a child. I wouldn't belittle someone who spanked their child when all else fails. But if you beat someone that is just wrong. People have tended to get in their mind that a small spanking is child abuse. It's not!! In our parents days they got spankings and had rules to go by and had manners. The kids today that I see who are teenagers, I feel like they had no discipline. They are disrespectful, and do nothing but hang all day. Kids should have more structure like their was in our parents days. You have kids now that go to school and scream child abuse when they go a little spanking. You then have good people sitting in court while the real child beaters are running the streets beating their kids. Just my opinion.By the way I am 32 years.

Answer 4

Look, I´m not American and have to say that sometimes you guys freak me out. Here, when a child is really naughty, he/she gets a spanking. Not a beating, but a spanking! Does it work? Yes, it does. Does it harm the child for life? No, it doesn`t!! I´m not talking about using belts or paddles or any of that crap. I´m talking about a few swats in the butt, just enough to sting and make your child think:"ok, I went too far".
And what I´ve found is that people a bit older than me (in their 40/50) chose not to spank, but people around my age (late 20/early 30) chose the oppposite. Because we look around and see that the teenagers nowadays (those who were never spanked) are incredibly rude and have no limits whatsoever. Therefore, we believe that limits need to be set and spanking is a good help.
I´m sorry if my answer goes against your beliefs but it`s how I feel...

Answer 5

Children are gifts from God. Parents who beat their children are not getting away with anything. The Bible teaches that the eyes of Jehovah are in every place. He sees the abuse done to these children behind closed doors, and He can reverse the damage done to their poor little minds and hearts. the article below brings out some points you may appreciate http://www.watchtower.org/library/g/2000/12/8/article_02.htm

Answer 6

A child should NEVER be beaten. But there is a difference between beating and corporal punishment. Spanking should only be used as a last resort. But sometimes, spanking is what it takes to get a child's attention and make him or her behave.

Answer 7

I got nothing agaist my mom's beats!!! To be honest....
I would never, ever beat my child, I can't even hit anyone, but my mom wasnt a bad person. At all. if she didnt beat me(ONLY when I deserve it, and I was a real devil, while I was young), I would be someone else, probably with lower moral, etc...

have understanding, some of them just dont know any way of rising kids, but that one. Don't justify parents who beat their kisd for NOTHING. that's digusting...

Answer 8

My dad beat me and my brothers when we were younger. He would beat us with a belt, his hand, bash our heads together, flat out beat us up. One day my dad chased me down with a rake and said he was going to kill me. I had to lock myself in the bathroom and wait for my mom to come home.
Because of what happened to me i won't beat my kids, spank, slap etc. I did once out of anger and I felt like a huge piece of s*** after wards. (spanked them). I would never beat my kids.
People who do are just scary. My mom had to hide my brother once at a friends house cause my dad beat him so bad. Sick, sick, people and my dad is one of them.

Answer 9

Are you talking about spanking or actually beating them? Spanking is not abuse or beating and it's only to get the child's attention--not to infict pain on them. Beating is another thing though, and I agree it is wrong.

Answer 10

I totally agree with you, these people should not be parents. Just because people are able to have children doesn't mean they should. I have three kids, and I can't imagine ever hurting my children.

Answer 11

Its a shame...There are so many people out there wanting children who can't have themm...and then you have the ones who do have children who are so f'ing stupid they don't have a clue that this precious life only wants to be loved.