Parents rights??

Question

Have parents got any rights these days?
I don't believe in smacking a child so hard as to leave a mark but a little smack gets the message through to a child too young to understand what your talking about. Children these days, and I'm speaking generally have no respect for any one let alone their parents. Are they told more than than should be?

Thank you for your replies.
"Bonbadier" I would never condone beating a child but I really don't think a light smack is going to mark a child for life. You see animals side swipe there offspring to teach them( yeah I know you will say we are not animals) but we are and it works for them and it works for us.
I would also like to add that no matter how much you teach your child, as soon as your child starts school they learn a whole new way of life that you can't prevent. I guess it's luck which road they take but I do believe that what you teach your child wether good or bad will eventually surface when they mature. We just hope that it isn't too late.
We need a government that will back the parent and not always the child. I realise that sometimes the child is in true danger from some parents but I'm sure the majority are only doing what they have to because they love their children.

Answer 1

A lot of parents don't seem to raise their children anymore. They just allow them to grow up in the same house. Children need to be taught from a very early age that in order to get along in society, they must behave in a certain manner. I have seen & heard very young children curse their parents out in public or hit their parent & nothing was done. A swat on the rear has never hurt a child. Even George Washington was taken to the woodshed as a boy & look how he turned out. Just remember, in those days, a strap was used on a boy when they were taken there. I am not condoning beating a child but I am condoning discipline. If started very young, it will not get to the point of being physical. Time outs, no T.V.,games etc, & lots of consistancy is what it takes. once you make a threat(of any kind of punishment) you must follow through with it if called for. I had 1 child who would do something "just one more time" to see if I would follow through. If they scream & cry, take them out of wherever you may be , put them in their room & ignore them untill they quieten down. Don't keep on yelling back at them. You are your child's parent, not his buddy. Enjoy your child. He & you deserve that. Everybody will like your child as much as you do if he/she is well behaved.

Answer 2

It's true what your saying about children acting up. But I blame the parents because a lot of parents don't have time to discipline them at an early age. Then when they want to start at an older age, well it's too late. They let them get away with things because they don't want to be mean to them, but you have to discipline your child that's why you are the parent. My child is 10 years but he is very respectful. I have always made sure he respects others, he also started having chores at the age of 5 and he has been very responsible. He also has been doing good in school. I'm not saying I'm a perfect mom because I honestly don't believe there is such thing as that. What I am trying to say is you need to be there for your child from day one. Being a parent is as hard as you make it to be, as is being a child but you have to be able to listen and be their friend as well not just their parent.

Answer 3

Parents do have rights. You just have to establish them for yourself when your child is a baby. Little "Sue" tells you no when she's only 2 so you laugh and wave it off. Little "Sue" is now 13 and she does what she wants and doesn't have any more respect for what you say... Who's to blame? Sue or parent? I mean didn't you let her get away with it when she was little? Discipline needs to begin young to have any affect on who they become. Its really a fact that a child's personality is what it is by the time they're 4 to 5. Start young then you're much less likely to have these teenage problems where they think they can boss you around!

Answer 4

Hitting children is a parents way of admitting to the world that they don't have the brainpower to outwit a child. People who strike their kids are pathetic excuses for parents. They're teaching that might makes right. Brilliant. Great lesson. This is where 99% of the bullies come from.

Answer 5

I completely agree with you. I had much more respect for my elders than my own kids do now.
I wasn't allowed to back-talk, argue, or even ask for candy in the grocery store! We knew better!
You see kids now, fighting & yelling at their parents because they can't have a candy bar.
It's not only the parents & others that are doing things differently, but the MEDIA and tv. Showing KIDS using cell phones and using EMail!
It seems that parents now, especially younger parents, want to be FRIENDS with their children, instead of parents.

Answer 6

But a child also has the right to life as soon as he or she is born, which includes the right to be free from bodily harm. And violence against children is a slippery slope. By hitting them, you convey that violence is acceptable. If a parent does this, they can invariably wait and see their child turn out worse than without the punishment.

Answer 7

Thank goodness I'm not a parent - but I am a Grandmother! (my husband's daughter) When I see the gran-kids stand in their Mother's face and say "I'll call the cops on you" - well - guess who gets nothing from me!
I personally see nothing wrong with some light spanking. We were spanked in school, etc and it did not hurt us one bit! In fact - we called it a whack!
I understand the need for some guidelines, but right now - it is totally out of hand!

Answer 8

Yeah I know what you mean... I saw a Mom and her daughter in the store the other day and dang... The girl was being rude and down right nasty to her Mom, when all her Mom did was ask if she(the daughter) might like her(the mom) to buy a a particular back pack... If I was the Mom i would have said fine buy one yourself then. Kids they have NO respect... and I thought my generation was bad.

Answer 9

rather everyone seems at this subject remember the incorrect way. If colleges enforce a sexual training class, they do no longer look to be going to instruct babies a thank you to have sexual intercourse, nor will they use any variety of suggestive components (photos, and so on.) to instruct. educational intercourse instructions have developed to instruct abstinence, secure intercourse, attractiveness, and openess. mum and dad are afraid to have "the controversy" with thier teenagers, and the 1st time they do is while there newborn is pregnant, has gotten somebody pregnant, or has some style of itch that may not circulate away. mum and dad ought to open thier eyes and spot that childrens as youthful as 10 are having intercourse and that they should concentration on it. talk on your babies... NOW!! and it will remedy this difficulty.

Answer 10

Children have grown to be disrespectful because they see other children be being disrespectful to whom ever , and when those children get away with it , it gives the others ideas to be like them, and they know you cant be overly mean to them because of the new laws layed down years ago. they have an advantage over parents and will use it to the fullest.