Is this abuse?

Question

Hey parents! I was wondering what's considered abuse and what's not. So Could you list the many things that's considered abuse that didn't used to be considered abuse?

Like putting a toddler less than two years old in his/her room when he/she screams and let her bawl and scream in her room? Is that abuse?

I don't have any kids of my own but I saw that on tv.

Answer 1

No that is not abuse. Abuse is physically harming a child, or screaming and cussing at a child. What you saw is just discipline

Answer 2

Hitting a child with a closed fist, Belt and any object that is easliy picked up to hit with is abusive. I don't believe a small tap on the rearend when the child has done something that was not safe is abusive. Never hit a child in the head! That is a big NO-NO! Putting a child in their room when they do wrong is not abusive. No games,toys, books, computers, Tvs or anything that the kids could play with should be allowed in the room while they are in there being punished. I was taught you do the crime you do the time!! It teaches them that they will lose something they like when they do wrong!!

Answer 3

Child abuse is the physical or psychological mistreatment of a child by his or her parents (including adoptive parents), guardians, or other adults. While this term emphasizes on carrying out wrong acts, a related term is child neglect: not doing what is necessary, negligence. The combined problem area is often called child abuse and neglect. Below the term abuse is used in the generalized meaning which also includes neglect. Child abuse occurs in all classes of society.


Pretty much abuse would be anything that you could call Child Protection Services on. Sometimes a parent needs to put the child in another room so they don't hurt the child and to just *breath*. But the parent would need to go in there with in the time to talk to the child.

Answer 4

That is not abuse at all! If that child wants to scream their little lungs out, then, let them. Then, after they are done, ground them. Tell them that all that damn screaming in their room for all that time just made it easier for you to take ALL their toys away from them, and, any other thing they hold precious to them.
Personally, this is what I would do: I would let them scream at the top of their lungs, then, I would look them straight in the eye and pap them right on their a-ss! Then, I would tell them that if they wanted to, I would pack their bags and take them to people who do not want children and realize how lucky they were to be in a home that always wanted a child. Then, I would do it. Then I would set that aside and then I would take their toys away from them. I would put it somewhere where it would be too dangerous for them to get it. Then, if they have a t.v. set in their room, I would disconnect that and put that away from them as well. Then, whatever play date they had or whatever little social gathering that that child had planned, cancelled them immediately. Then, when that child ask you 'why', you can say that they were acting like a spoiled brat and there was no way that they were going to take you to an event with you acting like that and now, you are grounded because of the way you acted. I would also tell the teachers that if he (or she) started acting bad at school, that you give them permission to have them have no playtime what-so-ever.
That is what I would do. This, to me is not considered abuse. This is called "parenting". Be a parent;not a friend. They will have plenty of those.

Answer 5

No, putting a toddler in his room when he won't stop screaming is not abuse. As long as it is a last resort. People are taking the whole abuse thing and handling it all wrong. My mom and I found out she couldn't use the belt on me any more when I was about 7. I used it to my advantage. Every time she told me I couldn't do what I wanted to do, I would threaten with calling child services on her. Because she feared for me not knowing what foster homes were really like she did nothing and I was out of control. I regret every year of my youth I wasted being a trouble maker, I can never get them back. I wish she would have given me a good as.s whoopin' to snap me out of it. I spank my kids when they do wrong, and it works out very well. My son is five, and I don't even have to spank him now. he learned the first time that I am intolerant for misbehavior, and he should only be told once.

Answer 6

If a child is not at risk of harming themselves, there is no reason why you can't make them go to their room to get over their tantrum. Everyone's ideas of abuse are different, but I have to say that what you just described is not abuse in my eyes. Verbally putting a child down (ie: cursing at them, telling them they are stupid or worthless) is abuse. Physically harming a child in anyway is abuse. There are ways to discipline without beating a child. You can get your point across without them having a black eye. A smack on the hand or the back of the leg is not abuse, but grabbing a child by their arm so hard that you pull it out of the socket is definitely abuse.

Answer 7

No, it's not abuse. I have a two year old and since she won't just stay in her room or a chair, I buckle her in her stroller for her two minute time out. When her two minutes is up she's free to play until the next time she does wrong. I think under the age of 2 they don't really understand what is going on. Although, it's not really abuse, for children under the age of 2 it's confusing. They don't understand the whole concept of "Timeout".

Answer 8

i put my kids in the corner, i would put them in their rooms to bawl and scream for a few minutes, but they have all their toys in there so itslike a vacation. It depends on how long you leave them there. The rule is i minute per year, so a 3 year ld is in time out for 3 minutes, a 4 years old for four minutes, and so on.

Answer 9

Here is what I consider as abuse and what is not abuse in my opinion.Abuse:
1.Leaving a child alone at home before the age of 6(after that I don't consider it as 'abuse').
2.Yelling at child,hitting,beating,even spanking,being violent in any way(phisycally or psychically).
Here is what I consider as Not abuse(and other people may consider as abuse):
1.Letting a child over 7 go out alone and play with other kids,without parents' observing.
2.Letting a child over 10 be alone at home for the whole day.

Answer 10

It may not be considered abuse but treating a child like that may result in long term damage to this child emotionally.When a child cries it is the way he or she communicates,and it is a parents job to get down on the childs level and help him,or her resolve the issue.