smacking children is a Crime and should be punished as such?

Question

I would like to smack any adult who smack any childern. It is child Abuse.

If I saw anyone smacking a Child I would make a citizens arrest ( using reasonable force ) and take them to the Police it is a crime, Okay no ifs and buts - IT IS A CRIME.

You do not hit Children FULL STOP.
Otherwise you are committing Child Abuse - simple. Slave Labour, Child Pornography, Paedaphilia, Death.

I have 2 boys 1 of whom is very ill with Dravet Syndrome of 4 and 6 .
Children suffer terrible abuse all around the world.

Adults whom do this terrible abuse should be removed from civilised society immediately.

I dispair at liberal minded nonsense on Child Abuse hitting children is Abuse - plain and simple. All abuse to anyone is aborrent and needs to be punished as such.

Do you agree ?

Answer 1

no one should beat a child ,or abuse it in anyway your right about that and all paedophiles should be hanged.....

Answer 2

No. I don't agree. However, I can see why you feel the way you do. But I do believe that there are some situations where a spanking is called for. Especially when there is a safety issue involved. Sometimes children do not understand how to change a behavior unless they are given a spanking. Or even the threat of one.... Some children do understand and do not care; but they do care about getting punished or getting disciplined in this manner. Time outs work....sometimes. But this method isn't appropriate for all occasions. Neither is spanking. There are many ways to punish or discipline children. Spanking and timeouts are only two methods. Guilt trips work....lol... Reward systems are great.

I am an adult child of child abuse. I'm talking from mild to extreme.... Abused by stepfather and by real father. The stepfather used a doubled up fist.... My father used a belt that left welts and bruises on my backside. One didn't love me and the other did.... One didn't give a damn about me. The other one did love me and was trying to teach me a lesson. At the age of 12, which do you think I chose to live with? I chose the stepfather... Think about that for a minute or two. WHY would I do that?---When he was beating on us? Why not take the spankings instead? Do you think I'm better off today?---for having stayed in an enviroment where people were getting beaten? Or would I have been better off with the loving father and hving an occasionall spanking....when I did something wrong? I'm pushing 50 now and wonder about these questions and answers sometimes....

On a final note, having gone through those experiences....It is extremely difficult for me to witness child abuse and not react. People are obligated to intervene when it's called for. The children are what's most important and when grownups see abuse happening and ignore it.... Well, IMHO, THAT IS A CRIME and it's not forgivable.

Answer 3

I can see where ur coming from. Parents who hit there children in public I think are being unappropriate, but not abuse. As long as a child is not being slapped in there face, I don't see how it's abuse. How is smacking ur toddler against the butt when they do something unexceptable, abuse, the reason u smack them is because u love them.

Ur words are very naive, and offensive when u don't know peoples situations. Ur children must be good children but what about the moms with kids who kick and throw things at them and think it;s a game?
There is someone on here asking what do do when her kid kicks and sreams when he doesn't want to go to school. Well I have a big family with many infants and toddlers etc.,and I've never heard of such a thing. Kicking ur mom, please! I would never dare to lay a finger or yell at my mom as a child casue I knew what was next, and that is the reason for disciplining ur children.They understand every bad action has a consiquence. I never acted up in school or in the occasions I did and the teacher said she was calling my mom I knew what was next and it didn't happen again.

That's how kids are killing there parents and going out to shoot up schools cause they run all over there parents and tell them to do.

As long as u still love ur child and aren't hitting them with objects or so hard they have bruises or welts, ur perfectly within the lines of being right. After all lady these our our children we know what worked for us as children so I think we know what works for our offspring. I've never seen an adult who was discipined as a child look at there parents like they did something wrog or "abused" them, as adults we understand why and the reason becomes even more crystal clear.

Answer 4

There is a differance between smacking your child and punching the living daylights out of them when they are naughty. I think parents should have the right to smack their child when appropriate. A friend of mine has never smacked her child, even when he punched her mother in the face for no reason other than he couldnt get his own way, he has even learnt to cry when he is punished so that his mother then cuddles him and apologises for making him sit on the stairs for 3 minutes!. If kids arent punishhed for the wrong things they do we'll end up being bullied by our own kids just because they can. Kids have to many laws protecting them from "the law" and guess what, the parents always get the blame.

Answer 5

First of all corporal punishment in the United States in NOT illegal so you could put someone under citizens arrest and find yourself being sued for harrassment. Child abuse IS illegal and there is a BIG difference! I believe spanking a child on the bottom is a good form of punishment, but not the only form that should be used. If you only resort to one method of punishment the child will eventually "not care" and take the quick spanking and go right ahead and do it again. I do not believe in smacking your child around. Bottoms are for spanking and that is it! I absolutely do not think faces are for hitting! And a parent should never discipline in anger, if you are to the point of getting angry you should put a child on time out or send them to their room until you can handle the situation properly.

Answer 6

You obviously don't have any kids. See if you change your mind when you do. Sometimes you need to get there attention when they don't or won't take you seriously about something and that somethng could be to protect them from being hurt in a much greater way. If you didin't love your child you wouldn't care enough to dsciplin them thefore the child will not grow to respect you. Smacking is o.k. Anything more than that is abuse. Take a look at a parents situation first before you are judgemental about this and at least have your own kids. Experience how much they can push you.

Answer 7

All children are different. Some will will listen to & accept a reason why they should not do something. However there are some children who will try to stretch their parents as far as they can purely out of "devilment & rebelliousness".
A parent should explain first, then if the child takes no notice he/she should be warned that if they do it again they will get a smack. If they still take no notice for a 3rd time then it is the parent's duty to give a smack or they will lose authority & the child will think he/she can get away with anything & that their parent is "all talk".
The smack is NOT to be confused with hit. It should not be done in anger & should be hard enough only to shock & not hurt.

Answer 8

Take note of what the previous person who has answered named J Tourettes.
It is the do gooders who have stopped smacking as a form or discipline (not abuse, this is very different) for children, who have encouraged the reprobates we have in society today.
I was also smacked as a child, and I knew it was best to behave. I have grown into a good and law abiding citizen, who has gone on to achieve a degree at university; hence being successful in the labour market. I smacked my children, and they have also grown into well adjusted and admirable young adults!!!

Answer 9

i was hit as a child it has done me no harm

i will smack my children if they dont listen or if they are really naughty there is degrees of discipline but my patner would not as hes a man who is strong and if he was to slap a bum it would sting a lot more !

and if you touched me i would smack you in the face because its none of your business !!!!!!!!!!! i think you have a damn cheek saying you would make a citizens arrest just who do you think you are ????????????

by the way i think child abuse is a terrible thing and if i saw someone repatidly hitting their child i would phone the police but if i saw somebody smacking their child that was being very naughty then so be it its not my business

but as somebody said what better a burnt hand or a quick smack on the hand my aunt has 5 kids they are all reasonably well behaved except the baby who is 2 yrs old he tries to climb in the washing machine and oven he takes his nappy of and wipes it in the carpet and pool table (dirty) he fractured his skull in the summer because he ran and jumped off a 6 foot wall he is very very naughty and if it was my child i would slap his bum for him it cauld of saved him from a fractured skull because if you tell him off he laughs and does it again because you can emagine the noise will 5 kids he just dont listen

my neighbour never smacked her kids if they were naughty just told them off the older one is 19 and a drug dealer, the middle one is 13 and refuses to go to school and the youngest is 7 and swears and brakes things day in day out

so are you really right

Answer 10

Children need love, nurture, education and discipline. Omitting any of these is abuse.

For thousands of years, we have taught children that actions have consequences, and the need to conform to society's rules, by smacking them. There are better methods, but parents have to learn them. Smacking has the advantage that we all know how to do it and we all know when it is excessive.

If a child reaches the age of 10 without understanding that actions have consequences, he will never learn this fact. He is a wasted human being and will have a very unhappy life. This is child abuse, and those advocating it should be prosecuted.

Smacking has gone out of fashion in a big way, but there is no widespread adoption of alternative methods of discipline. We have performed a dangerous and wicked experiment on our children and the results will come back to haunt us.

Answer 11

There is a difference between child abuse and discipline. As one other person said, I will discipline my child as I see fit, not everyone else. I do not smack or hit my children for no reason. As for SLAVE LABOR, CHILD PORNOGRAPHY, PEDOPHILIA AND DEATH, How do you get all this out of disciplining a child?? I agree that there are some parents who do go overboard, but the majority know the limits.