spare the rod, spoil the child, gone too far?

Question

On the news, a moment ago, parents and daughter kicked off of plane, because daughter is throwing a fit and screaming. The parents think its the air lines fault. Do you think that these parents are doing more harm than good with this? When are parents going to take responsibility for their children. What do you think this child will be like as a teenager? I think that they better get this child under control right now, before she starts slapping Mom and Dad around. What do you think?

Answer 1

they should have spanked that little brat. how are they going to control her when she is 16? if she can get away with it now she will think she can get away with it later. I think that she will end up in jail or worse.

Answer 2

I emailed the airline and congratulated them! They would never let an unruly adult board a plane, so why not kick off an unruly child?

To me, this sounds like the child runs the household - which should not be. The parents are creating a monster who will freak out when she doesn't get her way, and she'll try that in the outside world and get her clock cleaned. As a teenager, she'll be a MONSTER!!

There's also a difference between a meltdown and a tantrum for the sake of getting their way.

Answer 3

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Answer 4

My daughter is 8 years old and a broad-spectrum autistic. We have tried medication to get her feeling in control of herself, right now we are trying Risperdal which is an anti-psychotic...My daughter screams and screams and screams, gutteral sounds that suggest she is an animal in pain even when we know she isn't. She makes the screams when she's happy and when she's hurt. I guess you will be wondering what this has to do with a "normal" 3 year old throwing a tantrum and getting kicked off a plane, but let me tell you my daughter LOOKS perfectly normal (absolutely beautiful in fact) so that when she throws these fits in public you should see the looks I get and the people whisper to each other...I could care less my daughter has as much right to be in public as they do but my point is that our society needs a little more tolerance when the circumstances don't look special but just might be...like in mine and my daughters case...

Answer 5

I agree if you cannot control a 3 year old how will you control her when she is 7, 12, 16.... The biggest problem in this day and age is, if the parents had swatted the child on the bottom then someone, anyone, including the airline would have reported them to DFS for child abuse. Parents are afraid to discipline their children in public for fear of repercussions from a "good intentioned" bystander. However, if the child is disturbing the same "good intentioned" bystander's peace and quite then the parents don't know how to control their children.... So, you tell me who is to blame and what is the answer????

Answer 6

I don't think that's the airlines fault at all. The parents had ample time to calm their daughter down, and they failed. How is that anybody's fault other than the parents?
Yeah, she's only three, but at the same time this is the perfect time for them to install some form of discipline in their child rather than push it off on someone else.

Answer 7

i read that story yesterday. the flight was delayed 15 minutes and the parents would not make her sit in her seat. the child was age 3 old enough to know better. i agree with the airline why make the other 112 people late and make them miss connecting flights because of the child remove the child and get the other people where they were going. the parents were given a chance to get her seated and belted and didnt. their fault not the airline

Answer 8

i think we have lost some of our freedoms as parents. If we spank our kids then we are abusing them by 'someones' standards. If you punish a child and they don't like it they can tell someone at school and then set the ball rolling for child abuse charges ( i have seen this happen) I think we as parents are afraid to punish our kids out of fear of what other people will think. I think spanking is o.k. when used to get the child's attention, it is not to use just because the parent is mad and wants to get out their anger until they feel better, and it is NOT intended to leave bruises or lasting marks on the child. We (as parents) need to assert ourselves over the children and teach them respect and manners, we must lead by example and in our words and deeds, if a swat on the bottom is what the child needs to understand that she/he needs to sit down and pay attention, then do it. The airline did the right thing, they followed the rules as stated in their books, and they have an obligation to the other paying passengers to get them to their destinations. I don't think that it is that big of a deal, they were doing their job, period.

Answer 9

Alot of people are just scared to make their child do anything in public. If you yell you a verbally abusing them, if you use force you are physically abusing them. Then you get someone that doesn't agree and you have child protective services taking your kids away for abuse. Your not supposed to tell them no, but your not supposed to let them do what they want either. I think that the parents should have made her sit down and be quiet. That's what I would have done.

Answer 10

Well first of all how old was the child? Children throw temper tantrums. Every kid does it, that doesn't mean that they are going to slap their mom and dad around. I don't think hitting a child, for throwing a temper tantrum makes a lot of sense. Children can't communicate like adults, they commucate through doing things like crying and throwing fits. Hitting them doesn't teach them anything but violence. There are ways to teach children without using physical violence, that is the lazy persons way out.

Answer 11

yep, blame everyone else but themselves, lol. That will never change. Even when the girl is knocked up @13, it will be someone else is fault. Or the other excuse I like, "she's only 3" then it will turn into 4, then 5,6,7.... Teach them now. Yes I wish spanking would make a comeback.