Should parents be jailed for not spanking/punishing their out of control bratty child?

Answer 1

No, I dont think that they should be jailed for lack of punishment, they will be punished enough when there child hits the teenage years and has no respect for them or authority figures.

Answer 2

I'm thinking that if the child is really out of control, they deserve to be spanked and put into time out, and all that punishing stuff. But every time the child do something wrong, and he/she is not sure of what they are doing, the parents need to explain instead of punishing them. Going to jail because of not Spanking a child is nonsense. Remember, some parents don't believe in Spankings. If the child is horrible, like for example: Low Grades, Back Mouth, Out In Streets, Having Sex, etc. The Parents aren't doing their job, and that is what CBS is for, or whatever it is...Any kind of child service.

Answer 3

No! Have you ever seen an out of control parent? I don't think that not spanking your child should call for jail time!
Spanking a child is a touchy subject, some parents believe in it, others do not.
My experience in raising 6 children was that spanking was a last resort & that was 1 or 2 wacks on the backside, just to get their attention! Never before their 1st birthday & not after their 3rd yr. of age. Call me savage if you want but each one of my kids turned out fine. Also, I never hit them while I was angry myself!

Answer 4

I never spanked our daughter.I don't believe that is the correct way to raise a loving caring person.I taught her what behavior I expected at home and how society expected her to act when in public. I taught her from a very young age.She has grown into a wonderful human being .She never embarrassed or disrespected us as a child,a teenager or as an adult.
She is as beautiful inside as she is on the outside.Children's bad behavior is the parents lack of patience's and parenting skills. You created this child,its your duty to raise it right.Spanking only proves that you are bigger and stronger and can inflict pain.It shows that you get your way if you can beat a person into submission.Patience ,time and intelligence is a far better way to raise a child into a productive well rounded adult.

No parents should not be jailed for not spanking their children..

Answer 5

That is a great question. I think when it has been displayed that the parents have no control over their bratty child, they first should be fined, sent to a parent class on how to raise a child. The kid to be taken away from the parent for a time and place in a respect other people camp, and but not jailed. Maybe twenty lashes for the parent on your butt.

Answer 6

They are pushing for parents to be jailed one year FOR even giving their kid a swat, even if it is to deter them from danger. So who and how would anybody get a law started to do the opposite when the ones with any pull are out to get you put in jail a whole year for one light swat?
Also the only reason they are not getting away with passing the law for a year in jail is someone with brains is fighting it saying it would do kids more emotional harm having their parents in jail one year than the spanking would do to them emotionally.
The same could be applied to the opposite.

The child protective agencies already try and play God taking kids off of good parents and leaving kids they should take with abusive parents. They are one of the most unjust systems we have going! I have seen them leave kids with molesting dads because they are scared to deal with the really bad cases. Then they will take kids from parents who are really trying so they can make it look like they are doing something worthwhile.

Answer 7

No,
But they should take the parents to parenting school.
Parents should spank their bratty child and believe me those kids make your day bad when you are eating at a restaurant or doing something with your kids.
If any parent does not whip their annoying child and that annoying child even messes with your child please call the police on the parents.
PARENTS CONTROL your kids because you are training future,
Robbers, Murderers, jERks, Rappers, and maybe terrorists.

Answer 8

No, but they should be held responsible for the actions of that child and if they are in a public place such as a restaurant and will not control the brat they should be asked to leave! If someone has a problem with their children telling them no when they tell the child to behave perhaps they shouldn't be parents in the first place and the child should be put into foster care!

Answer 9

Parents should not be jailed for this as the jails are entirely too overcrowded. Not disciplining your children is negligent and these parents SHOULD be dealt with though. The parents could be required to take parenting classes or fined. Some parents do not seem to understand that the people they are creating by not disciplining their children are an inconvenience to them now, but are the future burden on society. You do not have to spank, but you DO need to discipline. I am not opposed to spanking (withing reason) but I also believe spankings do not work with all children. I rarely ever spanked any of my children and when I did it was only as a last resort. My children are well behaved and responsible as a result because they were still disciplined and taught how to behave properly.

I also understand some children have special needs and this makes some parents more reluctant to discipline them (although this is not the case in most of these situations). I believe coddling them and lowering the standard is harmful. This doesn't do them any favor and it only makes it more difficult for them to develop any kind of independence. I have a severely autistic son who has issues in some public situations but is rarely disruptive. I try to avoid the situations we can that he doesn't handle well (carnivals, Chuck E. Cheese kinda places...really large crowds, flashing lights, too much noise...). As for places we cannot avoid (grocery stores, post office, doctor's office...) I try to go when I know issues will be minimal (less crowds, avoid shops that I KNOW set him off due to lighting, smells, etc), I try to equip him to handle what he can (allow him to stim within reason...remind him to use an inside voice if stims vocally), make him stay within arm's reach (either hold my hand or belt loop on my pants) or put him in a shopping cart if I have to. But the point is even within his limited coping skills he still understands how to act and acts accordingly.

Answer 10

In the end how does that help? Take the kids from them instead. Have the kids taught discipline, then have the parents get the option to learn how to control the kids. If they want they will learn how to control the kids properly. If they don't then they don't get the kids back and likely have the future ones taken.

Answer 11

As long as they don't beat the child. Make him understand why he is being spanked. And hug and kiss him once the episiode is over. Some parents should be jailed for not spanking their brat.

There are alot of things I have learned to tolerate in my many years on this planet but a brat is just not tolerable. Brat today criminal tomorrow. Unless something is done.