Would you like Parents to be given free reign to discipline their Kids as they see fit?

Question

And would it help with todays troublesome Kids?

Karen h: I wasnt advacating Torture.

I only ask, as years gone by, we, as kids had far more respect for other people than kids have now. And the only thing missing is a wallop when their really playing up. As many say, it did us no harm.

Answer 1

My anser to this is simple parents do have the right to discipline their children But not abuse them which is exactly what the children need alot of parents think that they cannot discipline them so they dont bother and you are correct children nowadays are very disrespectful if their parents cared enough they would discipline them and then yes it would help them it helped me believe me

Answer 2

Parents do have the right to discipline their kids as they see fit... provided it does not cause severe pain or impairment. If a child cannot sit after a spanking, that is severe pain or impairment. However, if a child is spanked once or twice on the butt for doing something bad... that is ok. My mom spanked me when I was little, and I am normal and don't have issues with violence or anything like that. It is not against the law to hit your kids... but it is against the law to abuse them. I think that as parents become younger and younger, they are not adequately prepared with the skills to be parents, and this is where "troublesome kids" come in as well as cases where the parents over-discipline and harm the child rather than teaching them a lesson about right and wrong.

Answer 3

most loving parents would discipline their kids as they see fit regardless of the law. i think some of the problems stem from the fact that more of todays kids are latch key kids, moms and dads at work so they can keep up with the jones's instead of looking after their kids, also too much choice, kids are spoilt with gifts because parents feel guilty about neglecting them and kids know that they have rights and that the courts and coppers cannot touch them and they will receive no real punishment for bad behaviour, and last but not least there is just real bad parents out there. we're all going to hell in a handcart and it's no good blaming the government, we're all too blame. time to get back to basics.

Answer 4

Discipline should be left to the parents as they see fit as long as the child is not abused or harmed. I got many a clip around the ear and a slapped backside when i was a child. I have grown up as a well balanced adult with total respect for others. After all they say discipline begins at home.

Answer 5

No, not "as they see fit", but yes to a clearly defined legal guide as to where the line is drawn between what constitutes physical punishment and what is regarded as physical abuse. The difference lies between "spanking" and "beating".

The entrance hall where I grew up was exactly eight punches or seventeen kicks long. The doorframes were pine and the stairs were mahogany. Mahogany hurts more because it's harder when you're thrown against it.

The "discipline" (read "beatings") that I was subjected to were wrong and I would never have dreamed of inflicting similar on my own kids, but I still believe that a spanked backside, or a slapped hand or leg (never the face) is not wrong.

Answer 6

Hi there Mick! Sorry no I wouldnt, in my house I tell the girls we dont hurt people we love. They are 9 and 7. I admit they are good, but can be impish, like not going to sleep on time etc. But I wouldnt go up and smack them as this would make them cry more. I usually use a withdrawel of a plan with my eldest as a threat. i.e no party on sat, and the little one, I get on my knee and nag away, saying mummy is very cross! LOL.I recently started the grounding technique, with quite good success. Their Dad is the one with "the voice" and that can work alone! They run up them stairs!
As babies though the hand needs a quick smack as in "dangerous" if they reach for the fire. Not to hurt, to shock.
I have been at a Wacky Wharehouse, when a kid bit my girl I complained to the mother, and she battered her in front of me. I said I didnt want you to do that, just explain or tell her off.I went away wishing I had not said anything. It just showed why the girl bites if you ask me.
Now if its a teenage boy who robbed an old lady? I dunno, maybe a bit of a taste of his own medicine? I dont have boys, so I hope not to have the problems boys bring.
X see ya later

Answer 7

Absolutely, as long as you dont brake a bone, or cause bleeding i am all for it. I wish public schools could discipline like this. We have so many troubled kids, and with proper discipline at school and at home, it would make a world of difference.

Answer 8

Within limits.

There is a fairly clear objective line where discipline becomes child abuse. But for social conditioning (curfews, etc.) the govt shouldn't get involved because there is too much cultural variation.

Answer 9

Yep..I was smacked quite a lot as a child.
I've never been in trouble with the law. I'm a respectful and well balanced adult.
Trouble with kids these days is they have too many rights...and they are bloody self taught lawyers..they can tell you what their rights are!!!

Answer 10

Unfortunately, there will always be a few parents that abuse the privilege. So no, I do not support it unless a reliable system is set up to weed out these parents.