How do you feel when you're at a store or somewhere and a mom/dad hits their kid right in front of you?

Question

Do you respond or do you go about your own business?

Answer 1

it depends ive done both

Answer 2

Well it all depends, there is a difference between hitting and spanking. If I see the parent is beating the tar out of him/her it would upset me and personally would call the authorities and confront them. But you have to keep in mind that children have a tendancy of testing their parents in public because they feel as though the parent won't do anything in public. In this situation if the parent is just reprimanding the child in some way then I would go about my business.

Answer 3

Corporal punishment can be effective (spanking) if done properly. Obviously if it is too hard it can be abuse, but a swat on the butt is not abuse. If that is what you are talking about, then mind your own business, it is not your job to police the world or interfere with the parents attempt to raise their children. If the child is being physically harmed and the "hitting" is in the head or body and is cruel and unusal then I would step in and try to calm the parent. I never spank my children in anger, but once in a while my son gets it for telling a lie or misbehavior.

Answer 4

You cannot do anything in reality. You can stop that temporarily by calling police. But that never helps as the kid has to face the same thing at home day in day out till she grows up. Instead take an initiative elsewhere offline to create an awareness in parents not to do do that at least in public. I know your concern for the kid won't be able to digest this answer. However, accept the fact every person is facing the world with her own ideas, pattern. You cannot change till she understand that herself. This is a funny world.

Answer 5

It depends on the situation, because is easy for people to judged others on that, but when they do it, they do not like it. You can't go by that, if you see somebody hitting a kid, because is more than clear that you was not there 24/7 to know what really was going on. There is many people that will say I will not tolerate such action, but they the first one, doing that. I do not have any kids, but sometimes they deserve what they get.

Answer 6

if the kid is screaming and being like i want it! or "telling" their parents what to do and the parent gives them a smack on the butt, I'll think: "finally a parent who has some backbone and can love their kid well enough to discipline them so they grow up to be good people." if i saw child abuse i would think i would do something, but i don't think that you know what you would do unless you where put in that position. I speak as a 17 year old that got spankings out of love when i was a brat so the result is, i respect the hell out of older people and it is habit to be polite and helpful where i can be.
hope that answered you question.

Answer 7

It depends on the harshness of the hit, if the kid is acting like a wild child and the parent is constantly talking to the child what is wrong with a spank on the butt. Depending on the parent you might be in for a rude awaking.

Answer 8

There is a difference between "beating" and a spanking.
I would only do something if they would hit the child in the face or started to beat on them.
I have never let myself get to that point.There are children though, who start screaming their little heads off when they don`t get what they want, and may hell freeze over before they stop!
Not mine, thank god! If i see kids like that, i`m surprised their parents don`t knock them out...

Answer 9

There would be a lot of factors involved... Did I see the kid doing whatever he was doing to deserve punishment or did the parent just decide to wack 'em? In other words, was the kid in need of some sort of discipline? If the kid deserved wacking, I would not say or do anything. If I saw the entire thing and truly believed the kid didn't deserve it or it looked violent I would contact the local security/police. (When I say deserve wacking I mean DESERVES it! Warning's didn't work, yelling didn't work, time out didn't work and everyone in the store's starting to stare at you and you heard someone murmur "I'm glad that's not MY kid.")

Answer 10

I am a Mommy and I could really not give a damn if someone discliplines their children in public. People have taken that away from parents and we end up with all the bad *** and disrespectful children. Kids will always act worse in public if you don't stop it. When my daughter misbehaves in public, I don't hit her. I might snatch her up, or threaten her life (not really) but to hit her... NO! However, she has gotten me there before where I wanted to spank her *** (she doesn't get spankings though... I don't believe that hitting children helps, it hurts their feelings and yours, but doesn't help). And, I definately don't believe in hitting them with weapons (belts, cords, spoons... whatever).
I think its all how it happens (regarding your question). I think we should let parents be parents, unless it is cruel. Somethings are intolerable. But, to say something because you don't like it, is wrong.
You ever notice its always the ones who don't have any children who say something? Or the ones who have "nieces and nephews."
Once you are a parent... everything you ever thought you would do changes!

Answer 11

It all depends. Because there is hit and then there is beat down. No kid deserves beat downs they are kids. But a regular spanking or a pop on the mouth for being disrespectful is some times needed.