In your opinion, is it wrong for a parent to cuss at a child to make them behave?

Question

Would you consider that child abuse?

Answer 1

Verbal abuse, maybe. Cussing at a child won't teach them to behave. That has to be done with real words and true explanations.

Answer 2

When a parent is so frustrated with a child that s/he resorts to cussing, then s/he is being an ineffective parent. It's best to send the child to another room until the parent is calm enough to disipline the child without cussing.

Cussing will not teach a child anything but to cuss themselves. Dependnig on what was said it could be considered verbal and/or emotional abuse.

Answer 3

Yes it is wrong to cuss a child, it teaches the kids that those words are ok to say as well. I was at a friends house the other night when her 2 year old daughter threw a toy, her 3 year old brother went over spanked her on the butt and said "Mommy I beat sissies @ss."

I don't know bout child abuse, I guess it depends on the situation.

Answer 4

it depend on alot of things. like the context of the cuss word. if you say "sit your @ss down", thats not bad, if you say "you are a dumb @ss" thats bad. as long as you are not down grading your child then of course that is verbal abuse. also you have to consider the parent, if you use cussing all the time, and it's just a normal thing for you, then its just a normal thing for you to say something with a cuss word in it when you get mad at the kid. if you are a parent who makes a point never to cuss in front of your kids then i think it's a little worse, because then it can really hurt there feelings.

my parents were never like oh don't cuss around the kid. i can tell you from personal expeirence, that my parents have said things like "What the he!l are you doing" and stuff along those lines and it made no differents if they would have left the bad word out.

Answer 5

Yes, it's wrong to cuss a child to make them behave. It is considered verbal abuse.

Answer 6

Of course it's wrong and abusive and has no effect at all on "making" a child behave. It has more to do with the parent than the child.

Answer 7

yes verbal abuse. a child should never be cussed at thats awful. Plus they have minds like a sponge so if you cuss thats going to be the next thing out of the kids mouth.

Answer 8

I would say it is wrong and is verbal abuse. How is it someone cusses at their child and then punishes them when the child cusses? Where to you think they learn it?
Sad.

Answer 9

I don't know if I'd call it child abuse, but I definately think there is no reason at all to cuss at or around children.

Answer 10

I think that cussing is abusive to all who hear it, and if a person cusses at their child then they are teaching their child to do the same. If you can't control your tongue, then how are you going to train your child??