2007-12-13 19:16:22 · 27 answers · asked by airforcewolf16 3 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Parenting
Please notice the word spank, not beat or abuse. Thanks.
2007-12-13 19:16:43 · update #1
That's kind of easy, go shake their hand. Also be at their defense if any nut cases tried an attack.
Remember you said SPANK, if the word was beating, my answer would be different. Spanking I agree with, beating I don't.
2007-12-17 18:40:33 · answer #1 · answered by olschoolmom 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Assuming it was a spank and not a beating, I'd think "Good for that parent for having the courage to discipline - that kid isn't going to misbehave like that again in a hurry because they know there will be instant, painful, embarrassing consequences."
If my kid wilfully humiliates me in public I see no reason not to humiliate them in public. Guess what? They know full well what will happen, so they don't go there in the first place.
After all, that is the main argument of anti-spankers, isn't it? That children should get the same respect as adults? Well, mine get the same respect that they GIVE adults. And as a result, they almost always behave well and I almost never spank them.
2007-12-14 09:07:12 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I would let them know that even though I do support spanking doing it in a public place is not the place to do it. They need to do it at home where it can be done in private. I think that is very humiliating for the child and I think it is very wrong to do it in a public place. All the parent has to say to his or her child is that they're getting a spanking once they get home. That usually keeps them inline for the rest of the trip or wherever they are at.
2007-12-14 05:22:35 · answer #3 · answered by Steven R 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If it was just a spank, I would do nothing. Now if the parent was beating the **** out of the kid, I would tell the store or the manager of the place we were at, and if that didn't work, then I would call the police.
2007-12-14 08:41:52 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Nothing. If the child wasn't beaten or abused it's nobody else's business.
Regardless of our opinions on other people's parenting, if a child isn't being neglected or abused it's not our place to step in.
ETA: I also strongly agree with what calia's mommy said about the crying. I've got a 21 month and 9 month old and there's times you would swear they were being tortured, the way they scream, and that's just from me telling them "no"! Children are very manipulative, and know that crying will get them sympathy from other people, especially older kids.
2007-12-14 03:21:45 · answer #5 · answered by ♥♥Mum to Superkids Baby on board♥♥ 6 · 7⤊ 0⤋
i would probably give the parent a high five!!!! too many parents these days do not teach their children right from wrong. i commend those that are not afraid to discipline their children. anyone over about 25 grew up in the day where spanking your child was perfectly acceptable and we turned out fine.....i remember standing under the tree in the yard deciding which would be the best switch to bring my mom.....the little thin ones stung really bad....but the thicker ones might break bones!!!! YIKES!!!! i think picking out the switch was worse than actually being spanked with it!!!
now, if a child was being beaten then i would probably step in.
2007-12-14 07:42:00 · answer #6 · answered by 4Xthe fun 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Mind my own buisness because only the parent knows what a kid needs to behave and crying doesn't mean anything i tell my daughter she can't have a cookie and its like I have beaten her black and blue she cries so hard. Children are very smart they will cry to get out of trouble as much as get what they want...as long as they are not being abused and it is just a spank then good for the parent.
2007-12-14 03:25:59 · answer #7 · answered by Calia'a Mommy 2 · 5⤊ 2⤋
if the child deserved it then, I would say good job a parent is being a parent.
I was at Disney World earlier this year, and my child was being very disrespectful not only to me but to others and after several warnings, I spanked his but. A lady saw me and started coming towards me and I asked her if she wanted one too.
2007-12-14 07:19:40 · answer #8 · answered by Bones 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋
It wouldn't worry me, if it was a just a smack on the bum or the hand. I have two year old twin boys and they are going through that great stage. Lately they have been really pushing my buttons. So I know exactly how they feel.
Kids however do scream murder!! Yesterday my boys walked less than 100 metre and were screaming at me and my man, because we couldn't pick them up! Anyone would have thought they were being killed!! lol!!
It is best to leave the parenting up to the parents, not strangers!!
2007-12-14 04:05:21 · answer #9 · answered by *Charli* Mamma Di Gemini's 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
there is a difference between a beating and a spanking.......and a difference in a cry of a temper tantrum or pain.........wish more parents would spank that bottom...maybe we wouldn't see on the news every day how a teen robbed and shot someone.....i mean it is every single sickening day....cause kids have no more fear....you should fear your parents to some extent which teaches fear of authority...these kids today have no respect for anyone....
2007-12-14 03:27:46 · answer #10 · answered by badazzblondechick 2 · 4⤊ 2⤋