Do you say something if you see someone harshly disciplining their kids?

I agree with you. I do not spank my child, although she is told it's a spanking. She gets her butt swatted when she's pretending she can't hear me or is screaming so loud that there's no yelling over her. I think it would depend on the situation whether I would interfere with another parent or not though. If they are hurting the child or it's obvious that the child is treated badly a lot, then I would either tell them to knock it off or I'd just call the cops. Then there'd be a record that the parent has abused the child before, and child protective services would be notified. Everyone flies off the handle sometimes, and that's okay, but you should never hurt your children.

tanniebabe hi It depends on just what the parent is doing to his child,if it is going way beyond any logical discipline I will say do that again and I am calling Childrens protective services.for example a mom lost her cool completely at a little ' toddler,she smacked him so hard he fell down, then every time he tried to get up she kicked him. I had had enough,I yelled at her and she told me to mind the bad word bad word own business' so I phoned the police,who came at once, they saw her kick this little boy and arrested her on the spot. I left,sick at heart, she must have weighted two seventy five or more,the little kid was only about two,my God what was in her mind?