Children growing!

well it depends on what you mean they are acting strange and how old they are. if it's just mood swings, or not eating it depend how old they are. if they are under i would 12 then take to someone. if they are teenager, get them check as well. but if they are a teen, they are coming more withdrawn, grades up dropping and hanging out with different friends. yeah take them and see what is up. but reply back to me. and let me know how old, and what they are doing? but a good fashion whipping still work. no just j/k

Thats such a vague question....I mean acting strange in what sense? what has gone on in their lives recently to possibly trigger odd behaviour? How old are they? all of these things are factors..then of course there is the simple hormone changes that a kid goes through during puberty and so on....

Nope, beating my children has never been an option in this house. I try to figure out what's going on, and then if I can't I try to research the problem online or in books. I figure, the more I know the better I'll be able to help my child through whatever it is they're going through.

Well she has hit 8 and she is actually getting better. We went through a very rough stage from 5 to 7. Now she still acts weird, but I can tell as she gets older she is calming a bit. I am sure when she hits the teens we will start all over. I don't beat her at all even though sometimes I would love to. LOL ! We do many forms of punishment. Like taking away stuff, taking a nap etc.

There is no excuse for abuse. That said, the younger a child gets help, the better it is for everyone. My kids have medical reasons for their odd behaviors. Their chromosomes are abnormal, but I know this only because when I noticed they weren't acting as other kids, I went to a doctor and I pushed to have something done. Parents know their kids best and it's never wrong to ask questions. Even if they show you why it's ok that a kid acts this way or that, at least you are armed with knowledge. Some times it really is nothing but a stage. But since sometimes changes can be due to medical things, it never hurts to talk to the doctor. Think of this... High lead in the blood can be why there is trouble in school and to find out it's a quick blood draw.

my son is 7 now and begin to act as he were a "man". children should be respected no matter how young they are, which is a rule i obey when my son was born, so, usually he is rationable. of course, being a little boy, naughty is his nature, sometimes he need beating to recognize and remeber his faults. i don't think beating is a way to be totally ignored during children's education, it just should be cautiously used.