Do parents have the right to beat their children?

I am from an Asian country and to tell you the truth was brought by quiet strictly and beleive it or not beating surely was a part of it not only from my parents but even from my immediate family members. I am now a grown up woman with a 10 year old daughter but I have surely not felt the need to beat my daughter. Hey don't be amazed! It is not because she is the best child in the universe or has never done a mistake but just because I have vowed that I would never lay a hand on my child. She does make mistakes but there are other punishments. I personally feel that once you beat the child it make scare him for sometime but once they get used to it the scare of beating will go out forever.

I would suggest parents should not directly resort to beating always which we usually find in Asian countries as this may lead to the same behavior from Kids towards others when any matter arises. Beating should only be permissible if the child is doing the same mistake repeatedly. Some parents also remove their personal frustration on Kids which is totally unacceptable as it hampers mental growth of children.

Yes, I think parents have the right to discipline their children by beating. Abuse is totally different from discipline. Even though both involve beating, discipline by beating is more an act of love and concern. Abuse, on the other hand, is a cruel and insensible act. Having said that, I am not implying that parents should always resort to beating to discipline their kids. Sometimes, the children make serious mistakes and parents have to resort to beating to make the children remember and learn their lesson.

according to me i think instead of beating they can make their child understand so that they can never do the mistake give them love and pamper so that while doing the mistake they can remember you and not do the mistake again.

Yeah! if his/her child going into a wrong path or done mischievous mistake so they have the full right to learn their children a lesson and hello they are the parents they what ever do for the sake of his children. So there should be no law on this...

Parents have the right and the great responsibility towards their children.They have the prime duty to lead their children into the better future by giving them the necessary necessities in life like food , shelter, education.Whatever goodness there is, parents wants it to be achieved by their kids and descipline plays an important part to their upbringing. May I rather say that parents have the right to discipline their children. If it is really a serious mistake and if the parents sees it right to beat or so as to instill it in the childs head then I'm pretty sure that she is doing it in a real moderate way which could bring good to the child after. I also am oppose of hard beatings, because I believe that a kid can understand thier mistake mainly by pointing it out to them in a nice way. Although there are really some kids that needs beating first so as to be disciplined.In that case it's the parents prerogative to beat or not to beat.After all, it's the parents who knows the child best.They know what's best to bring the goodness out from their child. Lastly I believe, no good parents can bear to hurt their own child. So moderate beating as discipline, I could say it can be but over than that, definitely NO.

Yes my dear friend parents have their right to beat their children not because they did not did a mistake but to bring them in the good path.