Is it okay to smack children?

yes is ok

spare the rod and soil the child. But smack only sparingly and only when you have tried everything out. When kids get stuborn and refuse to listen to anyhing, this is something that will work.

I think if they need a smack to set them straight and that is what the parent wants to do people should mind their own business. My father swatted my brother one time, he was about 3 or 4, and some lady started griping at him about it. Well the kid is still throwing a temper tantrum so my father picked him up and sat him in her buggy, and walked away. He was still screaming and stomped everything she had, we were grocery shopping. She was chasing my father around the store. Really now it was hilarious, but at the time it was mortifying. When he finally took him back from her she said she learned her lesson and just needed to keep her mouth shut from now on.

are you serious??? You say, sometimes a kid needs a smack!! LMAO Is it okay for your boss to hit you when your not doing things right?? Cause if that is okay, than sure, smack your children. Hitting anyone - causes fear. There are many other ways to discipline your child. Think outside the box and stop being intimadating.

I was in the shopping centre the other day and this kid was being a right little pain in the you know what. He was old enough to know better. he must have been about 4. He was throwing the biggest hissy fit on the floor screaming his head off. You couldn't get within 3 ailses of this kid for the ear piercing noise. His Mum picked him up and smacked him on the bottom and placed him on his feet. I felt sorry for her. Her other kids were quietly standing by trying to look like they didn't know the kid. Some woman marches up to the lady and confronts her about smacking her kid. A heated argument started. This other woman was going off at her. It isn't like she flogged the kid. The first women told her to mind her own business and that she would raise her kids how she saw fit. She buddled the kids up and hurried off with the still screaming child. What a scene. I don't at all condone child abuse but sometimes a kid needs a smack. Never hurt me and I still remember every smack I got. What do you think?

yeah some time smacking is necessary but the sceen you portrayl here is very disgusting because thi si humiliation of a child. i dont agree in this case. atleast we should respect our children's self esteem.

You say it never hurt you but you also say that you remember every smack you ever got...clearly it did have an impact on you and if you still remember every smack you got then it is not a positive one. I think if you are a good parent then there is no need for smacking.

If you train kids to SMACK them everytime they do a mistake.. IT WILL only make them DO the same.... for example.. another kid annoys them.. what happens? They smack that other kid..because they grew up being trained that if they do something wrong, they get smacked... this will really attack his self-esteem and possibly LOWER it.. in my opinion.. so its not really such a good idea..

I do not believe in every smaking a child under any circumstances.I believe that there is other forms of discipline rather than hitting a child.i have 4 kids and i never had to hit them and they listen to me without me having to hit them.hitting a kid only teaches them violence and to fear you.

Smacks are good especially if the child knows that they are going out in public and they feel that they will get away with being bad. When I was little before I left the house my mother would pull us up and say that if we acted up while out in the public that we were going to get it when we got home. So this really worked on me and my siblings, we never acted up in public.

I do believe a swift smack on a childs butt is the best solution. I smacked all four of my children and the older they got the less they needed it. I remember one day whilst out shopping my eldest daughter (who was 14) was teasing her brother and sisters and would not stop. I gave her a smack. She stopped where she stood and looked at me in shock. She then apologised to her brother and sisters. She is now 22 years old and still talks of that one smack, she says it made her see everything has consequenses. She says she was so embarrased as she had not been smacked for years before that and it was a shock. One light smack can do wonders. It is not child abuse as child abuse is uncontrollable belting of the child.

A smack for a very bad thing once and a while is ok. But do not make a habit out of it. Or hit your kids for something small.

The lady in your post did nothing wrong and I agree the other lady should mind her own business... I especially like the post directly below yours about about the father leaving his son with the lady who was butting in...Hilarious!!! I've had someone come up to me in Walmart before for swatting my daughter who was about 4 or 5 at the time for throwing a temper tantrum...she threatened to call DFS on me...I was so disgusted with this woman..so I asked her if she had any kids...no shocker she said no..so I told her right in front of a manager that until she has children she needs to keep her mouth shut, and mind her own business...she actually called DFS on her phone and even they told her that there is nothing wrong with a mother giving a child a swat on the bottom while throwig a tantrum in the store. It drives me nuts when parents that won't whip their kids butts cry and whine about how they don't have control, and they don't know what to do. There is a difference in between abuse and discipline! My dad used to say.. "put your hands on the piano bench" and then SWAT! He wasn't abusing me, he was showing me love and teaching me right from wrong. The Bible says "spare the rod, spoil the child"

I really try to stay out of how others parent their kids. We rarely know the whole story behind what is going on. I do think that some kids need different sorts of discipline to get threw whatever is going on.

Yes i think it is ok to spank a child on the rear with your hand but not to use belts or paddles of any kind on them.The woman done nothing wrong when she spanked her child on the rear.

I totally agree with spanking your kids as long as it is done out of love and with justice. In that instance I would have spanked my child too. Obviously anything else the mom was trying to do wasn't working and she needed to take action. The person who confronted her had no business doing so. I have seen parents spank children in public and each time it was justified, like the above example. I would never confront a person like that.

I think, that as a last resort, spanking is okay. As long as it isn't too hard, or with something, like a belt or something. It is the parents choice. It is NOT child abuse. With my son, usually just sayig "NO", or maybe tapping (yes, tapping) him on the hand, is enough for to make him stop what he is doing. If a child is being a brat like that, in the middle of the store, then the mother has every right, and responsibility to discipline thier children. When they discipline them, then they end up being bratty adults. And no one wants to deal with someone like that.

I think in this case it was just fine. However I have seen a mother with 3 children, a boy about 5 and 2 girls, one 3 and one 1 probably. They were walking to their car as I was on my way to work. The mother was screaming at her 3 year old to carry her 1 yr old sister to the car!!! The little girl was crying so hard and telling her she was too heavy, but the mother insisted and smacked the child across her face. An elderly lady came up to the child (completely disregaurding the mother) and told her that her sister was way to heavy for her and she would carry her to the car for her. The mother (who had nothing in her hands at all) told the elderly woman that her daughter had been carrying her around all day and that she could do it. I was in complete shock, as I would have done something to help too, but I'm so glad that woman came by!

smacking a child should not be done else it would make him to do the same just beacuse of anger better make him understand that whaht he did is wrong by saying ..and showing love apon him..this would bring a great change upon him always encourage others by givin + else read and enjoy!!

I think it is okay to smack the kid. As all kids dont respond if you speak to them n matter how sweetly you tell them.Only a smack can help such people. And if they do get embarrased they wuld never do it again to avoid to be in such a situation. But parents should really know their kid very well to do this.Kids should understand why they have been smacked or else it could lead to the child thinking that the parent does nto like him. So it is also required that if a parent smacked his kid, later part of the day the parent shoudl speak to the child and explain what had happened.