but y parents n not siblings

Parents should be allowed to.. sparingly.. as long as they merely do it to emphasize a point and dont get carried away.. I suppose it's alright..

Siblings dont get prosecuted by the law for it but parents should not allow it either.. though it happens all too often.. simply because its impossible to stop all the instances of it

siblings can get in trouble w/ the law...

How? well I suppose they can.. but no one ever reports it..

its illegal for ppl to hit u...sumething n battery is what its called i think? i derno

Oh realli? So if i were to give someone a high five, I'd be commiting an illegal act? because I'm hitting their hand..

how shuld i know i saw it on a movie ::

a movie? a movie..... you're using Hollywood as your resources?

*sigh* why dont you go look it up and make sure first

um a LAW movie in a LAW class...not hollywood

well can you please find an example of the law somewhere?

um if u tell me where to then yes

That's what I'm asking you.. you're telling me about some law thingy.. and I'm asking if you could specify it.. ie.. provide the specific law here..

totally true. my parents are homophones, racist people. does that mean im going to except their views no. i think its wrong to brutually beat their children, but if its just a spanking, its okay with me. i dont think any parent wants to hurt his/her child.

nope sry i was just saying i saw it on the movie

I'm not so sure about that.. spanking may get out of hand.. and well.. they may not want to hurt their child.. but they may end up doing so anyways

yeah thats my point i think its wrong for that exact reason...i think its also like a control thing...like they just do it to show they can do what they want...also sume ppl i know their parents did it for "pleasure" i dunno how to put it...like did it b/c their spouse thought it was sexy or sumething

Erm....

lol ya

i think parents always tell there children whats wrong...well mine did...when you think about it, that's the only REAL fear .... ....getting the beating of a lifetime. grounding won't do any good, as you could just do what you want. One time my mom slapped my hand quite hard but it didn't hurt me so i fake cried... i did that to make her believe it hurt, so that she would be "satisfied" i guess you could say. One time my dad and i picked up my cousin and we went to the beach. My cousin was being annoying so my dad threw him out of the car and he found his way back to his house very funny.

I guess what i'm getting at is this: everyone that got beatings for good reasons are very well disciplined these days...like my aunties, uncles, and dads. the one "bad" kids are the kids that have gotten beatings for no reason at all/don't get beatings.




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Hmm.. yet another hard topic.

I don't think it's right for a parent to take out their anger on their child.
That's NOT right.
It kind of depends on what the child did wrong to determine whether the hitting is appropriate or not.

Brothers and sisters will be brothers and sisters.
I'm not saying it's right.. but you can't expect them to be perfect..

I don't think it's right to hit anything, really.

Animals are important, too. It pains me when I hear about animals being abuse simply because their owner is evil and mean. >__<

Yeah. Animals are people, too.

i think parents have the rite to hit their kids but it has to be a reason. i dont mean them all out abusing them but enough for them to straighten up. b/c i see alot of parentsjust letting their bad kids run around and out of control.

Kids should be encouraged to question authority, not just to do whatever authority says in the name of "discipline". If they really are going to be leaders in the future, they have to learn to think for themselves and respect personal and outside autonomy.

It is for Brothers and Sisters. But it depends on the parents and what kind of child they want.

In any case, I really dislike the idea of a child getting hit by their parents. The home is where they should be able to feel safe 100% of the time. I think yelling is okay..I guess. But not hitting. Brothers and sisters, it happens, but there are limits.

...its ok if the parents spank them.. like without leaving a mark...
like a bruise..or a red mark that doesnt go away.. ect..

What about psychological effects?

i think it's wrong for the older brother and older sisters to hit u... they have no right to do that...only the adults like our parents only... it should be illegal lols

How do parents have a right to hit kids?

And how would law enforcement supervise siblings and make sure they dont hit each other?

I don't think parents or older siblings should hit a child. If they can't control their child, it's a matter of bad parenting. Even a small smack across the cheek can forever traumatize a kid. Nothing they can really be that bad. My parents never hit me, and I turned out alright.

NO WAY. i mean find a better way to teach kids the rite way. dere just being a bad influence if dey abuse dere own child.

OF COURSE NOT its mean parents should teach kids in a softer way well unless of course the kid has dont somthing SO BAD then yea just to teach them a lesson if they hadnt learn better send them to military school lol jk

I think its okay for parents to discipline their own children. But not for siblings to do it to each other bc deyll be doing it because of arguing or bickering, not because they did something wrong.

It should be okay when deyre younger like around 2-6 and just like a spanking. not enough to leave a mark or hurt their ability to do other things. When someone is that young, that's really the only way. If you talk to them, do you really think they'll listen to you? They won't. They don't even know the consequences of what's going to happen because they won't think that way.

However, when you're OLDER, then I don't think SPANKING or anything would help. It would just make them even more mad and so it even more to be rebellious. When someone's older, it's really easier to SHOW them what can go wrong rather than just TELL them and try to MAKE THEM understand its wrong

If they deserve it, then yes. But not exegerate. Have you seen parents caught on tape hitting their kids too aggresively? C'mon, they are young, they don't know what they are doing, some decipline is fine, bit don't take your priveleges as a parent too far.

spare the rod spoil the child.

hitting kids for no reason is bad, but if it's lightly, for the sake of discipline, it should be welcomed. as a child, growing up, i needed that discipline to keep me in line. i admit, i hafnt been a good child& sometimes, that's how some kids learn. for other kids, they dont need physical lessons--and that's better.

however, there is a thin line between discipline& abuse. ;x

No! Why do you think kids get taken away from their parents? It's not okay to hit your kids, well then again abusing it not good, but for discipline then yeah I think that's okay.

children get taken away from their parents because this liberal country doesnt know how to discipline the parents without fear of a lawsuit.

I think abuse is bad, but not things like spanking a child when they're bad. It shows the kid that they can't just do anything they want and get away with it, and it shows them that they can't say whatever they want to their parents and walk all over them. A kid knows right away when they're parents are push-overs and can kind of control their parents in a way. I'm not saying all kids are like this, obviously. But some are. (Depends on their personalities) I was spanked a couple times (on rare occasions that is) when I was little and I'm not suffering any psychological damage. I'm fine with it. I was bad, I got spanked. I knew right away that I couldn't walk all over my parents.

Now spanking teenagers is something different. I don't know anyone who's parents hit them now. I think its more of a child thing. You can't really reason and talk with a child like you can with a teenager. Spankings give a clearer message to the child. Teenagers don't need to be spanked or hit.

only if its for a punishment but the punishment must fit the crime.

hitting to the extreme is a nono. and i think with brother and sister, i guess its ok since u can actually hit back unless they are like 10 yrs older. if they are older, then no its not ok.

Why in my times (about 5 years ago), hitting was all over me when I got into trouble. Big trouble that is.

For parents? Yes. But only when the kid deserves it and if it doesn't leave a mark. And not in the head cuz that can cause serious brain damage

there is no reason to keep this thread open.
SPARE THE ROD SPOIL THE CHILD.
we all agree with this. This in the debate thread im right, we agree, and unless there is no other points to be made dont comment and let this dissapear into the archives!

HELL NO from my expirences HELL NO!!!!!

Maybe a love tap is okay, or a joking hit. Maybe a little slap if the kid went out of line, but taking out the belt and whipping? That's bad.

chill man

i dont think its right for parents to hit their children because they need their discipline but not hitting

it's not right to abuse the kids but a bit of spanking is alright for disciplining the child.

i don't think that it right for them to "hit" them but when they are like younger, i think that it is okay to "spank" them. they should be disciplined in some way.

IMO, no. Having an old-fashioned mother, I can tell you from my own personal experience that I don't feel this way. My mother has occasionally hit me if I have done something very wrong, and to this day I don't feel at all inclined to be violent. I can say that I feel very hurt (emotionally) when I'm hit by my mom and I know it's not a good thing. I've always vowed to never hit my children because I know first hand that it's so painful to my child. What happened to me is completely opposite from what you stated.

no, it lowers their self esteem and causes fear to the child