- Do you think it's okay for parents to hit their kids? -

[Pulchritudinous]

I was just wondering what you think about parents hitting their children.

My parents hit me and my brother sometimes, I'm 14 and my brother is 11.

Sometimes my Dad flips and goes mad, a little while ago, me and my brother were arguing, he punched my brother in the stomach 3 times, but I locked myself in a room, and he kept banging on the door trying to get in, but thankfully he went out and didn't come back till the next day.

It's only occasionally that either of them get really aggressive, but they still hit us quite often, not always bruising.
I do love both my parents, they are probably just trying to discipline us, but sometiems it makes me feel like they don't love me.

[Dust-Ball.]

Well I Am Aggaist Hitting Chiden But I Think Some Of The Laws Are A Bit Wrong These Days You Can't Even Teach Kids A Bot of Disaplic. Not Like A Punch In The Stomach. But Slap Bacl Of Legs Or Something

[HUGECOOL]

No, not at all.

Hitting a child would only be teaching them that violence is the only answer to problems, thereby, creating the deformed youth we now call our 'peers'. :\

But, of course, if the child has no other remedy, hitting is still not the answer. Reasoning, compromising, and even threatening (non-fatal) works on most instances.

In most cases, parents who hit their children only did so because they were once hit as a child so they portray this as a normal reaction to troublesome children.

Also, in the US, there's this little thing called CPS (Child Protective Services) who you can call and report abusive parents.

You have to respect your elders, but the respect comes to an abrupt end if they decide that corporal punishment will make you "do as they say".

Perhaps my thoughts may have been tainted due to my non-conformist nature, but I would not hesitate to show "civil disobedience" to my very creators (lmao) if they ever lay a hand on me.

[Herman]

he punched my brother in the stomach 3 times

Poor brother of yours. My dad wouldn't do that really. He doesn't hit me or my sister anyway. It's my mum that's to worry about. She likes to use the clothes hanger and start hitting, or sometimes even uses her hand. But anyway, parents shouldn't really hit their children, it's just wrong, even though they want to discipline their children.

[iluvben]

Occasionally but not like PUNCH SLAP BANG , i mean just the odd smack most kids have had it , it's called disapline

[=tam=]

Definately Not. Especially the way your dad hit you and you're brother. You really shouldnt be being beaten up like that by you're own father.

[Largo]

No, I have my self-respect and dignity. It's my life.

[xJoeYx]

Parents should be able to hit their children up to about 8 yrs old, under 8s are stupid and unable to compromise or talk things over, so really its the only way to get a point across. im not saying beat them though.

[Karl]

I'm totally against hitting children or smacking them hard... I'm sure a smack on the hand is okay but other than that, it's too much and SEXYDEATH makes some good points.

[SHEEPY]