Should parents be allowed to hit their children?

Only in extreme cases
213 votes

I don't know
48 votes

No, never!
368 votes

Yes
154 votes

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jessamynDepends on what kind of hitting. Theres abusive hitting (like across the face and whatnot) and then their is corrective hitting (like spanking or whatnot) spanking should be allowed because sometimes, especially with kids, talking it out or a time out does not always work..my parents spanked me and im grateful for it. :p lol

👑MirandaKnowsWhat'sUp👑@jessamyn I completely agree! Hitting as a form of discipline is fine most of the time, but of course abuse is just wrong

Startearsome parents r too good they never hit thier kids and then when they grow up the children get out of control

👑MirandaKnowsWhat'sUp👑@Star Tear true

🎩Banter🎩the proplem is how would u distinguish the line between punishing and abusing

👑MirandaKnowsWhat'sUp👑well it's not too difficult to see the difference between discipline and abuse...

🎩Banter🎩well a parent punches a child and justifies it as punishing him

👑MirandaKnowsWhat'sUp👑but they have ways of defining abuse, and if the child is hurt pretty bad it doesn't really matter if the parent says it was a punishment because there are limits

🎩Banter🎩thats the thing. U make it okay to hit ur children people are going to take advantage of it

👑MirandaKnowsWhat'sUp👑Alright, that's true. You're right lol

🎩Banter🎩@👑MirandaKnowsWhat'sUp👑 im always right 😉

👑MirandaKnowsWhat'sUp👑Haha I haven't ever seen you be wrong about something, so yea. You are ^.^

🎩Banter🎩its a step to controlling everyone. First u need to always be correct so more people start believing u. Its all a part if my plan

👑MirandaKnowsWhat'sUp👑Haha it was my plan to control everyone! Get your own <.<

🎩Banter🎩too late the wheels are in motion

👑MirandaKnowsWhat'sUp👑Well can I at least join you in controlling everyone?

jessamyni never said it was okay to like punch your kid in the face :p for example, a young child sticks a knife in an electrical socket that could possibly kill them because they don't know any better.? Sure you could try to rationally talk to them, but then again children arent always thinking rationally, are they? ..So then a whipping needs to be put in place as the punishment.. And You guys seem to think that punishment is just a thing a parent does to make their child feel bad. But actually a punishment such as a whipping is the only way a young child might not stick that knife in the socket. Because that child will think in basic terms "if i put a knife in that electrical socket i might get a whipping again, so I'm not gonna do it" they may not see why its dangerous, all they think about putting a knife in the electrical socket will equal a Trust me i have a 7 year old sister and a 5 year old brother who i babysit every single day.. But anyways, this long text was just to explain that i support corrective punishment because sometimes it is the only method that will work, but i am strongly against abuse. :)

👑MirandaKnowsWhat'sUp👑@jessamyn I support spanking and other forms of discipline too, and I agree with you. But the question is asking should parents be /allowed/ to hit their children. Since we can't know what really happened in the household, we won't know why the child got hit, so it makes sense for inflicting pain to a certain point to be deemed abuse no matter what the reason for it was considering we never know if the reasons for it are true or not. You got me?

jessamynalright so are we gonna start restriction the food in ones household too? Because some parents might fee their child bad food to get rid of them. Are we gonna make it illegal for parents to buy cleaning supplies because a child may consume it and become sick and possibly die? Look its terrible that some parents would hurt their kids like that, but when does one situation make it okay to strip parents from their rights as well parents?

jessamyn@👑MirandaKnowsWhat'sUp👑 and shouldn't it be the parents responsibility to deem whether it is necessary to punish their child? What makes your decision about whether or not a child deserves a punishment be any better or more fit than the parents who pay for that child to live and eat?

#н¢¢иααиιHitting your kids or beating his/her butt is a form of discipline... But if you're taking it to far as a parent such as hitting the child for no reason, that's abuse... There's a different between discipline and abuse...

Tweetybird😘no they shouldn't be allowed to hit their children! I was hit a lot when I was younger and I am still hit at times! Parents abuse the right to hit their children and start whooping ass for no reason! It should be banned! Besides do whooping a child honestly make them more disciplined?

Tweetybird😘Talking to a child and making them understand the consequences to their actions should be enough

#н¢¢иααиιWhooping children butt gives them a reason not to do it!! They think.. Oh I shouldn't do that... I got whooped the last time I did that, and it hurt

Tweetybird😘@#н¢¢иααиι lol well it didn't work for me or anyone I grew up with so idk! I think resolving the issue in a better way is more reasonable!

Tweetybird😘besides what rights do parents have to put their hands on their children? What they brought them into the world so they can take them out?!

🎩Banter🎩@Tweetybird😘 u say talking to them should help work it out but the truth is just talkinb to people doesnt have much of an impact

Tweetybird😘@Llew but beating them is worse because it leads to anger and violence! Violent behavior starts in the home!

CarolG.Yea only when the kid ms do something bad like when deserve a whooping

MandaPandaOnly when the kids act up and be brats. I was spanked a lot but if I had no discipline I'd be a snotty brat. I'm a decent person. But beating up the children is a whole different story. That's abuse. Spanking is good enough

Brianna@MandaPanda I agree

BlueRedShould it be legal.maybe... Should that be the answer to everything. Definitely not

Cutie3.NotInUse.Some kids deserve to be slapped. Secretly doing drugs, losing their virginity deserves a slap. Some of these snotty brats need to feel a little bit if pain to make up for how their parents feel. Of course, this is only in extreme cases, and the slap should be soft, not agonizing.

👑ERICKAH👑No never ur fucking idiots if you do

👑MirandaKnowsWhat'sUp👑@Ericka Feel free to share your opinion on the matter, but you shouldn't say at everyone who disagrees is an idiot. That's not cool.

👑MirandaKnowsWhat'sUp👑@BlueRed Fair enough

👑MirandaKnowsWhat'sUp👑@Cutie3.14 Yea, I see what you mean

👊Duchessjohanna👊I feel a swift slap on the ass when the kid is young and doing wrong is perfectly ok. Some kids grow up with no comprehension of right and wrong, and I blame parents for that.

👊Duchessjohanna👊It's not ok if you abuse your child by beating them senseless. I've seen mothers drag their children off buses an slap them on the face for crying.

👑ERICKAH👑I don't care it's makes them hate there parents

👑ERICKAH👑I've watched kids get ruined by that

👑ERICKAH👑Really I don't want to fight just answering a question

EthanI got spanked damn near everyday back in the day. It would hurt really bad and I would cry, but I would continue to be bad anyways

👑ERICKAH👑That is an example spanking doesn't work

Ethan@Ericka it builds character

👑ERICKAH👑No it doesn't it builds hatered

Ethanonly if the kid has psychological issues

Ethan*hatred btw

👑ERICKAH👑No I watched my perfectly normal cousins start hating there parents

👑MirandaKnowsWhat'sUp👑@👊Duchessjohanna👊 Yea I agree

Jacobparents shouldn't hit their children. But the children should be punished. Spanking with a belt is as far as it should go. And not overboard with it

Tylerwell if you spank a child for running in the street then they fear doing that @erickah

HenryMyDogsometimes if there is a good reason