Do you think it is reasonalbe to beat your kid?

Sorry to say if you did that here you would be in jail and you would get beat. I don't consider that right. It is not right to beat your children. That is horrible and you should be punished. What would possess a person an adult at that to beat a poor defenceless child? There are other ways to punish a child without causing physical harm to the child. If you are having kids and beating them you don't deserve to procrate anymore. You need to have the patients to deal with that child and by the sounds of it you don't have that patients. To be honest I feel very sad for you.

I strongly dissagree with you, I am a mother and i dont want to hit my son why they committed mistake especially when they are still toddlers, coz these stage is when they want to explore everything and want to try every stuff. As a mother i have to be patient with them and be there to guide them and explain to them why is it wrong. Though we will notice that kids did not reponse right there and then but by keep on reminding them about it will be absorb by thier brain. Beating your kids will make them rebellious to you and as time pass by they will be imunized to that kind of punishment, the more youy beat them the more they will not follow, that is as per experience of my cousin.

There is a big diference between a belting which i feel is abuse and a love tap that i feel sometimes is necessary to keep kids under control, probably the best way ios to try and sit kids down and talk to them with respect then maybe sometimes firmer methods have to be used but beating kids as some do is not on...

Physical punishment is ok. As long as it's not that brute or harsh...You can always talk to your kid and explain why he or she is wrong by doing that..somehow through constant talking and reaching out to your kid he or she will listen to you..

i dont think it is reasonable to beat children. these are children, fragile and small.they should be taken care of, they should be taught properly. beating them will not make them learn. it will just make them think that it is ok to hurt someone smaller and weaker than you are when they did something that you dont want. it should not be about what is the quickest way to deal with the situation. being a parent is not easy and it takes time and effort to raise good, intelligent and healthy children. and some studies show that children who are physically punished on a regular basis are on a very high risk of developing antisocial behavior such as cheating, lying, bullying and lack of remorse for wrongdoings.

my children are often stubborn and naughty. but i dont beat them. i discipline them in other ways. i believe they have the reason to behave that way because thay are just kids, it is the responsibilty of the parent to teach them to behave properly.

Do you think it is reasonable to beat your kids? no, that's not reasonable, whatever what they done don't you ever beating your kids that can make them have traumatic just give them the reason if they have a fault.

I don't think beating is the answer to raising a child, when you say beating it is different than a spank on the rear when they won't listen. The governmenat has made it almost impossibe to correct a child,and then they want to lay blame on the parent when that child goes out and steals a car or commits a crime. I spanked my 3 when they was little just like my parents did me, they are all good kids and know the difference between right and wrong. But I did not beat them, beating them only makes them angry or angrier. And they tend to grow up and do their children the same way.

If you abuse your child by beating then you are teaching that this type of abuse is ok and it passes through your generations. Would you like your child to become a thug because you cannot control yourself. If I saw someone beat their child,trust me they would get the surprise of their life. Of course another angle,bullies beat,and bullies should be beaten.

hi lixia, ya it is reasonable to beat you kids.My mother punished me when i do a mistake. take care.

I think that punishments like that shouldn't be used often. You may use it if the fault was really grave. However punishing a child like that often might not even help in disciplining that child because in the end he might grow up into a violent person because that's what he received when he was young. I don't think that children are not intelligent enough to understand discipline, it is the obligation of the parents to make it easy for them.

Mom never bit me, even when I was a kid and I was playing pranks on others. She never used physical punishment when I was a kid. Mom used gentle words to correct me.. my uncle disciplined his child in harsh way.. now his son has no sense of direction.. he's 8 yrs in high school now, doesnt like to study, no ambition, loves to hang out.. I think physical punishment would correct a kid for a short time only.. my aunts and uncles would always tell my mom that she raised me well.. Im doing good academically, I dont quarrel with my mom, and I obey her. my aunts and uncles would set me as an example to their kids.. Im not perfect, but I am obedient to my mom as I know everything she tells me is for my own good.. So i think, if you beat a kid at a young age, they wouldnt understand it yet.. I guess it would only plant pain and hatred in their hearts.. So for me, gentle words would do.. As it has planted mom's love in my heart..

I think spanking your kid on the butt is ok when need be , but to beat my kids hell no. I would never beat or abuse my kids in any shape or form. My husband was abused for 10 years of his life by his step father. He was beat everyday. It is a mentally damaging thing for a kid , and knowing all the damage it has done to him growing up he would never do that to his children. We want are kids to know we love them , and they could come to talk to us about anything. They know we very rarely spank there butts only and i mean only if need be. What you are talking about is abuse. In know way shape or form does a child deserve to be beat.

To me, there is a difference between disciplining a child and beating a child, especially if they are young and do not really understand why they are being disciplined. If you have a toddler who, while you are holding their hand at a crosswalk and tell them not to go in the street, and they do it anyway, I feel a quick swat on the bottom, where it is padded by a diaper, is an effective way to get them to not pull away from you. But, if the child is older, like 6 or 7, and goes in the street when you tell them not to, making the lose a privledge is a better way to enforce the not going in the street rule. I will not EVER EVER EVER beat my child (or grandchildren, in the future), I have seen the damage it does. Anything that leaves a mark is, in my opinion, beating a child.

It depends on what you mean by 'beat'. My father used to come after us with his belt, and I do not believe that is an acceptable punishment tool. Spanking, however, is a very effective way to show your child that you mean business. You have to keep in mind you're dealing with a child, though, so there's a specific amount of force to be used. You should never hit a child as you would an adult.

I think that BEATING your kids is bad but Spanking them is okay, I was Spanked through my up bring and i'm fine.

What if someone said the same about you, he's not intelligent enough to tell what's right or wrong (like beating kids)...sometimes it useless trying to pursuade you, so physical punishment is a quick and effective way in this situation to teach you? You'd say not fair. Beasts and children can't protect ourselves, it us who have to prtect them. My mom raised us assuming we were intelligent - not stupid - explaining things - never beat us and we grew up knowing right and wrong and behaving as we should. My brother and sister have their own businesses and make very good money. They are ethically, spiritually and physically balanced. I'd like to think I'm the same. I continued school after high school and did well then started a family. And I feel I'm a good mom. My brother passed it on to his family, raising them assuming they're intelligent not stupid. And they behave accordingly. He and his wife explain things to their children, their decisions and why they shouldn't do things that are dangerous. Their kids are well balanced, do excellentl in school and all of their after school activities. When toddlers the most they did was lightly slap their hands and give them time outs - time outs do work. Every family I know did things this way and raised intelligent, balanced well behaved children. Beating leads to more beating because you see it works and its fast. And children grow up not as intelligent, they misbehave MORE sometimes, leading to more beatings, children grow up unbalanced. And continue the abuse.

Dear friend,May be it is not right to beat a kid. Still there are other methods to rectify one. There might arise many negative impacts in kids like revenge, not knowing what the beating for, next time also beating is to be given, they may tend to be more violent so on. Hence I feel if other methods that could make them to know their problem or fault may be adopted. To rectify a kid in others methods would help kid and the his parents and gives the kid a more mental health and more dignity to humanity concerns too.

peace be upon you in general , beatting kids is not a good behavior , and show a very deed lack of communication but sometimes we need punish kids in the case of very immoral behaviors

I think its reasonable if we know what is enough. Too much beating won't be good for kods since it may cause traumas someday. I guess we should always remember the purpose of beating that its main purpose if for kids to realize that they have done someting wrong. Once they have realized the wrong they have done i guess its not necessary to beat him/her more. There is really a big difference between discipline and abuse. hehe :)