Is it wrong to beat up a child for wrong act???

I live in the US, and I believe in punishing your child, but not beating him. My son is 3, and we do not hit him or spank him, but he knows right and wrong...for instance, I left him at home with his grandma for a couple of hours, I told them both, no candy! He asked her for some while we were gone, and she gave him a twizzler and said dont tell anyone I gave this to you. He took it, but a second later he brought her back the uneaten twizzler and said, I am not supposed to have this, gave it back to her and went into the ther room. So, I think kids can learn right from wrong, and know what to do, and be punished, without beatings, or excessive and unnecessary force.

The belief that beating children is normal part of life has been entrenched in our culture, with the result that many children have been brutalised and traumatised by the people woh are supposed to love them. Many guyanese adults are also survivors of the beatings of hcildhood, and one way of dealing with the pain of beating is to say that I was bad, so I got what I deserved and to inflict the pain on the next generation. Many adults too feel badly after beating a child they love, and rightly so because we are not supposed to hurt the ones we love.

I think there are tons of ways to punish kids for poor behavior without beating them. Grounding, no TV, you can't go out, and so on. I think that's better.

I don't think it's right to use physical punishment. You can't attack an adult if you don't like what they have done, many times you can go to prison for that, but why is it okay to attack an innocent child? It isn't because "I don't like hurting children", it's because I respect my child as a human. We still discipline him, with whatever is age appopriate, like time outs, loss of privelages. We also talk about what he has done.

In Europe and America it is considered child abuse to beat a child with an object, although some people still do it. I was spanked when I was a kid and I don't think it helped me all that much... I didn't really stay out of trouble but I just got afraid of getting caught! I guess different cultures do different things though...

Its right to punish a child but its wrong to beat or hit a child.

It's wrong to beat a child for any reason. I don't believe in spanking children either. There are lots of ways to punish or discipline children without resorting to physical violence. I wouldn't hit another adult so why on earth would I think it acceptable to hit a child? Never understood the mentality of people that do that.

I'd rather take something away from my child, and put them in the corner than beat them. There are many psychological things you can do to improve your child's instead of beating them.

A swift pop on the butt maybe but not beating them. That is just wrong.

No, it may have some mental affects on the child in the future, who know he/she might turn into a serial killer or a rapist.

yes,of course, it's really wrong to beat a child..the child is so weak, so vulnerable..here in the Philippines, there are some parents who does beating their children but we do have agency here for this kids, they just need to dial 163 for their custody..i dont know why there are some countries does have that kind of punishment for their kids..poor children are they..i'm a mother too, but i dont beat my kid, just a simple no without hitting her..my child is only 2yrs. old, and she's still a baby that needs comfort and guidance, so i gave it to her..

no itis not right to beat a child for wrong act

i think that the people in africa should be put in jail for what they do to those kids they do not deserve to be treated like that at all. here in america kids do get spanks on the bottoms or at least mine do and the only time they do is when they do something really bad. kids from the age 1 till 18 are in the learning stages and by beating on them with a chain is completly wrong. i do not care on how bad the child acts they do not deserve that kind of punish ment from anyone. what the heck our prisoners that do the worst things nown possible do not even get treated like that.

Yeah some of us here in North America still believe in spanking. But not beating the kid. The basic concept behind both ways is the same though. Making the child associated doing bad things with something negative.

Definitely not! punishment doens't mean hurting someone to let them know the lesson. Beating a child may bring so much bad to him, it could give hime trauma or he can be a bad person as his defence mechanism to his fear of being beat up again by posing as a strong one. I know there are lots of parents who do this maybe due to stress of maybe they suffer from it too. Hurting someone will never be the best way to sink in some valuables to a kids mind.. it just takes alot of patience and the heart and dedication to do it.

In my country it is strongly discouraged too but still there are many who still do. There are many non violent and creative things you could do to punish a child for misbehaving. But punishing it the old way of stick would just make your child traumatic and somewhat physically abused .

In no condition will I recommend beating up a child. In our place (India) there are parents who beat up rheir children for their wrong doings. I know a person who is an engineer and a telecom official who use to tie up his 12 year old son to a pole and beat him up with a belt for failing in the exams. I don't think this will help the son in anyway. It will only increase hatred towards the father. I am pretty old now. I have reared two daughters who are now married. I never had punished them by beating or otherwise torturing them. Children will follow us and obey us if we love them. But we should be strict in basic things. There is no need of physical abuse. Now we have a law here in India prohibiting domestic violence, which include child abuse.

There is a better way of punishing children when they did something wrong. I don't believe in beating up a child for him to learn his lesson. children who are raised that way would become more likely to be violent or rebellious when he grow up. just like in the poem children learn what they live... it says there... if children live with hostility, they learn to fight. if children live with fear, they learn to be apprehensive. Good luck

Off course its wrong to beat your child for acting wrong, its called abuse. Its quiet normal and sane to punish your child non violently though. My views on your question... :)

With the greatest respect: Ever thought about why societies where beating up children is a criminal act are in general developed and rich? Children are our future (incidently your myLot ID !?). So why would we cripple their souls? There are certainly other ways to educate children and make them to understand the difference between right and wrong...