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So this woman's discipline method is hitting them in public?
How lovely and caring of her!
I always see ghetto people hitting their children in public. People who are 'slightly' educated NEVER hit their children. Much less in a public setting.
There are better ways to teach your child besides using corporal punishment, you know?
I'm glad she's sitting in central booking right now, maybe she'll think twice before hitting her child in public again.
You should be ashamed of wanting the overburdened court system to handle parenting philosophies, and being "glad" that a stressed out mother is being shamed and villified, when there are already a plethora of legitimate criminals out there.
And that isn't even touching the blatantly incorrect superlatives you throw around.
Not true at all... I can give you a case in point right now... I work in a classroom. I have a student whose parents never hit him (i'm friends with the parents), out of fear of "damaging his psyche"... This student is and has been a bully for the last few years. Why? Because he knows that phone call home will not result in anything significant and so he continues to do as he chooses. This is the case for many children who go through similar situations. To your point about the number one factor... What I will give you is this... there is a difference between physicial guided discipline and child abuse... Those that deal with the latter are far more prone to violence than the other two cases, but to say that guided discipline causes students to be more violent is asinine.
Reread my post. That's why I said there is such a thing as an appropriate spanking.
If the child is misbehaving and starts an incontrollable public tantrum, and doesn’t react at all to the parent’s verbal commands, then it shows a clear failure on the parent’s part.
Your childhood is a mold of how you will be as an adult.
So if children are brought up with idea that being hit by a parent = discipline, most likely (not always, though) they will grow up to be child hitters themselves.
will children growing up with divorced parents endup with divorcing in their lives? If so, should there be policing on parental divorces?
A well-deserved slap on the butt will teach a stubborn child more effectively. If a child is hit on a weekly basis, there is something to be done about the parents.
By the same token, treating those evil dictatorship governments like north Korea with diplomacy will end up with no changes.
You should be ashamed of wanting the overburdened court system to handle parenting philosophies, and being "glad" that a stressed out mother is being shamed and villified, when there are already a plethora of legitimate criminals out there.
And that isn't even touching the blatantly incorrect superlatives you throw around.
If this woman is capable and feels no shame in publicly hitting her child, one has to wonder how she treats him behind closed doors, at home, when nobody else is looking.
I reiterate; I'm glad she was arrested for hitting her child in public.
If you believe beating up or hitting your child is good parenting, please do it behind closed doors.
But don't subjugate us -the general public- to witness your uncivilized display of discipline.
If this woman is capable and feels no shame in publicly hitting her child, one has to wonder how she treats him behind closed doors, at home, when nobody else is looking.
I reiterate; I'm glad she was arrested for hitting her child in public.
If you believe beating up or hitting your child is good parenting, please do it behind closed doors.
But don't subjugate us -the general public- to witness your uncivilized display of discipline.
In other words... let your children run rampid in public doing whatever they please from what they may have possibly picked up from other peers within the school system... gotcha
I remember with my parents a look and some stern words was often enough to get my sister and I in line. But also the diet of these kids has a part, and all the crap in the environment. These kids are always hyped up...
In other words... let your children run rampid in public doing whatever they please from what they may have possibly picked up from other peers within the school system... gotcha
Wrong again!!
First off, my children will not burst into uncontrollable tantrums, that's something I will address and teach them from a very early age.
Now, you can put all the blame you want on the school system, peers, etc... And I agree that to a certain extent they influence the upbringing of a child, but themost crucial and defining influence is at home.
A child's early behavior is 70% the parent's responsability and 30% other factors, IMO.
If you have to get physical at any level, you have a child raising a child....
And if the child’s behavior seems uncontrollable without it, you lost the battle from the beginning... not enough patience and communication.
In any case, there are better and more efficient ways to discipline your child besides hitting him, you know.
Last edited by likeminas; 10-02-2012 at 01:35 PM..
So for a slap, her child should be taken away right?
And put in foster care right?
So we're going to act like kids dont get abused,molested,raped and sometimes murdered in NYCs lovely foster care system?
Oh.
Ok.
The child shouldn't be taken away. However, if you assault a person/child in a public place, please believe that the probability of the police becoming involved increases. When police get involved, stuff happens. Your friend should have known that. If she didn't, why would she be considered a responsible parent?
No, your friend slapped a child in a public train station. That is not something a responsible parent does. Would Dr. Huxtable slap Trudy upside the head while waiting for the 4/5? No, he wouldn't, because he is a good parent and knows that slapping a defenseless kid in a public setting is going to bring heat on the situation.
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