Thursday, October 21, 2010

should parents discipline/hit their kids?

have you ever seen a kid in the street and though to yourself, if i was his/her parent i would smack that kid in the head? well i have.
some kids are really annoying, and i think its up to the parents to discipline their children so they would not act inappropriately. even though some parents consider themselves as good parents who would no lay one finger on their kid, however this is the opposite of being a good parent. a child should have some fear of their parents, and they should know the consequences of doing something wrong.
i don't mean beat down your children so they would fear you, i am suggesting that when your kids do something wrong, they should know that if they do it again, they will get in trouble for it. many parents these days use methods like grounding, or taking the fun away from the kids when they do something bad, but this has only short term affect, because they will eventually get their fun activities back, and they would eventually have their fun after they get grounded.
however instead of grounding a kid, or taking their video games away. if the parents would hit their kids, it would be much easier. and the kids would know not to do those things again.
hitting kids is very popular in the middles eastern countries, and believe me, it works. parents choose to discipline their child from the age that the child understand whats right and whats wrong. so roughly between the ages of 7 and 13 the child should get this kinds of punishment.
some people think that the child would hold grudges against their parents, but this is not true. i was raised this way, and i don't hold any grudges... because if my child did the stuff i did.. i would do the same thing as my parents did to me, and i would discipline my kid the right way...
so i believe the best way to raise your kids is to discipline them, so they would learn whats right and whats wrong.

3 comments:

  1. I do not believe that hitting your child is the right thing to do. Maybe a smack on the butt but I do not believe in hitting your child. That is child abuse in my eyes and I hate when I am ringing someone up and they smack their child or cuss them out if they just even ask a question. Children ask questions and they do stupid things because that is a way of them to learn things. By hitting your child will make them grow up being very aggressive and maybe make violent acts. Sitting your child down and telling them what right and wrong is and being a good parent and making sure they follow what you have said then they will learn. Hitting your child will only make them scared of you and distance you from your child. Children who act out all the time are not being raised right because either the parent does not care or because they are not making sure the child is following up on what their parents have told them, they just continue to act out.

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  2. There is a huge difference between discipline and hitting

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  3. I think that parents should be able to discipline their kids. however, abusing your kids is one thing and slapping them on the butt is totally different. I feel as though parents can't do anything to their kids without being called child abusers. Some kids can use a good slap on the butt to get them in shape. Taking away things can only go so far. So parents don't abuse your kids, smack them on the butt and call it a day.

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