People with strict parents: How often do you get beat?

mathyone
Thu, 11 Feb 2016 15:18:09 +0000

I don’t think it’s generally ok to hit kids either, but many posters on this site are astonishingly ignorant of the fact that many US parents do think it’s ok, and do hit their kids. And actually, even though I oppose hitting kids, I recall one discipline situation with one of my kids where I thought we might be heading toward a major health and safety issue and at that time, I did tell her that if she was not willing to cooperate and if the situation escalated, then yes, I would hit her. Fortunately it did not reach that point. Imagine for example the little kid who runs out in front of cars. Well you can apply all the usual discipline but if it doesn’t work do you throw up your hands and say, fine let them learn by getting hit by a car? Or do you try hitting them I would not be so quick to judge parents.

As I pointed out earlier, it’s legal to do so in the US, but not in some other countries so get off the high horse about immigrants bringing this problem here.