Some punishments clearly cross the line. This is one of them.
A woman allegedly beat her 7-year-old daughter -- leaving bruises and lacerations -- for kissing a kindergarten classmate. A New Jersey judge ruled that she was not within her parental rights for a punishment that went well beyond a "customary spanking."
In court documents, the mother defended the beating saying it was within her constitutional rights to use that type of punishment. And believe it or not, an earlier court decision agreed with her. The first judge to hear the case didn't think the whupping was actually excessive. Huh? That is a serious head scratcher. But it's easy to see why that decision was reversed.
Prosecutors said photos of the girl showed bruises on her arms, back, buttocks and thoughts. She also had cuts to her buttocks and right though likely caused by the belt buckle. If this mom reacts like this over a little kiss, I shudder to think of what would happen if the little girl were to cuss or hit. There must be some line when it comes to corporal punishment.
I know, I know. Just who is going to set the standard outlining when it's okay to hit. Well, until the International Association of Spanking Parents comes out with an official rule book, parents will just have to use a bit of common sense. Kiss - a scolding, if even that. Stealing - a spanking, if that's your preference. In any circumstance, a spanking that results is bruising and lacerations is over-the-top. Giving birth to children doesn't give you the right to torture them.
Do you think this mom was within her rights?
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Ok I do not believe in "scheduled" or "arranged" spankings, so to speak. But my mom would give us quick pops on the butt (or face sometimes when we were older haha) for immediate corrective action and that made me MUCH more wary about opening my mouth and saying something dispresectful. We always knew better to be a smart ass in the passenger seat of the car because she wore her sharp engagement ring on her right hand lol...we are all fine by the way...the only trauma we've endured was because of her narcissism, not her spankings...
I have 3 great kids from 27 down to 13 which I have NEVER laid a hand on.. I think this is horrible and hope those kids are taken away. Just two weeks ago a baby (2 year old) was systematically tortured, raped and eventually died from a girfriends boyfriend abusing her for 2 weeks.. I still cant stop thinking of that little girl RIP Koralynn.. Wish there was someone there to protect you as even your mother didnt do.. So incredibly sad.
The problem with children is they have no respect for anything. And they own and tell the parents what they are going to do parents are afraid to put there foot down. Honestly I don't think a smack on the butt now and then isn't bad.
I believe its ok to spank your child when they act up cause i was spanked growing up and i am just fine but what this woman did wasnt in her rights. she beat her child plain and simple . . . the judge is stupid and the mom is a lunatic.. . . i have heard of several ppl loosing their children for spanking but this woman gets to keep her child after beating her hell no this is so wrong on so many levels this makes me so mad . . . . Stupidity
She definitely went overboard on this punishment. A good scolding would have done the trick, especially to a 7 year old. While I don't believe in beating a child (who would?!!), I do think that a spanking is sometimes necessary depending on the child. Sometimes a simple time out or talking to doesn't get the point across, and neither does yelling. But then again, it's all in moderation. The punishment should fit the crime. And when the parent does give a spanking, they need to be calm, cool and collected so they don't go overboard. (I was hit with my dad's belt when I was younger... only on occasion when we really needed it. It worked! Because whatever the incidents were, we NEVER did them again! lol. And we'd be talked to about the incident and then told at such and such time, that's when we would get the belt. It was only one or two whacks with it on the butt, but it was enough to know we did something wrong. Yelling at us wasn't working. Time outs didn't work. The belt, or fear of it, did.)