Society's judgmental views of disciplining your children in public 20 Articles

by Dorothy Baker

When it comes to disciplining our children society has had a say in it for quite some time. Being a mother of 4 children I should know. Now a days there are more laws banning and or restricting parents from disciplining th...read more

by Neriza Oseguera

Society has a way of making even the best of parents feel like they are two inches tall. I have a very strong willed child. It is a challenge from the minute we get up until we go to bed. I am sure there are many parent...read more

by Bev Standen

Disciplining children in public becomes an issue only when it is handled improperly. I have seen far too many parents just haul off and hit their children without an obvious reason. The busy parents who snap and scream at ...read more

by Chelsea Swanson

I have done everything in public to try a nd ease the minds of my fellow shoppers and you know what? Nothing works. You will always get glares and snide comments no matter how you try to do things. For example, my Son thre...read more

by Doug Dishroon

Having five children, four of which are in College or living outside of the home, I feel a need to voice my concern about child disciplinary tools and conduct of parents. I have a five year old son who from day one has nev...read more

by Kristi Mullikin

Disciplining your children is necessary, even in public. Every parent has their own ways of disciplining their children, but society as a whole has stuck it's nose to far up the proverbial butt of those who discipline the...read more

by ESMurphy

The night before my public disciplining of my daughter we were visiting my parents in Florida and my three year old decided to play hide and seek. Only thing was I didn't know we were playing. I looked and looked my pare...read more

by Brenda G.

Society is very judgmental on their views of public disciplining of children. There are extremes, from ignoring the obvious abusive discipliner to calling the cops on a parent that just yanked their child by the arm ...read more

by Nathan A. Meacham

First of all, if you have no children you should wait until you have some to start giving advice, nothing annoys me greater than some pimply faced pleb with a degree in parenting telling me how wrong I was to do this, that...read more

by Angela Cavaliere

It seems no matter who you discuss this issue with you get a different answer. People are quick to give out advice, I have even gotten such absurd advice from customers " should put alittle whiskey in there bottle,it wi...read more

by Misty Jennings

Your standing in a long line a the store and behind you it begins. The fight between a grown adult and a 4 year old over something on a shelf that the child wants. now I understand that as a parent you should try explainin...read more

by Audrey Cadle

Since when did Society have a say so in the way we discipline our children? A lot of the society have problems with the way discipline is, but how do they discipline their children? Day by day, I hear things on the news th...read more

by Jan Castagnaro

Society's judgmental views of disciplining your children in public Society becomes judgmental, with regards to disciplining your children in public, because they are often given a front row seat to irresponsible discipl...read more

by Mary Seager

Being a parent now days take lots of self control, being involved in the communtiy where it seems the children are out of hand is harder. The fact that many homes have to have both parents working outside the home is t...read more

by Penny Mabley

We have all seen someone in the mall threatening their kids with spankings or we have seen people manhandling there kids. What I am curious about is why people do not realize that if we hit our children it only promotes hi...read more

by Lisa Fagan

Although I don't have any children myself, I have seen plenty of parents yell at, scream at, and even hit their children in public. No matter where you go, whether it be the grocery store, on the bus or subway, or even in ...read more

by Cassie Croft

I have two children, 2 and 4 years old, both girls. My oldest child has never had discipline problems. She has always been a well-behaved child, especially in public. She has had a lot of role models in her life and has ha...read more

by Dan Harman

SHOULD UK CHILDREN BE SMACKED? Of course,but always as a last resort. Why is it so wrong for a parent or adult to discipline a child in such a way as to stop the child from hurting itself and doing the same thing again....read more

by Rox Anne Cavazos

This is such a true statement. Now at days we can not tell our children to behave in public because it is automatically looked upon as child abuse. I'm sorry but today many children are growing up with out disciplinary act...read more

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by Traci McCaughey

Parenting is a wonderful but challenging endeavor. It is not for the faint of heart or the easily angered. These wonderful little people that we create and grow in our wombs and then nurture and adore are the twinkles in...read more