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I hit everything. I hit a grocery cart yesterday. Today I tripped and hit the wall. I hit my dog for jumping on my lap(she's 90 pounds and it hurt!), and I hit my kid because we were play fighting and she hit me in the arm. Life is so violent!
Seriously, hitting a kid is not an issue... IF it is for teaching and not too hard. I wouldn't hit my kid with a baseball bat, but I have with a paddle or my hand. I do not hit my kids in the face, although I have tapped their mouth a time or two. The real issue of this thread is no explanation of whether she slapped the kid hard enough to spin his head around, or popped him enough to make him stop his behavior. I have no issue with corporral punishment, unless it is too much. I have gotten into it with parents who were extreme, and likely will again. By extreme I mean...drunk...left a 3 WEEK old child in the vehicle with windows rolled up and music blasting in the hot Georgia summer. The kid was screaming and I told the mother she needed to take her inside. She didn't, so I did. The mother got in my face, and I busted her mouth. I'd do it again. THAT is child abuse. It was neglect. It would have been different if the AC was running and the music was turned down some. My previous comment on this thread was a bit vague. I would only ever intervene if it was serious enough to warrant immediate intervention. I didn't even have time to call the police...that baby would have died of heat stroke by the time they got there. It was 100 degrees that day. People ARE stupid...sometimes somebody has no choice but to step up.