Date: 8/24/2004 12:55:00 PM
From Authorid: 46527
I disagree with hitting back, violence only promotes violence therefore it should be stopped at the earliest opportunity.  |
Date: 8/24/2004 12:59:00 PM
From Authorid: 62704
I don't know which way to go with this one because you don't want to teach violence to your kids by telling them to hit another child back rather than telling an adult but at the same time you want your children to be able to defend themselves and not be scared of others. So I don't know what to think about this one.  |
Date: 8/24/2004 1:03:00 PM
From Authorid: 17081
His parents should smack the little brats behind. Its that simple. It's not violence smacking a kids butt. It's discipline. I wouldnt tell the kid to bite back. thats not right. It's the parent responsibility to teach their kids manors. I seen a woman with 2 kids screaming in the store and the mother says "When you kids get home, you two are getting a timeout" lololol. Get serious. Smack their butts. No wonder her kids carried on. She dont smnack their butts. SPARE THE ROD, SPOIL THE CHILD- Bible  |
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Date: 8/24/2004 1:11:00 PM
From Authorid: 46527
But then again I also agree with Mfrompa.....perhaps I need to go think a while! |
Date: 8/24/2004 1:14:00 PM
From Authorid: 25183
I definately do not think that the child should be bitten back. I'm a little ambivilent on spanking. I myself was never spanked, nor do I spank my own child. It's not that I don't think that it is appropriate, I just have a hard time spanking my child. She is a great kid, however, and rarely needs to be punished. For her, knowing that I am dissappointed in her behavior is punishment enough. She straightens up quick if I tell her that.  |
Date: 8/24/2004 1:16:00 PM
From Authorid: 25756
I def. agree with Mfrompa on this one...as long as it's not taken too far, children sometimes need a smack on the butt. Or the wrist.  |
Date: 8/24/2004 1:19:00 PM
From Authorid: 13119
I have to disagree with everyone, my cousin used to bite all of us all the time, finally her mom bit her on the hand to show her what it felt like. The little monster never bit anyone again. I think it depends on the situation.  |
Date: 8/24/2004 1:28:00 PM
From Authorid: 52155
I think you should bite the little snots parents.  |
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Date: 8/24/2004 1:29:00 PM
From Authorid: 52155
on a side note, one time my dog bit me. I bit her back. She never bit me again... |
Date: 8/24/2004 1:35:00 PM
From Authorid: 16845
I bite my animals back when they bite...works quite well  LOL In all seriousness though no I wouldn't do that to a child or tell my child to bite back...there are other forms of punishment which are more appropriate..  |
Date: 8/24/2004 1:55:00 PM
From Authorid: 10245
I prefer liquid soap for the biting problem... works like a charm. I've yet to have any of my kids bite twice. (Now just watch... someone's gonna bite someone tonight! LOL)  |
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Date: 8/24/2004 1:59:00 PM
From Authorid: 10245
And on hitting the other kid back... I'm not sure. It depends on the situation and how habitual it has become. |
Date: 8/24/2004 2:06:00 PM
From Authorid: 23796
All Biting and hitting Back proves is that the strongest person is Superior than the weekest. He may not bite you or hit you back ever again, but he/she will think that the strongest person wins...thus do this to those weeker to them.  |
Date: 8/24/2004 2:50:00 PM
From Authorid: 16373
I definitely don't think they should bite back but when it comes to hitting it depends on the situation. I want my kids to defend theirself cuz now days it don't do any good to tell a teacher or whatever it only makes it worse. So I think they need to show that they can and will defend theirself but thats me. ~BeeBop~  |
Date: 8/24/2004 3:01:00 PM
From Authorid: 27534
There is the natural law for survival...on returning the injury..... but if it is good parenting..I would discourage it....and encourge good behavior...there are acceptable and unacceptable forms of discipline....  |
Date: 8/24/2004 3:05:00 PM
From Authorid: 62739
Like begets like. If you teach a child to bite, he or she will bite. If you teach a child to love, he or she will love. Duh! ... silly me ... What was the question? ~Russel~  |
Date: 8/24/2004 3:07:00 PM
From Authorid: 19772
My brother was a big biter. He bit everyone, his family his friends, he had no mercy. One day when one of the little neighbor kid's mom came to the door holding her bleeding child my mom finally had enough. And she bit my brother on the arm until the blood came. Yes it killed her to do it, but you know what, he NEVER bit again. Oh and just so everyone doesn't think my mom is evil she tried that Time out thing, she tried the spankings, and she even tried the soap in the mouth. Sometimes the only thing that sinks in (besides teeth, ha ha) is a taste of their own medicine. ~Gabrielle~  |
Date: 8/24/2004 3:45:00 PM
From Authorid: 37101
Crazy glue in his macaroni and cheese should cure that biting problem right up. -  |
Date: 8/24/2004 4:21:00 PM
From Authorid: 62838
lol @ Smoothy, hehehe... I do agree with Mfrompa on this one. - Kokoro |
Date: 8/24/2004 4:45:00 PM
From Authorid: 50434
The bite back one I would agree with as long as it was the parent as far as a kid hitting a kid back isnt a good idea cause that will teach them when someone does somethign abd to you its okay for you to do it back. Then should always be tought to tell a grown-up until the problems is solved.  |
Date: 8/24/2004 4:52:00 PM
From Authorid: 22308
if my sister bit a kid, i'd spank her hard and put her either in her room in time out or put her to bed. she does hit but i don't condone it, i try to make her understand that hitting it bad. she is a very very very stubborn child and its hard for her to quit what she is doing cause once she gets in trouble by me, she cries for a while and then starts laughing like everything is ok, but i can handle it. she just gets right back in there if she does it again....but anyways, no i don't think kids should have the right to do that to a kid, now if they were older and it was for self defense, you better believe i'd condone it  |
Date: 8/24/2004 7:18:00 PM
From Authorid: 47218
no...I think by having them hit/bite back, what you're teaching them is that the way to respond to violence is with more violence...a very bad lesson, if you ask me. I think the best way to go is to have the hitter apologize to the hittee and devise an appropriate punishment for them.  |
Date: 8/24/2004 7:41:00 PM
From Authorid: 36901
I have to agree with Magoo. My little brother used to bite us ALL the time when we were kids. Hard enough to draw blood most of the time. My parents tried everything, yet still he bit us. Finally my mom got fed up and bit him back. He never bit any of us again. It may not be right, but it works. Often, kids don't realize that they are hurting people by their actions.  |
Date: 8/24/2004 8:48:00 PM
From Authorid: 27046
This question is comical because I actually started a debate with my child development teacher in high school over these two issues. Even back 10 years ago they were doing this "don't spank your kids because it emotionally damages them thing" and on this topic I stated that there was nothing wrong with spanking. She gave me a scenario about little Johnny going next door and giving little Timmy a smack upside the head. And to combat this you are going to smack Johnny, and tell him that hitting is wrong after you have just hit him. I said "Nope, what I'm gonna tell little Johnny after I smack him is: See? how do you like it? Now go on over there and smack Timmy again and see what you get in return next time." I got a chuckle out of the rest of the class, but not a word in return from the teacher. I still wonder why she didn't have a response. On a serious note, I have yet to come across a problem with my own children when it comes to keeping their hands to themselves, except each other. But those of us that have siblings know, you beat up on one another all the time and it made for some good memories...LOL  |
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Date: 8/24/2004 9:07:00 PM
From Authorid: 27046
On the biting thing, I have to go with Kilos Angel. My sister and I were both told by our pediatricians to stop our children from biting, we needed to bite them back. What they told us was there is no way to get the point across to a child that young, mind you the bitters tend to be between the ages of 12 to 18 months. However, breaking skin, drawing blood, or even leaving marks is going WAY overboard. It's not even necessary to take it to that level, we as adults have experienced different degrees of pain in our lives, a little nibble is no big deal to us. However, for a small child that has no tolerance for pain, just a small pinch is a big deal and it shows them what they cannot verbally comprehend being told. Both of my children only ever bit one time and I made no qualms about biting them back. |
Date: 8/24/2004 9:13:00 PM
From Authorid: 12341
I never had biters, not my kids or my grandkids. But I remember when my cousin bit my little sister. He was punished, back when parents spanked children.  |
Date: 8/25/2004 7:25:00 AM
From Authorid: 4144
most times kids are able to work things out on their own. they are more mature than adults that way! there are times though when you have to tell your kid to hit back and bite back. with some kids that is the only way they will learn. i bit my daughter back when she bit me and she never bit anybody again. she had started biting and spanking didn't help and my mom told me to bite her back. that's how my mom broke me too! all kids do it, some just are more hard headed than others and spanking and time out don't work.  |
Date: 8/26/2004 2:16:00 PM
From Authorid: 48809
Me too Moma bug, I had a biter that bit every child who came on the place ! I spanked ,threatened and tried the soap thing ( not all at once of course!)... in my day this was popular discipline. I hated to do it but it wasn't until I bit him back that he lost the habit.  |
Date: 9/3/2004 1:42:00 PM
From Authorid: 62512
I'm strongly against any form of child abuse personally - damaged goods  |
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