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Do you think some kids need a smack ?

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My 5 year old nephew likes knives
He stood above my 8 year old daughter holding knife and I screamed and my sister in law took the knife from him and said that’s naughty
I was furious he got away with it
No one will sleep over there


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4 years ago
You know what... maybe she did talk to him later. But you could have said ouch, knives hurt, we use them for vegetables not point at people.
My son is 2 and the other day he picked up the fake candle torch from chriatmas Carrols night and said I will kill you. He tried to "stab" me. Now I searched my mind for where he got that as normally they don't watch much TV but I gave them my phone to watch something that day and normally it's abc kids they know the app button but somehow maybe I put on a you tube clip and from there they changed it. I thought Mickey mouse and let it go as had some bill to sort. Could something like that have given your nephew the idea? With my son I threw the candle torch inbin and said we don't hurt others or say that word and ignored it, no tv since

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4 years ago
Yes. And a good kick up the arse too.

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4 years ago
^I know plenty of so called adults who need that too

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4 years ago
Yep, me too

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4 years ago
I think rather than a smack your nephew needs help from a professional and quite possibly your sister also.

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4 years ago
Ok well just because some "professor people's" are idiots it's ok to just let this child slip through the cracks. I look forward to seeing him on the news in 10 years time for murder. Get this poor child help!!

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4 years ago
Absolutely agree with this commenter. Also, I think showing a child the way to deal with violence is with more violence is particularly dangerous.

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4 years ago
I’m not in favour of hitting kids but that kid should have been smacked straight away so he understands his actions are wrong.

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4 years ago
I disagree that the child should be smacked straight away to teach that it is wrong.
The child already has violent tendancies, all you are doing is teaching is that if someone does something wrong, you use physical violence to punish them.
My husband used to smack our kids until they started "smacking" their siblings or friends when they did something "naughty."
I also think that with some kids, they don't really care if you smack them. Its a moment of pain and it isn't going to change their behaviour.
I definately agree that the family needs help though.

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4 years ago
I reckon the OP probably needs one