Dad slaps daughter across face
 

What do you make of this? Good parenting or over the top?

BBC NEWS | England | Manchester | Man arrested for hitting daughter

Comes across as a nice chap in the community - not too sure this one incident should stop all that.

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So a Dad that tries to stop his daughter from acting like some sort of a Diva, gets punished twice, once by having this spoilt fruit of the loin that needed a short sharp shock and secondly because the P.C. brigade say he can no longer be trusted!

A bit like me telling you your talking rubbish when you go on one with your facts and figures and accyweb members turning around and saying neither of us can be trusted ever again because of a particular outburst.
:p

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Haha bring it right home Less :p

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Well all know that parents can't smack their wayward kids any more, they have rights too you know, ah bless their little cotton socks. ain't that why there is so much trouble on our streets today, but its no use going o about it again on here its been discussed many times before, and nothings going to change until we get rid of the dogooders

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The children should realise that along with 'rights' there are responsibilities.
This young girl had been intimidating her neighbour and the father took action.

We have feral youths in this country because children think they can do any damn thing they want without any consequences.
Power to the parents!

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too many do gooders, most haven't got kids so don't understand that on occasion they need fetching back in line
I think if they need a slap give them one it didn't do me any harm

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Well this has just showed millions of kids that they cant be punished.....and they can do what they like!!......typical!!

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What absolute horse manure .... here we have a concerned and obviously competent and loving single parent, punished by the loony toon PC assholes .... don't any of those no minds with the IQ of a salad bar recognize the difference between correction (and according to his daughter ... an isolated incident) and child abuse .... we have these idiots over here, but it seems you guys have way more than your fair share:mad:

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sometimes there can be no other option than a short sharp shock, i had one or two meself, fortunatly never had to slap mine, not saying they were angels, but then they never terrorised a neighbour, i'm heartily sick of the muppets in society and would gladly slap them though.:(

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well i aint reading that, but i can imagine all the bull in it, i will openly admit to giving Reece a smack if he needs it (havent given him one for a long time though) it never did me any harm and taught me right from wrong (well sorta)

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Dont get me started on this, I would give the kids a slap on the hand or leg if I thought it necessary, one of the kids had a fall after being taken by the arm and ushered out of the room, she landed awkwardly and banged her face, I was accused of slapping her about, even though she told everyone concerned she fell over, I was banned from any kind of physical punishment, told I had to have no unsupervised contact with the kids, and still attend regular meetings under a child protection order, it is the biggest crock I have ever seen, but no option other than to go with the flow and keep my mouth shut! If you are ever unfortunate enough to be accused of anything like this, rest assured, you have no rights, only responsibilities, complaints lead only to deaf ears and closed doors, we now get complaints of bad behaviour from 2 of the children, as they have realised they can get away with much more these days, and our hands are tied.

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Do you not think that a slap across the face is more excessive than a little slap on the legs?

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agree,but terrorising neighbours is more excessive than just a naughty kid.

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Heard the father/daughter interviewed on Radio today Tin Monkey, he said was not actually in temper, was a controlled slap and no red marks/bruising on the face, just did it to shock her after problems with this girl over the previous 12 months.

Listen to the interview,'Slapping', about 1/3 rd way into the show, and tell me what you think afterwards :-

BBC - Radio 2 - Shows - Jeremy Vine

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This dad did a lot of voluntary work with young people and because of him slapping his daughter and her ringing the police all that is under threat. :(

I can see that we don't want unstable, violent people working with our kids but feel sorry for this dad that he has been branded as such for getting to the end of his rope with a wayward daughter.

The daughter now says that she is sorry she rang the police. I think she only did that in temper to get back at him for hitting her.

Unfortunately it has had long lasting consequences. :(

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Yes, Lilly, she even tried to stop the police coming, but the damage had been done. They had to follow through on a complaint.

The father did not blame the daughter at all, had always taught her that nobody had the right to assault her and to get in touch with the authorities if anybody did. They appear to have a better relationship now, however, damage done to his career. He did not sound bitter at all .. just accepted the circumstances !

Even admitted, that as she was the youngest, got away with a lot more than her older siblings. Seems to be blaming himself, but that is another social weakness too.

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Growing up as a teenager in the 1950s, had I rung the police after being slapped by my dad, he would have been congratulated for being a caring parent. It makes me shudder when I hear of things like this. What sort of adults are we releasing into this world? No limits, no discipline, no respect. It's horrifying.

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everyone knows it except the "MUPPETS":rolleyes:

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I Suppose That Was Bit Over The Top ,but I Bet She Thinks Twice Before Doing It Again,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

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Yes.. this sort of thing were everyone starts moaning about kids getting away with this and that..what kids?.. not our kids..the people that make the laws in this country aint kids.. they are grown ups with children!

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I think that the biggest problem that Parents have is that they have a fear that their children will grow up not liking them because they were strict with them.

Forget it, my one may not like me but she has a lot of respect for me and if she needs a crack round the ear hole ,she will get one.:D:D

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Had afew smacks when i was younger,never did me any harm and i learnt not to do whatever i had done wrong again!
Think he was justified in his actions and has been unfairly punished for what he did.
Shame because it sounded like he did a lot of good work with kids in his community.

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I grew up in the 60s and i know if i'd have rang the police i would have got another slap after they'd gone for ringing them.

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Good on him. I see tons of kids who could use a slap in the face. Unfortunately, had many of these parents slapped a hand or a butt when the kids were smaller elevating to a face slap would probably not be necessary.

I've never had to discipline my kids like that but they got a good number of spankings. Now I just use "that voice" that can scare the bejesus out of 'em!" :p

My wife on the other hand is a screamer, as was her mother. It got to the point that Annie would be really mouthing off to her (~13 to 14) and I'd tell Cindy to slap her in the mouth. Cindy couldn't bring herself to do it and I'd have to step in and warn Annie not to talk to her mother like that.

Thankfully, it's gotta be almost 5 or 6 years that either of them were spanked. It's good to teach them when their young (IMO).

Brian

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good on yer brian, i know it hurts you,just as much as it did them. but respect/discipline are essential to give em a chance of growing up n keeping em right.;)

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I got a slap for doing what ever it was I shouldn't be doing and If I complained to any body I would get a slap for telling tails.
Never did me any harm and would think twice before I did it again.

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My mother or father never raised thier hand to me. Sadly I cant say the same for my elder siblings who probably got a clout more than once, But they never got a good hiding. I was of course the youngest very spoilt and believe me I hated it .
I hated it that much that My elder siblings got a thick ear should they have done wrong and many times I got away with anything.
Not only did it put a wedge between me and my siblings it also made me think why was I never told off.
I am the youngest of 6 and I hated it because all the way down the line my parents always went easier on the next one down. (dont know why)
Anyway One day me and my mate decided to go clothes shopping without money (of course we got caught) lol .. that night I got my first ever good hiding off my mum .
Reporting her wasnt an option, it was a case of , I knew Id done wrong so take the consequences
But that did teach me never to steal again.
That was the one and only time my mum ever raised her hand to me. But I did deserve it ...

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The thing is if you get a sharp tap on the legs or backside when your young and misbehaving, you learn very quickly and as lots of you have said, does't do any harm and puts you on the straight and narrow for latter life

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we dont have naughty kids any more we have kids with a.d.h.d or whatever that made up term is for a kid been an uncontrolable crap head,i want to know where this so called disorder came from because there are millions of them apprently yet so few when i was growing up

maybe this tragic disorder wasnt so apparent in the 50's , 60's ,70's and 80's because back then they gota good smack that cured them before it got out of hand

yes i know there are a few kids out there with real problems but lets face it if a kid these days throws a few hissy fits , smashes a few things up and hits its mum its almost instantly diagnosed with some kind of behaviour disorder which has mainly come about through its parents lack of discipline and their willingness to let the behaviour continue even after been diagnosed because they think its not their problem and that the school councilors can fix it or whoever speaks to these kids

the shame is that GENUINE cases where kids have genuine mental problems get less treatment because kids of bad parents jump on the bandwaggon getting counciling etc for somthing they dont even have