If you saw someone beating their child..what would you do?

Question

Say you were walking down the street and you saw a father punching his 6 year old son in the back..WHat would you do? Would you get involved?

Answer 1

Police asap.

Answer 2

i would call the police then go up to him and kick him in the balls so he couldn't move- then i'd punch HIM in the back. and ask him what it feels like.

:)

Answer 3

I will try not to get involved as different parents have different ways to treat their children. But if it gets ugly, perhaps I may get involved.

Answer 4

it depends wat his child did and if he did nothing CHILD ABUERS then call 911 dont really let the guy know

Answer 5

helll yeah i would get involved.... thats abuse. not only is it morally wrong, but it could be physically abusive as well. that child could be hurt, especially at a young age. And that father would need to learn that beating children is unacceptable. i think the best choice would be to get his name or license plate number and report it, because he might get violent with you if you confront him.

Answer 6

Of course I would, for the sake of the kid. I would tell him that is not right and he should stop before the authorities get involved too. There is a limit to the things you can do to your kid, and if you just watch that and walk away, you are not doing your duty as a citizen. That's why the world is so sick and it keeps getting sicker, because nobody cares about what goes on.

Answer 7

my husband was at work a few months back and saw a man hitting a 2 year old with a belt thru the store and he called the cops and the cops got his picture and his credit card records since he paid that way adn they went and took the baby away and he is still in his aunts care and that man is in jail for being wanted by the cops for child abuse charges and he was not supposed to be near that child anyway

Answer 8

You mean actually hauling off and punching him?  I would call the police.  Other than that, how involved and how physically close I got to the father would depend on if I had my son (14 months) with me or not.

Answer 9

honestly, i would be too scared to do or say anything. i mean, what if he started hitting me, too? in my mind though, i would be thinking calling to cops and telling about the guy beating his kid and then going up to the dad and telling him to beat it and not his kid cause the police were on the way.

Answer 10

Intervene if possible

if not call the police

Answer 11

Yes I would either have to pull my husband off of him or the other way around.  I would get involved and call 911.

Answer 12

I would have to punch the guy...that's just wrong. Then I would call the police!!

Answer 13

I'd beat the f*ck out of him. Then I'd call the police. Even though I might go to jail too, I'd send his a$$ a message.

Answer 14

What wouldnt I do! I will call police and take the man to court thats what I would do.

Answer 15

call the police, and I would defiantly interfere

Answer 16

I have anger issues and an explosive temper. if i saw someone beating a child I would kick their butt up one side of the road and down the other. Its NOT the PC way of doing things but I'm not worried about being PC. I'm just me and I'm happy with that. There is NO excuse for beating and abusing children. If i can maintain myself and do everything within my power to not be an abusive parent I don't buy any ones BS excuses. Im all for calling 911 but Im unwilling to stand there with my head up my butt waiting for the police while a child is hurt.

EDIT: Aaronb if you dont know that punching a 6 yr old is completely wrong under any situation you should NOT have children.

Answer 17

Yes, I would! I would first call 911 and then try to reason with the person. If that was not possible, I would physically jump in!

I could not live with myself if I allowed a child to be beaten without doing something to stop it.

Answer 18

If you see a child being abused you are SUPPOSED to call the police.

Despite the ignorant comment below mine, there is no "well it depends" to this. There is never an acceptable reason to hit a child. It doesn't matter what the kid did or what kind of person the dad is, call the police.

Answer 19

I would report him to authorities if he was hitting him closed fists.

But if he was slapping his behind with an open hand, then I would just watch him spank the kid.

Answer 20

I'd like to think I'd call poice, or yell something at him. In all likelyhood I'd probably stare and regret not stepping in for years.... I'm scared of men and would be scared he'd attack me

Answer 21

Call 911. If it was a woman beating her kid, I might intercede, too (I'm a woman, but would be afraid to intercede if it were a man). Actually, I have done this before.

Answer 22

Yes i would tell him to stop or deal with me.I had this happen to me.I was in a public bathroom and a young boy came running in and went into a stall and his father came in and kicked the door open hitting the young boy in the face,he then grabbed the boy and shook him saying "look what you made me do".Needless to say i went berserk and grabbed him and looked him straight in the eyes and said "this stops right now".well lets say he was mad and was not going to stop and told me to f___ off.So i knocked him out cold.I'm a big guy 6'4" 240#. however the young boy got made at me for hitting his dad and was trying to wake him up when i went to get a guard (it happened at a mall)i told the guard what happened and he called the police it turned into a circus the mom was mad at me and her husband. I was not charged with anything as i was defending the boy from harm don't know what happened after except that CPS got involved. Spank your kids butt thats what it's for don't punch, kick ,slap or shake kids.The worst evil in this world is when good men do nothing.

Answer 23

That depends.  I have a 16 year old kid that likes to use his hands instead of his mouth when he disagrees with me.  you have to take all of this in context.  What ever happened to spare the rod and spoil the child.  Are the reactions to this question why we have such discipline issues in the schools now?  If you have not seen how the whole incident started then you can't say honestly what you would do since you can't know the correct reaction to it.

Answer 24

call the cops.

just so he doesnt run off ill probably go over there and

tell him to knock it off, if he wants to fight with me, fine, ill

just grab my own dad into this too, haha.

and id get the kid, so he doesnt get hurt.

Answer 25

I would yell at them and call the authorities

But since apparently I have an anger problem only when I'm facing danger or need to defend myself or someone else

I would beat them up myself!

Piff

Answer 26

Punching a kid is wrong - in this case you have used the word "beating" correctly.

This is illegal and shouldn't be allowed to continue.

Do the right thing and call 911, slapping on the wrist is one thing but punching a kid is wrong, I should know.. I had it. Even once-off beatings can cause irreversible mental trauma, but what if it's a telltale sign of long-term physical abuse? You could be saving a kid, or helping a father learn what's right and wrong at the very least.

Answer 27

omg that makes me so mad once i was walking down the street and saw a guy beating his kid with a stick...the next day there were a few cops there but i suggest you call the police and do something before things get worse and its too late

Answer 28

Punching?! Yeah, that's a "call the police" incident. Especially because the kid is 6 and can't defend themselves... but ANY punching of any person, no matter how old or the relationship, is assault and needs to be reported to the authorities.

Answer 29

Absolutely get involved! Not in front of the child, since most abusive parents are most abusive when they are angry, even when the child took no part in it. You don't want the child to suffer because you intervened.

I would find a way to get a license plate number, a house number, something...something to notify CPS with.

Be sure! If what you saw was someone's take on a spanking or discipline, then take that into consideration. No matter what your personal stance on spanking is, every parent chooses to discipline their own way. Most of which, agreeable or not, is legal and won't be of lasting detriment to the child. But if what you saw was definately, without a doubt abuse, you'll be doing that child a favor to invest some time in trying to notify the right people.

Answer 30

Id call the police. I cant stand when people beat their children, plus its illegal. Theres a difference in "beating" and  "spanking".

Answer 31

Actually  punching with a closed fist would have me calling 911 and following him until they showed up.  Open hand on the bottom, not the same.