Would you call this child abuse?

Question

Your son/daughter caught stealing and they made it a habit..

So you decide to sit your child outside the curb side, while you sit on the grass and watch your child with a sign that reads:

"I like to steal, i want to go to prison"

Would you call that child abuse?

Please explain your answer

remember it's points for your answer..

I have heard of someone doing this already

Answer 1

well i am 13 and i don't think that is child abuse i think that is teaching kids a lesson. i think it is very clever also

Answer 2

with children sometimes you need to mae them see that what they did was wronge.... but how would you feel if you mom humiliated you with a sign like that..... its not abuse... but its definitly not teh road i would take in teaching them a lesson

Answer 3

No, definitely not child abuse.

Wouldn't that embarrass you as a child?  It's just an alternative parenting technique.

Answer 4

That is not child abuse. It is a parent teaching a lesson.

Answer 5

I don't think it's right,but what do u think that child will think about next time he/she wants to steal. Lesson well learn  

Answer 6

I wouldn't call it child abuse, it's called discipline. Obviously the other attempts made to teach this child not to steal have failed and it seems like all the parents want to do is prevent what the sign reads.

Answer 7

No. I wonder what the parent might have done for this to have been necessary. It sounds like bad parenting in general. There is always another side.  

Answer 8

I do not think its abuse of any sort. I think its funny actually. Good way to punish a child without causing him/her any physical, emotional or mental abuse. And I saw a similar story on the news where a mom made her son walk the neighborhood with a sign strapped on saying something about he liked to use foul language in the classroom or something to that extent.  

Answer 9

No.

I do not think that embarassing your child is any way child abuse.

It's good parenting and a lesson that the kid will remember.

Answer 10

No, it's actually a good idea. Let them pay for what they've done.

Answer 11

I would not consider this child abuse. It is responsible parenting, it is a good way to teach this child never to steal again. Humiliation may be considered child abuse if it has no cause, but there is a very good reason this child is being humiliated, he/she stole repeatively.

Answer 12

It is not child abuse it is good parenting!

Answer 13

no that is not i would do that if my child was stealing too.

Answer 14

Embarassing a child in front of other people it is not good parenting and is not going to stop him from stealing. He may resent his parents even more for this and do it again just to hurt them back..

There is a reason why this child is stealing and this reason needs to be addressed. The parents should talk to him and explain to him that stealing is  a crime.  In the same time they should investigate why he is doing this, is he trying to compensate for something else? Perhaps he needs more affection  from them? Something is obviously missing in his life and he is trying to compensate for it.

Answer 15

I wouldn't say it was child abuse, but I wouldn't say it was very positive parenting either.

That sort of experience isn't just embarassing, it's humiliating, and that could easily be construed as emotional abuse.

I also don't think it's an effective punishment; it's more likely to make your child angry at you than make them see the error of their ways.

Answer 16

So what you are really asking is if embarrassing your child in public is child abuse. Its not child abuse, but I wouldn't call it good parenting either.  

Answer 17

it's not child abuse it is very good parenting

Answer 18

I don't think it's child abuse I think it's good parenting. I have actually seen someones child doing that but they where standing outside of the store they stole from. talk about embarrassing.

Answer 19

No it is not child abuse. I actually saw that on the internet. Stealing is a crime and if caught you will go to jail. This mom is trying to keep her child out of jail. Hopefully it works.

Answer 20

Abuse would be too harsh a word for this. This is the most pathetic way of diclipining though. Very negative. Poor child will need therapy all his life and he will never quit stealing. How sad !