Would you have slapped her?

Question

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/7558560.stm

"A man who was arrested and cautioned for slapping his 13-year-old daughter across the face fears he will no longer be able to work with children.

Jim McCullough, of Manchester, hit Jess after she banged a neighbour's window at midnight, and she called the police."

(I might have if she was my daughter.)

Answer 1

its all part of the insanity of the silly human rights act. the little sod deserved a slap and thats exactly what her father should have the right to give her. perhaps we should all start slapping these stupid PC fools that cause all the social mayhem.

Answer 2

I don't believe in slapping the face...the backside, hands...yes. There are also other means.  

Answer 3

Bitc.h had it coming.

Answer 4

Yes I would have slapped her she was a menace to her neighbourhood from what I have heard. It should have been her in the Police station not her Father.  

Answer 5

Isn't it ironic, now that it's a crime to hit your kids, the children seem to be getting less disciplined. Through ages children have been disciplined by hitting, slapping, smacking, etc, and they turned out normal. Physical punishment was feared, and kids would think twice about doing something bad, because they didn't want to get smacked.  Now you raise your voice at them and the next thing you know you have CPS on your door. Who's disciplining who?

Answer 6

Most certainly - and I would have been happy to go to court to defend my rights as a parent.

Answer 7

d**n straight i would have slapped her! there is a difference between child abuse, and discipline!

Answer 8

I do think at time circumstances need to be taken in to concideration

Answer 9

For breaking one of the commandments of the new human-rightism religion (a religion with no god but just a dogmatic creed), he is being punished. This religion brooks no opposition or exceptions. What you and I might call discipline, the priests of human-rightism will call abuse.  

Answer 10

i would of hit her a slap aswell my mum and dad always bought me up to respect your elders  

Answer 11

Tragic mistake by father and then by daughter again.

She deserves a slapping now.

Answer 12

       when i was a young lad i was in a area of  trees, on a private house me and my pals well a policeman grabbed me and booted my **** i mind it to this day also ,i was  afraid to tell my parents for i new i would get the same,the kids today ,what can i say that is where does it all end up ,it looks like we have to site and take it and be afraid of them ............

Answer 13

if i had a daughter like that one

i expect she would have had a smacked **** a long time before he did

Answer 14

no,its assault,he could have grounded his daughter and made her apologise,his daughter will grow up and think its ok to slap people.he is obviously not suitable to work with children