If an ass-kicking is needed, it's the parents in need. That child is definitely out of control, but someone has been reinforcing her behavior and enabling her so that behaving that way has a payoff of some kind. Notice folks are filming or just sitting around and not dealing with her, swiftly and appropriately
I have to agree here!
It looks like the whole family is dysfunctional. Someones on the couch completely ignoring the child, while someone else tapes the altercation and posts it on the internet to completely humiliate the child to millions! Yeah, that'll really teach her a lesson! Now she has an audience of millions to perform to!
Now Bella, I know we are polar opposites on corporal punishment, but we can both agree that kind of behavior would NEVER happen in either of our homes. You don't sit on a couch and let your kid scream bloody murder when she doesn't get her way. Hell, it would've never escalated to this point because SOMETHING would've happened a long time ago to squash this crap!
Both of my kids went through a (short-lived) tantruming phase; it took my daughter a little longer to get the message than my son. Since we can noT publicly beat the s*it out of our kids (yes, I am joking so don't arm yourselves with the tomatoes just yet), I spoke a language my kids could quickly understand. When my son was three, he decided to tantrum on the grocery store floor. Instead of succumbing to the overwhelming temptation to beat him into a coma, I snapped and did something completely crazy in today's society; I left him there and continued to shop. I'd occasionally come back to tell him that I was almost finished and if he didn't want to walk home, he'd better get off the floor and get himself together. When he ignored my instructions, I got in line and paid for my groceries and proceeded to my car. I placed the groceries in the car and went back towards the store to see my son trying to reach the bar that opens the door. The look of sheer desparation on his face was enough to tell us both that was NEVER going to happen again-and it didn't!
Now I didn't know at the time that my son was autistic and very overstimulated (I got his diagnosis later that year); medical technology 20 years ago wasn't like it is now. Based on that fact, were my actions right? Certainly not! But he had enough sense to quickly discover that his actions come with rewards or consequences. So even an autistic child's behavior can be managed. The kid in the video is just bonified outta' control!
Capn is also right; it's called "discipline" for a reason! These parents need to get off their lazy collectives and apply discipline to the situation. Yes, it does mean you actually have to do something in order to get the kid under control. Consistency is key; I'd keep my word to my kids even to my own detriment at times, but to this day they know I say what I mean and mean what I say! They don't play the games with me they play with their father who only wanted to be their buddy and that they like him. If my kids weren't hating me on occasion, I wasn't doing my job!
I rarely spanked; that was an absolute last resort. But if they went there, so did I-that's why it was rarely done. Usually they'd get the message long before such would have to be done. So it's not about beating your kids; it's about disciplining them and teaching them right from wrong and not rewarding bad behavior with apathy or negative attention. Parenting ain't for cowards and lazy people folks; get off the couch and plug into those kids young and you won't see them on YouTube someday!
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