Is it considered abuse when parents hit their children to disciplin

Is it considered abuse when parents hit their children to discipline them?

I think it depends. Is the adult hitting the child to genuinely discipline them or are they hitting them because they are frustrated and irritated at what the child is doing?

Now a days,DSS can take your kid for just about anything.So Probably.
But A lot of religions Say that spankings and whatnot are a good way to discipline.
As long as you dont take it too far,like by hitting them with objects other than your hands,or in places other than their bottoms,I think its okay.

Depends. Occasional "spanking" on the rear end for very serious infractions isn't abuse (in my opinion). I'm not a firm believer in spanking, as there is a very thin line between that and taking it too far. Hitting children, slapping their faces is DEFINITELY abuse.

I think a spank on the bums ok if the child has done something wrong and the parent doesnt use this as an excuse to resease their own anger. Anything more I would say is abuse. Although it can be difficult to prove anything or otherwise, its just one's word against the others.

I think it depends on what state/country you live in and how severely the kids are beaten, I think, I mean parents cant just go knocking their kids heads off for like eating cookies before dinner, but ya I think it depends on the state.

no it isn, whenever I have a kid ill discpline them if they do wrong...a spankin on the butt itsn going to warp them or anythin, it didnt me and isn abusin them...so no it isn discpline and if you do it out of madness then it isn a spankin...but theres a difference not ever little pat on the butt is abuse

As long as they don't cross the line into abuse - not excessive and on the butt only.

"it depends on what state/country you are in..." um, no, it doesn't. Where you live doesn't change how children work and that abuse is horrible wherever you are.

Personally, I think spanking on the butt for doing something wrong is OK. My parents did that to me but I'm not going to do it to my kids if I ever have them. Anything else for other reasons or maybe for the same getting into trouble reason is wrong.

of course it's not okay but people in different regions look at it differently. I don't think it's okay no matter where you are. but coming from an european background, my parents would JOKE about beating the crap out of me and nobody even flinched, they thought it was perfectly fine. God forbidi tried to tell anyone they would take my head off...
I told my therapist in rehab years later, with my mother there she flipped the hell out and was denying it, saying it's okay that I deserved it, and noone can tell her how to discipline her child. it depends on cultures, where you live...etc. and how people view it from your region. it's terrible.

but honestly, if my kid called me a B*tch you better belive I would smack them. Abuse and discipline are different things.

Well...it's up to each set of parents how they discipline their own child and No One should be able to tell them they can't do something...UNLESS they cross the line.

Apparently in PA you can spank your child on the bottom (or anywhere else) as long as it doesn't leave a mark. Of course people should not go around and spank their kids just because they won't leave a mark. There are definately abuse cases where the children had no marks on them but social workers say that this is a sure fire way to lose your children. This was learned from a neighbor who spanked his son on his butt and left a bruise. The childs day care called Social Services who then sent someone to talk to the father after examining the child. The father was told he could spank his son as long as he left no bruises or marks.

Apparently to qualify as abuse you have to leave a bruise on your child. Don't get me wrong I don't think there is anything wrong with spanking your own child and sometimes my own kids get spanked. But I do believe that a lot of parents spank because they are angry and want to punish their child instead of disciplining them.

hitting is hitting is hitting. I dont care what you call it, but its wrong for an adult to take their anger out on a child physically. Physical punishment is wrong, spanking, hitting, punching, slapping, anything that could hurt a child, And I am pretty sure child services would get involved if a child called them for any reason

if they are spanking their kids on the butt no...
but anywhere else yes its chile abuse..

no it's abuse when parents just hit kids just to do it.