Disciplining Someone Else’s Child - Is It Ever Appropriate?

[@ashleynctzen4095]

People be so annoying like control your kids, like if your kid is doing something wrong don't just let them do that and then get mad when someone complains.

[@hmbutler13]

It takes a village and if my children are doing something disrespectful or just flat out wrong then I hope someone will intervene. Some people just need to get over it and let others help.

[@Keeper92885]

From helping raises my nieces, cousins, and family friends, I've learned it truly does take a village. I'm 26 with my first kid on the way and you can bet I'll be explaining to them that just cuz mommy or daddy isn't always there doesn't mean that they can get away with everything. When they are old enough, I will absolutely expect them to respect the house rules of where ever they are spending the night. I'm the sole dieciplinarian for my niece since both her parents are currently incarcerated. I get a lot of backlash from some family members thinking that it's not my place but if I don't do it no one will. So yes I'll ground that child from electronics and yes I'll make her do her freaking homework and I'll even make her eat something besides pizza rolls for breakfast lunch and dinner. Just because my niece isn't responsible for her parents lack of involvement in her life doesn't mean that I can't teach her how to function as an adult. Someone has to.

[@marclabrie6027]

Well said sarah

[@derekmcadams7518]

I did have some kids over my house when my wife was letting a friend of hers and her kids stay here who had no place to go. I raise my kids in a Christian home and to have respect for adults so when her kids talked back to me and I knew she was not gonna do nothing about it I disciplined her kid because if I would not have my kids would think that's behaviors ok. She got mad and left but oh well we were giving you a place to stay out of the kindness of our heart the least you could do is teach your kids to respect us.

[@marclabrie6027]

Well done you had the rights to

[@MusikGirl23]

I’m a teacher, of course I have to discipline and guide children who aren’t my own ;)

[@marclabrie6027]

As anyone should

[@alexandraxox]

When I was 8, a girl a few years younger than me (who was my neighbor) accused someone of bullying her. It honestly wasn’t me but the mom got confused and yelled at me for 5 minutes. I don’t know if her daughter randomly blamed me or if the mom thought I was someone else. She didn’t even let me speak or defend myself. As a shy, socially anxious 8 year old I was so traumatized and believed I was a bully for years after that. For that reason, I don’t think it’s okay to yell directly at someone else’s child without talking to the parent first. If the lady had done that, I may have been able to communicate my side of the story properly through my mom. Now that I am an adult, I am able to understand that I was never a bully. But as an 8 year old, I wasn’t able to understand that properly and assumed I must have done something wrong. I know this is an extreme example but I still think it counts. Sometimes parents are wrong and it can confuse a child. Especially when the situation is as serious as bullying.

[@theanimalkeaper]

If you are babysitting them and the parents were not out then it is ok

[@ljmcdonald2703]

Yes

[@darrenmiles-morland8038]

Of course it's okay for another adult to discipline someone else's children if the parents aren't around to discipline those children. The Bible itself says that children are required to submit to the authority of all adults until they are old enough to be disciplining children themselves when they've become adults. And if you think about it you may as well not be sending your children to a mainstream school where the teachers there are required to do the disciplining for you when you're not around to do it yourself if you think that other adults shouldn't be allowed to discipline your children.

[@marclabrie6027]

Always appropriate

[@BisexualBeauty]

If they are in my space they will get rules. The parent doesn't say something i will...idc who is offended.

[@meetan-]

Good programmes, bad audio..

[@ACGNikki]

What kind of parent never says "no" to their child? Not a parent at all. Way to ruin a child into becoming an adult and normal person.