out somewhere in public and witnessed someone being overly agressive with a child(theirs I presume) would you say something to them if it was out of line? Or refrain in fear of the child receiving more abuse at home for humiliating them in public?

Im talking cussing them out and hitting them repeatedly....would you step in....or mind your own business?

Where do we draw the line with child abuse?

id be all over them.. prolly share a squad down to the sherrifs office.

ive been in this situation and its a hard call. im talking a child being beaten, and chased up stairs with sticks and was smaked with sticks, by a bare hand, all sorts, horrible to see. but yes i interveined

If a child is struck repeatedly in public, I would step in. In my profession we are mandatory reporters, I would encourage everyone even if you think that a child is being abused, call the 800 number and report it. Reporting child abuse is not saying that someone is abusing their child, just that there is a concern.

I would call the police and then I would step in.

It is illegal and the police should be notified

The rod of correction saves from death. Some parents it seems lack good judgment, but children rarely listen to reasoning.

Wow. Good for you. I think it takes a lot of courage to do that.

I would say "hey! you know thats ILLEGAL? you know that you are HURTING YOUR KIDS?? do you need me to call the police?"

I've seen it..stepped in..and called the cops on my cell phone while the red marks will still present on the child,I hate anyone who thinks it's okay to lay hands on a child.

I've done it before... I suppose I'd do it again... Same with kids picking on other kids.... Don't always have to be aggresive back, just literally step in between, get cursed at, etc.

thats not true with the last part... all i have to do most of the time is to tell my son the reasons or consquences of his actions and he will usually stop. He is 5.

yes it did, but i could no longer carry on trying to prevent her mother from hitting her, i tried to, i was there all the time to stop it, i would say let me deal with it, but when i couldnt be there, i couldnt cope not knowing what happened next.

Momma beat the **** outta us if we misbehaved I got my @ss busted many times at the store lol

also, for the short time i did nursery nursing, on my first day a child was having a tantrum, she said pick the child up by her legs, so i did, thinking we would just move her across the room onto the safer carpeted area, but NO, she got the childs hands and dropped her on the floor, while i was still holding her legs. they were reported and i walked out after the incident.

Not if you teach them from the begining.

Conversation with my daughter the other day. She wanted ravioli for dinner and I had already thawed sausage and cut up vegetables.

her: "Mommy I want raviolis for dinner" about the 10'th time she asked.
me: "Baby, mommy is already cooking dinner, and you had raviolis already this week, I'm not discussing it one more time."
her: "Just one more please mommy. Can I ask one more time?"

Don't tell me kids can't reason.... You just gotta teach them young the proper way to handle situations. Hitting and cussing at a child only teaches them that is the way to "reason"

been there , done that would do it again in a heartbeat ! who is gonna protect the kid s if we don't when a parent is the one out of control call the cops and physically intervene if need be .

Call the police first. Thankfully I have video on my phone and I'd tape it for evidence.

Parents gone wild!

I'd run the parent down with my chair and SHOW them how it feels to be abused and attacked..Then call the cops..and tell the whole freakin story..even my part..and I'm so not joking