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  • It is never acceptable to hit a child...in public or behind closed doors. That is physical abuse. Physical abuse is not required to discipline children.  All it does is allow the parent to take out anger on the child and teaches the child to fear the parent. I have two children...I'm no expert...but I have never hit them. There are other ways to discipline.

  • @freedombear79 idiot

  • Leah no doubt deserved it.

  • this is wrong though, she is doing this outside, exposing her, she could at LEAST do it inside.

  • her kids will be spoiled brat anyways..

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  • There is nothing wrong with disiplining your child. As long as its not cruel and unusual punishment. Stand firm when raising your children.

  • I think she is in the right to do what she thinks is wright , you dont know what happened to make her spank her child . do you see what Imean HER CHILD . If you dont disciple her children they will run all over her .

  • Need to be over the knee

  • i hate kate so bad i'm about to go to her house and hit her ass

  • so its HER child who knows whta ii think thats leah did

  • Well they need to learn what there doing is wrong u dont want them to grow up not listening and being spoilt

  • little bitch had it coming.

  • @Hertsman50 Watch your mouth! Leah only blew a whistle, it's not like she was setting something on fire! Calm down! -_-

  • @MegaZakeya sounds like you need a slap to calm you down.

  • @Hertsman50 No I dont you need one! -_-

  • @MegaZakeya I think you need more than one.

  • Lady Diana did the same to put boundaries to William.

  • @bearfamily5 She wasn't disciplining her child, you moron. She was abusing her child. Now how about you grow up. Clearly you need to look back at your childhood and try to realize just how much spanking harmed you. This woman was also sexually harrassing her child, so don't give me the whole spanking is discipline crap because it isn't.

  • @AmmieEvyns.... Sorry your talking rubish!!

  • Breaking News: Mother actually punishes child for doing something wrong. Stupid Media: Justice for Leah!

  • Korean girl deserve to get spanked!

  • well its her child and if she chooses to spank then who can tell her she cant its not abuse!!!!!

  • I don't see why the police got involved or why the press is making exaggerations . If her daughter was doing something wrong or something Kate didn't approve of then she loves her enough to correct her . And it wasn't like she had bruises or black eyes , she might have been red but only for a minutes

  • A kid got a spanking. This is news????

  • WHO CARRES . if she was a regular mom nobody would care anyways. YOU SHOULD JUST TREAT HER THE WAY YOU WOULD TREAT ANY OTHER MOM.

  • SHE WAS DISCIPLING HER CHILD GROW THE FUCK UP YOU MORONS!!!

  • @bearfamily5 Yeah, you're absolutely right. In the U.S. it's only child abuse if it leaves marks.

  • WHO.THE.FUCK.CARES?!

  • Wat the hell is wrong with u! im 10 years old but i understand Kate we should discipline kids if you don't discipline them they might misbehave!

  • it normal;O

  • @angelsquri, you are so rude, calling me a name when you don't evenm know me. They did not run to time-out for fear of being afraid of being hit. In the show, the kids walked to time out.

  • I think it was wrong for Kate to spank Leah because I mean in the Discipline episode of their show, they have the kids in time-out. She could have put Leah in time-out. Moron.

  • @Supersoccerchic You're a fucking idiot for thinking that just because it's on the show it's the whole truth. Just why did you think those kids RAN to time out when 1st told to do so? Because they would get hit if not. Spankings are ok for kids....BUT Kate is a psycho bitch, I wonder if she's not abusing all those kids.

  • @Supersoccerchic you're stupid.

  • thnx to laws and pussy ass parents we have kids holding secert fight clubs like beating the shit out of another person is nothing to them anymore they no longer care about other ppls feelings soon enough they will start walking all over thier own friends because they think its acceptable because thier parents allow them but soon enough in the real world they will be screwed

  • lol.. spanking is common.. punch your kids face that's what you call abusive.

  • @Atakumosa This has nothing to do with race I guess, but the rest is SO right.

  • @xxallisonrosexx13 It IS a biggy. She is a bad mother.

  • Take some of the crazies like Kate Gosselin. Do you think she's capable of not going the deep end when punishing her kids?  There are some that go way beyond punishing their kids. I wouldn't trust her with my kid. She's verbally abusive. Who knows what she's capable of.

  • I didn't say that every parent is wrong about spanking their kids. Yes, in some cases, the last straw would be spanking, but my parents went to the extreme with physical and verbal abuse and most of the time it was because of stress and anger. I was a straight A kid in school never got into trouble at home with drugs or anything.

  • @mattixxg, From my experiences at home, I have a child that is autistic and spanking is not the key to discipline. It's positive reinforcement. You reward the child with good behaviors and ignore/take privileges away for bad behavior. It has worked for my family. My son is well balanced and pretty much well behaved. Try it some time.

  • @mattixxg, what does black people have to do with this article? Your example is so lame that I'm going not going to take this seriously as you are. Sounds like you have your panties all in a bunch.

  • In fact, I heard parents who went to jail for killing their adopted daughter because they went too far with the "swatting".  Jesus loves all children and there are other ways to reinforce good behavior besides taking your anger out with your kids. Just sayin.

  • My sister had swats on her but with a belt, 100 times. You know how she turned out. She's an alcoholic and a single mother. There may be exceptions to the rule, but most of the time, the outcome is not good. It's easy to go too far with physical punishment like swatting, etc. Most of the time it's because of anger and not positive reinforcement.

  • @TheLeonftw

    You are specifically faulting spaking. Thats just like saying, "Derr well, i got my ass beat by Black people so i hate all black people".

    I cant STAND hearing from dumb asses like you.

    SOME kids do test the limits and some kids do need spanking. I remember being 16 and thought I could talk shit and get into my dads face. Why? I saw my friends do it. So guess what, my dad beat my ass and it taught me that you cant jump into a grown mans face

  • @Mattixxg

    Some kids need that extreme to let them know, "Hey, i cant cross this boundary!" Same applies to criminals. Some kids test and dont know the boundaries. Spanking is a last resort and just like anything else, it CAN be abused. But dont come on here acting like EVERYONE whose spanked is going to end up a nutcase. Because thats wrong. Thats an ignorant blanket generalization.

  • So she spanked her daughter....next thing we'll hear is that washing a kids mouth out with soap is "Abuse". Give me a break!!!

  • She has a lot of kids. I doubt that the" take a time out" method would work with eight kids. No doubt these kids watch each other and probably wonder what they can get away  and more. If they there brother and sisters getting a spank, they will probably think twice as well.

  • @xquisitedeelyte000

    I am so sick of these ignorant ass tree huggers that post nonsense on here. I totally agree with you!

  • a swat on the butt and abuse are different.

  • @tranurse No. A swat on the butt IS abuse. Do parents have to throw their kids outa the window to be called abusers?

  • @BlackRainbow1992 i disagree. a swat on the butt was always a last resort with my kids. i can count on both hands the times i did it to either of the two of them. of course i tried other methods. i only hit them on the butt, with my open hand. and it was for something serious. my youngest son ran from me at sam's once, and thought it was terribly funny that i was frantic. he got a swat on the butt for that. and the day my oldest ran in front of a car, he got a swat for that.

  • @tranurse You have to teach your children that actions like that can harm them and that they feared you.

    God I am SO happy that I live in a country where parents go to jail for "a swat".

  • @BlackRainbow1992 like i said, it was a last resort. taking away things from them works, however, sometimes discussing things doesn't work. i refuse to argue with a child. i always told mine, that if they disagreed with me, they could tell me, as long as it was in a respectful manner. i wouldn't always agree with them, especially if it was about their safety. and if they were rude, forget it. mine are teenagers now, i don't have trouble out of them, except for a smart mouth once in a while

  • @tranurse Well. You are one of the more normal spankers. So let's stop it.

  • @BlackRainbow1992 well, they are bigger than me now.

  • @tranurse I meant: Let's stop the discussion.

  • @tranurse A swat on the butt is abuse. If someone swatted your butt you would call it sexual harrassment. Same applies for a child.

  • @AmmieEvyns i disagree.  i can count on both hands the times i have spanked my children, but sometimes a swat on the butt is the only thing that is going to get through to them.

  • who cares.

  • kids need more smacks............

  • Do you know how many times i got spanked as a child? whip, wooden spoon, or just plain smacked you name it.. that was only like 13 years ago.. times are changing i guess.

  • Oh PALEEZ...

  • I can't stand Kate Gosselin, but honestly a swat on the behind is not abuse. So many kids now think they rule the roost and are out of control because of the bleeding hearts "spanking is abuse" BS. If your kid runs out in front of a car, your first reaction after hugging them is to swat their bottom so they will remember not to do that again.

  • You know you can punish them without hitting them (taking away their privileges or time out). That's just a way for your kids to hate you that much more. Physical Abuse is not good. It impacts the children emotionally later on in life. Take it from me. I have had a large belt on my rear, soap in the mouth, slap in the face, broomsticks on my back and legs. I have had counseling for this because of it.

  • @TheLeonftw

    I was spanked as a kid and respect the laws of the land and am a productive member of society. I love both my parents who are still married after 50+ years. The only reason I've needed counseling is for marrying the wrong woman!!!

  • people does anyone watch there show? my god shes fine you watch the show you'd know it doesnt seem to be bothering her any. besides spanking is as terrible as people see it. i was spanked a couple times as a kid because i was wild and disrespectful.but thanks to my mom im not that way anymore.she helped me and i thank herso i dont bame Kate for giving Leah a little spank on her bum its not like she beat Leah black and blue so over yourself and move on

  • If your are a fan of Gosselin you shouldn't post this video of proof spanking her daughter. BTW maybe she wasn't spanking Leah but she was just crying and she was trrying to clam her down but the 'ppl' took the picture and lied that she was spanking ever think of that ppl.!!!!!!!!!1

  • Y'all are so stupid every parent spanks their kid!

  • If any of you have a problem with my comment...... get over it. America bitches... FREEDOM OF SPEACH.

  • Before the whole abuse deal went up , parents would normally take a wooden spoon and smack the kids touche for the dumbest reasons , people with anger problems take this to their advantage , as in Kate from all this stress , has done . It is horrible to see what people think discipline is now ad-ays . That's abuse . If the parents were any good the kids wouldn't need any discipline like that . Monkey see-Monkey do .

  • @AwehMe I am sorry but you are wrong. You see there are two types of parents. Those that punish their children for misbehaving and those that punish their children because they want to. You need to learn the difference. Yes, the child abuse laws have prevented some mistreatment of children. However, the state has been far more abusive than the parents in many cases. Child neglect, child mistreatment, child beatings all allowed by the state but not the parent. Think about that.

  • would you want her to not spank her and then in 14 years she will be call out of control?

  • @newtonftw I was never spanked AND never out of control? How comes?

  • spare the rod and spoil the child. It's called DISIPLINE, and some kids don't have enough of it. NOthing wrong with a swat when deserved.

  • to all of you idiots who dont understand spanking. spanking is a for of discipline. when a child does something that they shouldn't their parent spanks them so that the child connects their behavior with pain so hopefully they wont do it anymore. it's like putting a child in time out. they connect their actions with a concequence that they dont like so they wont do it. or when they do something they SHOULD do they get a reward so they know to continue doing whatever it is they did. get it?

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  • @raquelmusic36 she is spanking her, but it is perfectly legal. there is a difference between discipline and abuse. that is discipline. i was spanked as a child i was taught a lesson when i did something wrong. this would not be in the news if it werent for the fact that she is on tv. people spank their children all the time. it's discipline. get over it world

  • @raquelmusic36 Wow. Somebody knows nothing about kids huh? ;)

  • Kids need discipline some days

  • U know some children need a spanking if not they'll walk all over you its not like she was slaping her all over or spanking her with a belt. Come on

  • good for you, mom!

  • Not spanking thy child when you know he did wrong, this is a recipe for disaster. there is an african adage that says: " it is better to see a youth cry than to see an old man cry" meaning if you do not correct your youth (kids) you will be the one who will be crying later on in life because you let him get away with a lot of things and society will correct him for you (prison,).

  • @salamdemify

    I really liked your phrase "recipe for disaster".

  • @yofatimapimentel ...lol, thank you for thy posting and i am glad you like the expression...."recipe for disaster', iam so thankful my grand parents gave me a lot of spanking.

  • @salamdemify There are better ways to correct children.

  • If these kids are ever out of control its probably because they've had cameras in their faces since birth. They feel entitled, at the very least. Its not like they are actors, which is a whole nother issue. Its worse. Their daily lives-everyday- are taped their whole lives. We've havent even begun to see the horror this will cause.. Im not for or against spanking kids. Just take the camers away from this jumped the shark show and lets see what portion of spanking and therapists are needed.

  • What the hell is wrong with you ppl? This is what moms and parents do. It's a freaking spanking for God's sake. Something a lot of this unruly, bad ass kids need. I hate America with all this bullshit. Ughhhhhh..........

  • @only1skinnyboo Kids are unruly and bad ass for plenty of reasons, but to say that it's lack of spanking is just

    plain ignorant and counter to the latest scientific studies. acestudy.org my friend

  • @only1skinnyboo "This is what moms and parents do" - so because people are doing it it's okay? Please elaborate because I find it hard to believe that that's the gist of your argument.

  • @only1skinnyboo It's considered child abuse smart ass , I hope your kids won't have to deal with that/or have to deal with that in the future if you have kids or babysit . And I'm from Canada . So that's from another point of view , it's not just America .

  • @only1skinnyboo America IS people who spank. It is crazy, mean and mideval.

  • whatta bitch !

  • @KinaNafasi LOL!!! I completely agree!! No one thinks like that anymore, and that's why this world is in the worst shape is has ever been in.

  • @KinaNafasi How can you hit someone out of love? That sounds completely contradictory to my idea of love.

  • @andrewh817 Your not hitting them, you're spanking them on their tails and spanking them keeps them out of trouble, that's what love is about, just like just say your house is by the road and your kids are playing out there, they decide they're going to go on the road and don't see the danger well you've got to discipline them so they won't get hurt or even killed. or make them see that they can't disrespect their parents.

  • @45trisha that's why you see alot of people in prison today because a lack of discipline

  • @andrewh817 and your idea of love is what? allow them to act like ingrates? allow them to grow up with narcissistic attitudes; that were never corrected in childhood? allow them to hurt the feelings of someone else with impunity?! Is that your idea of love? No! Love says, I care for you so much that im gonna make sure you care about the feelings of others. That there are consequences for bad behavior. so heres a tiny rap on your butt to let you know that the world doesnt revolve around you.

  • Good for the mother ! She has my vote , only parents are allowed to practice this kind of punishment , when I was in school if a teacher even thought about whippin me my dad would have kicked his ass, but do not be mistaken I got my fair share of whippins at home, and honestly I deserved everyone of them ,Thanks Dad ! I miss you ,you were the best ever !

  • A parent giving a small child a swat is one thing, teachers and principals striking children with big wooden boards is something else. There is no reason for school faculty to paddle students or for anybody other than the parents to spank, and only at young ages.

  • @YouthFreedomFighters Why do you make a special exemption in physical abuse for parents?

  • @andrewh817 I could never see myself striking somebody one tenth my size but to try to ban spanking all together even for parents would be unrealistic.

  • @YouthFreedomFighters I'm not advocating a legal ban. I'm saying it's an immoral thing to do.

  • A parent should never allow their kids to put them in a position where they are no longer in charge. What's all this nonsense about children not be able to fight back. It's a parent responsbility to ensure their kids learn character & integerity.

  • spanking kids is not bad!!my mom beats me and it waznt a big deal

  • @Tanzania48 I got spankings to and i respect my parents, and i want my kids to respect their parents and others

  • whu gives a crap if she did that to them , whooping kids is not abuse alright

  • @superstar46167 It is!!!

  • Why is it the only people you can hit pretty much whenever you want, almost as hard as you want, are the ones who; a) can't fight back

    b) are most likely to be severely hurt/injured

    c) are most likely to be traumatized by it

    d) tend to trust and obey you instinctively

  • @Konform2zoidberg You're an idiot.

  • Honestly, I don't blame Kate. Those kids are bad as hell!

  • @febuary09 but that doesnt mean that she has a rite ta hit her kidz.....

  • someone needs a spanking!!!

  • O.o What the hell???

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  • I am also stubborn..... more than that I am a great mother and women who did not say anythign about her and her pareting until she said something about mine. I don;t care if she don't like what I do she does not have to, but she should have done it with out her own issues showing?! This whole time she has steryotyped and demeaned me! I have done nothing but try and tell her to parent her child and I will mine! I am not fighting I never was... I'm finishing! :)

  • @ladyj216 Leaving this debate unfinished is like leaving a clans man calling me a nigger... it is not going to happen! Childish mabye but I will be damned I allow some one who does not know me from adam determine the kind of person and mother I am and all while making racest comments! Nothing that was said on here did anything but make me more determined and let me know what I have been doing is right! The proof is in the children and mine..... are just the best! so it's her move or it can stop!

  • wtf really omg qet over it maybe dat child deserve ur makin kate look like shes a child abuser dam

  • I agree i mean after youve been spanked u r like why did I get spanked but a long time after u r like I deserved it !

  • On the toosh. It's not a smack, it's a spank, and sometimes it's necessary. I haven't met anyone that regretted having been spanked appropriately as a child.

  • She is a mother! Thats what moms do!! My mom spanked me when i was little if i was out of line! So this is not a big daeal! Give them a break!

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  • id beat that lil brat too, shoot my kids dont act out in public and get away with it!

  • GOOD FOR HER! Its good to see a parent being a good parent! keep it up Kate.

  • @meredith2020 what do you mean you like spanking or whut lol

  • @meredith2020 Exactly! And you just can't reason with young children either, so a quick spank on the buttocks gets their attention, and they learn not to do that sort of behaviour again! ~~Especially when it comes to their own or someone elses' safety!

  • oh god she spanked her

  • @mochamegan123 God told her to do it. Spanking is in The Torah, The Bible, and The Koran. Spare the rod, and hate the child.

  • @7JesusIsTheMessiah7 Do you take the Bible literally?. Do you believe that a man should be killed if he works on sabbath?

  • that was dumb!

  • All I have to say is it was right for her to spank her when I was little I got spanked and now I now not to do stuff. I swear Kate is probably the best mother in the world because 1. She's a single mother of 8 and 2. Most of her kids are young in age. So please don't criticize her I'm probably her biggest fan.

  • Get off her back

  • People need to shut up about her some people discipline their children by hitting them.

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  • she is her mother as long as she isnt brusied or hurt simply to teach a lesson wont kill her most young people need a spanking thats why peoples children grow up to become losers because no one loved them enough to hug them when theyre sad.Teach them when they are wrong and support them in their dream. In stead of critizing her pray for her she needs to learn you cant disiplin in anger either it must be done as a last resort with warnings first.

  • George W Bush should be spanked this way

  • i dont see anything wrong with this... it's not like she is beating her head in with a bat jesus crist! [or all we know the child stole something or cussed her out or was just flat out disrespectful

  • so what shes just disciplining her child, people need to grow up and mind their own business

  • I can't believe that I just watch this and who fucking cares if some actress bitch spanks her kid. It is her life as longer as she not beating the crap out of her it is fine. I am glad that I am not famous so all you basters are not up in my personal space. Get a fucking life for christ sake.

  • ooo spanking how evil lol yeah rite you shuld show ur kids they cant walk all ovr you but dnt like abuse ur kids or spank them until they go nuts ppl shuld leave her lne gosh o btw im only 15 :)

  • if you cant teach em beat em!

  • I would understand if Kate had slapped her daughter in the face or even used a belt on her, but people COME ON!!!! Who has NOT ever been smacked on the rear by an angry parent before or worse?

  • She should have just drop kicked the stupid child, that would have shut it up.

  • I rate this highly simply because I support her parenting. If a slap on the ass helps a kid to learn a good lesson then so be it

  • If I were Kate, I would be suing the magazine for interferring with their private life and for taking snapshots of her daughter. Her daughters panties are showing. Couldn't this considered child porn? If I were Kate, I would darn sure call my lawyer and show them that they exposed my child.

    Kate is a good mother who was correcting her child.

  • If I were Kate, I would be suing the magazine for interferring with their private life and for taking snapshots of her daughter. Her daughters panties are showing. Couldn't this considered child pron? If I were Kate, I would darn sure call my lawyer and show them that they exposed my child.

    Kate is a good mother who was correcting her child.

  • proff for black people white people hit there kids too!

  • So what, that little girl looked like a bitch i would slap her and kick her and throw her around

  • This woman has the face of unbalanced. And there are still people who support this form of education. Wow, how the world is in ignorance!

  • When a mother needs to beat the children that means she is not giving you no education. Perhaps if she gave more care and attention to her daughter she did not need to commit this act of losing control.

  • @cidadao1coerente Excuse me, it was the child who was out of control, not kate!

  • @7JesusIsTheMessiah7 Well, if you think she is giving a good example for her daughter acting this way, then I have to regret. (smile)

  • I never liked Kate gosselin always seemed a bit phony 2 me

  • Paparazzies always have to celebs look bad nothing is wrong with spanking ur child everyone has to at least spank hit or pinch their child one time.Kate is a mom she needs to act like one which she is not all the time though

  • Spanking a kid isn't wrong or child abuse if their misbehaving !! It's up to the patents to diside on discipline not everyone else!! Paparazzi needs to leave this poor family alone!! My god!! Quite being noisy!!

  • Spanking a child isn't abuse if they deserve it lawl

  • There are plenty of reasons Kate is a bad mom but spanking her children is NOT one of them.

    My parents used to spank me all the time. It kept me from going out of control and I sure heck respected them. I thought twice before I did anything that might get me in trouble and, for the most part, I decided not to do it.

  • Is this for REAL........ Seriously she's teaching her daughter a lesson and I hate how this soceity has come down to oh lets not spank our kids anymore we'll just talk it out with them um NO it doesnt work like that kids don't listen and she didn't hurt her its just a way of nature you don't see lion mother talking to their cubs they just give them a little bite so the cub knows right from wrong im not saying we're animals here but in a way it all works the same way we are part of nature!

  • The Paparazzi are at fault on top of that. What serves Kate hatred when she is only trying to correct her kid by spanking her. As long as Kate doesn't try any killing (which I am 110% sure she will never do in her life, god forbid), then isn't it normal? Like what others say, it's just stupid for people to even make a big deal out of it. It's not such a big matter, they are just a normal family, NOW LEAVE THEM ALONE!!!

  • Stupid video. So what if there is a motherly spanking. The Bible permits it. Asian parents do it all the time. Black parents do it all the time. The muslims do it all the time. The Latino parents do it all the times. Only some spoiled so-called "forward thinking" whities are against it. Lol. They even "GROUND" their kids and sh*t. Lol. No wonder their children talk back to them as ungrateful sh*t. Little disciplinary spankings are fine by the world's standard. SPARE the rod spoil the child

  • are you fucken kidding me???? my mother did a whole lot worse. there were times i hoped for just a spanking. and there are people that are actually shocked by this? you gotta be kidding me. keep "chearishing" your bratts. no wonder i see kids i cant stand to even be in the same room with...YOUR THEIR PARENT!! Grow some balls ladies.

  • Beating a child causes them to fear and distrust a parent. A spanking lets a child know their place and to respect authority. It also hleps them when they are growing up and when they become adults to know we all have to understand there is a place and time for all things. When you become an adult there are no more spankings, just jail time. I so loath adults that think its funny to say and do what ever they want. Raise a child in the way they sholud go, and they will not depart from you.

  • Friendship comes after respect!

    Team Kate, all the way!!!