POLL: Was this beating excessive?

mysavinggrace Spank you child yes BEAT your child NO. Learn the difference or maybe the bible or the weed you christians have to smoke to believe that bs are clouding your mind. I am a firm believer in spankings and washing kids mouths out with soap and a slap on the mouth once in a while but this is too damn far. Enough with the bible it was made by fools for fools you want to get in touch with god get on your knees and pray forget about a book go help the homeless, go help those wounded warriors that gave limbs and some of them lost thier families over war and defending this great country, go read to some special needs children. But sayin a book written by man about a man does not solve anything it does not make you a better person. ACTIONS ladys and gents speaks louder than words.

Spare the rod spoil the child. The bible gives instructions on how to raise children. God clearly tells us. Anyone who has unruly children is not raising that child according to God.U suggest those who are damning this parent to pick up their bible and read it. Pray to God first so that he may forgive you and help to open your eyes. God loves you. He really does.

I think born agains father hit it in the head too many times with a bible or phone book. But then again maybe its father didn't beat it enough and that is why it has a holier than thou attitude. Shut up born again there is no " GOOD" reason to beat your child. Spank your child yes should be done but beating your child is stupid and wrong now we see why your children are drug addicts.

@ABS123 We all know hitting and Beating is wrong. But you can not sit there and say spanking is wrong. You are associating your child abuse with spanking and YOU are wrong. And you are incorrect there IS REASON to spank a Child. Like others have said on this site the kids now a days are RUDE, DISRESPECTFUL and MEAN. This is effect of parents not disciplining those children. I was spanked as a child and not that often because I learned. If my parents said not to do it I didn't because I knew it was wrong/rude/distrepectful. Kids should be afraid to a point of their parents. This will make them think twice about what they are doing. @Sam 1254 you are correct you should not spank in a fit of rage. Walk away get ahold of yourself then address the stiatuaion. And I am sorry @ABS123 you can not compare spanking and holding a gun to ones head.

The man was arrested for FELONY CHILD ABUSE. That means the beating was way beyond the boundaries of corporal punishment for disciplinary purposes, which is blatantly apparent from the man's expressions of rage. *Any* discipline from a parent should be administered *only* when the parent is in complete control of his/her emotions & is thinking clearly. I occasionally use one swat on my kid's clothed butt to interrupt a bad behavior pattern (when all else fails), but it's not to cause pain; in fact I've even swatted air & gotten the same effect: their focus long enough so we can communicate & resolve the issue. Beating children in a rage solely to inflict pain is pointless & ineffective, and it IS abuse.

there is nothing wrong with disciplining a child but you don't beat them. a spanking and a beating are two very different things. the main thing you do when you beat a child is to set him up later in life to become a child abuser too. the child will grow up with the mindset that it must be ok to do it since it happened to me. i never believed that old line "this is gonna hurt me more than it will hurt you" until i had to spank my child. even though he was misbehaving and ne was spanked so lightly that it didnt leave a mark it still tore me up to see him cry over something that i did to him. my son is very hyper and at times rebelious too but that is no justification to beat him. there will be times that he will have to be spanked but never will i beat him. i dont understand how some animals make better parents than humans do but yet we are supposed to be the evolved species. there are many ways to punish a child. you can take away their priveleges, tv, toys, etc but spankings should be a last resort and beatings are totally unacceptable. i don't agree with people that find justification for beating a child in the bible. if you believe in God and Jesus and what they stand for then how can you justify beating a child? the are about love and compassion, not beatings and submission thru physical pain. as for the "nosey neighbor", he is not theoblem but part of the solution. he took the time and got involved because he saw something happen that he felt was wrong. we need more people like him or her in this world. our compassion for another human, esp. a child should not end at a property line. regardless of what the law says a person should do, the neighbor did the right thing by reporting what was percieved as child abuse to the proper authorities so the can investigate the claims and take what action is warranted.

Rmember that Rockport judge that did the same thing to his daughter? Never heard anything else from that incident. That's the same thing that's gonna happen here. That SOB should be CANED.

This broke my heart watching. I am so glad the neighbor taped him, and I am even happier he confronted the bully. I do not care why he was beating his STEP child with a belt. Spanking is supposed to correct bad behavior on little kids. While I don't agree with spanking because it does not accomplish what "grown-ups" think that it does, it should NEVER EVER be used in anger. This man needs to take some serious parenting and anger management classes. He obviously knows nothing of child psychology and developmental stages, especially if that child is special needs. Man, I am so disgusted right now.

There is not enough information available to form a just opinion on this matter. However, that fact, alone, indicates we should side with and protect the child, until a thorough investigation is conducted and his safety can be guaranteed. No other course of action is acceptable. I am qualified to weigh in on this topic. I have eight chidren. Six are now adult age. I have had to deal with a multitude of tense child-rearing issues. One thing I have learned... when they were being verbally disciplined, they would sometimes disagree and, on occasion, would talk back. Did I then conduct myself as Mr. Sanchez did? Did I feel that I was justified to repeatedly verbally attack my child with numerous demeaning, damaging phrases; then pick up an object and strike him with it; watch him crumple to the ground; grab him by his little arm and raise his small body into the air; ignore his screams pleading with me to stop; and proceed to strike him several more times? No. That sort of manic reaction, to me, is absurd, bordering on psychopathic. I could never put my beloved children through such a traumatic, fearful situation. My children have always, and always will, feel that their home is their sanctuary. A place where they can be safe. A place where they are unquestionably under my protection. Rather, I sit my child down, and, one-to-one, discuss the issue, their conduct, my expectations, and what we can do to move on from there, in a positive way. Usually worked just fine. They understood better my parenting logic. And I understood better their perception of the situation, which is also so very important. It's just a basic principle called "communicating". Anthony Sanchez is not trying to communicate with his step-child. He is not attempting to teach the boy. He is simply an angry, athletic 200-pound bully who was caught inflicting severe, repeated, escalating, physical, psychological, and emotional punishment on a defenseless, terrified, 60-pound child.

I hope this fool gets sent to jail and the jail guards give the inmates a belt and let them have some fun.