Nope , hitting a child for something like that reflects the ignorance of the parent. There were a few times I didnt eat something I had told my mother I wanted. I saw it the next meal on my plate waiting for me to eat it, or I could do with out. Lesson learned, but they did not hit me.

I see how it has been normalised through older generations but with the information we have today it is inexcusable for a parent,especially a young one at that ,to use physical punishment as a method of discipline or any type of punishment really ,as if children are not their own beings. If you want a child to eat something try to make it interesting for them,let them play with their food and take their time familiarising themselves with it. most flavours and visuals and textures food wise are unfamiliar so it requires a lot of patience from the parent,just like it would take you time to try something completely new you have not seen ,tasted, smelt or heard of before. To threaten someone to do anything by violence is just laziness ,especially someone who is still learning,from you. And extremely damaging in many ways i wont go into but its easy to find out with a simple google search

No. You don’t hit kids for behaving a way you don’t like.., what does that teach them?

You are liable to add to the problem by snacking a kid for that, no kid will starve itself. Better just to let the kid have what it wants but keep it from treats if they don’t eat their main food

A child will eat if they are hungry. Punishment is reserved for when they need to be, or it carrys no weight.

Absolutely not. Just because you were raised that way doesn't mean you always follow that tradition.

I'm a picky eater due to health reasons. My kids are picky eaters because they are kids. If I make something one doesn't like I make that one something they will.

I am so sorry that you had to endure that treatment as a child. You KNOW that holding up your hand and threatening to hit your child is NOT normal, or nice in any way...because you KNOW how YOU felt when your grandmother did that to you.

I was hit by my mother, very regularly, whenever I "mouthed off" or "gave her sass". But it was my father who scared me to death with the faces he made when I didn't want to eat a nasty bowl of Campbell's pea soup. I ate the entire bowl of soup with him sitting there watching me while I cried and ate it. I still hate canned peas, and canned pea soup to this day, and I won't eat them.

I resolved that I would NEVER be like my mother, and that I would NEVER hit my own child. I lost it just ONCE, and behaved exactly like she did, and hauled off and slapped my son hard right across the face. I was horrified at my own behavior. I apologized to my son as soon as we got home, and I explained WHY I was apologizing.

In China, there are huge cultural differences, and wasting food is almost like a crime to those who experience real hunger while they were growing up...but YOU did not experience hunger. YOU have it better, and YOU don't need to threaten your child. You will end up with a fat child who is scared of you.

... break the abuse cycle, mama is right .

Child abuse

I also have to eat what comes on the table

Nope that’s terrible.

Never strike a child.

Wtf dude ? … I’m sorry you experienced that.

Thing is we all have a past’

But you can change your future.

You have to fight against your own upbringing and do the right thing.

Obviously the only thing it teaches them is it's ok to hit someone if they don't do what you tell them to do .Think about it.

Hitting children is not normal.

why do some people think hitting a child is okay? i don't understand. hitting adults is illegal. children should have more protection than adults. if they were as big as adults and could defend themselves, i'm sure many cowardly adults who shamefully hit children would have their asses kicked by now.

Might be some fucked up old school sensibilty, but hell no its not ok.

fuck that, don't be hitting anyone over food.

unless its my fries...stay away!!

No.

That’s fucked up