have chills down my spine :( i know we all give out but why would you namecall your child?

It’s amazing how people pass it on from one generation to the next. If you’re in that cycle, break the cycle forever.

Ispcc get no funding from the government at all.. How wrong is that..

I was on the luas last year and a woman called her kid who was no more than 4, a c*nt. I flipped and said there was no need to call him that. She started asking me if I had kids and said how dare I tell her how to raise her kid. A few ‘chung wans’ started backing her up saying how dare I tell her how to raise her kid. I told her she was lucky to have him and that what she called him would shatter his self esteem. She eventually got off and when her kid walked passed me, I told him that he was a great kid and dont let names hurt him. When she was gone,5 randomers said fair play to me. Thats all well and good but no sign of them backing me up! I often wonder how that little lad is, bless.

How anyone can physically or emotionally hurt a child goes beyond all human reason…that’s a very good video in that it shows how much a child will take on board what is said to them by an adult they ‘trust’ and the very deep hurt is causes…some people shouldn’t be blessed with a dog let alone a child.

Heartbreaking ….

It’s the grinding that gets to people, it sands down anything resembling self esteem, leaves a hollow.

Over 2000 calls a day? That’s not a problem. That’s a f’in crisis! You wouldn’t get that over a swine flu outbreak but yet it seems perfectly acceptable to read those numbers when it comes to children. The Ministers for Children has a lot to answer for themselves ( snr and Jnr) for letting this get to the level it has with no support for Childline. Childline is effectively doing the HSE’s job for them. I can’t feel bad enough for those kids in that situation.

It should be illegal to physically assault a child. It’s illegal to physically assault everyone else.

Very effective imho, heartbreaking is the word alright.

just seen this ad on telly for the 1st time. so sad :(, how anyone could talk to the children like that is beyond me.. some real ugly people in this world :(

It’s not always bad parenting.

Posted wrong number on this article it’s 1800 66 66 66

A lot of this is drink related and I fear many mothers are too afraid to step into unknown territory without their partner and to not over complicate things they wrongly just put up with it. Some people need a good old fashioned kick up the arse!

I don’t believe there’s such a thing as a bad kid, just bad parenting.

The ISPCC receive 10% funding but the Childline service receives zero, how wrong is that :(

Fair Play to the Child Protection Group who made the ad, as for the the comments, stop pontificating you all guilty at some stage. Actually come to think of it, I never talk to my kids like that. There are some times I could explode but thanks be to god I never resorted that…..

Strangely enough in work today a young mum who sounded Eastern european gave her poor little son an almighty crack across the face he was no more than four or five and his sobs could be heard across the store. I did throw this woman a look of disgust but knew instinctively that passing comment would only probably cause more harm to this little lad.. Heartbreaking :(