Do you think it is appropriate for a child to argue with adults?

I don't think anyone should yell or slam their fists.

Of course. Treat children as adults and they'll be better adults.

Technically, it would not be appropriate for anybody to argue with anybody, really. Just because you're an adult doesn't give you the right to pound fists or whatever. In most cases, the kid would need to heed to the adult, of course, but why would an adult be so immature as to let this happen?

I say this, but I guess it is innevitable. I can't really answer this question. Other.

Yes, of course.

Children are human too and letting off steam is natural. I think they should be encouraged to calm down in different ways but they'll learn to do that (hopefully) as they get older. I don't think it is wrong for children to disagree with adults or answer back, but no-one should have blazing rows - there are better ways to work through problems.

I picked other.It all depends on the age of the child.If he's over 9,and very smart,or of normal intelligence and over 13,then it's appropriate of course.Two people have the right of argue.The fact that a child,instead of simply throwing a tantrum gets into a heated discussion,the same way adults do,show that maybe he isn't a child anymore.I don't mean to suggest that young ones don't have to show respect for older ones,but when they begun putting themselves on the same level (not above or below) of their parents that means they're growing.

I am undecided really. I like healthy discussion and I respect people's passion. I wouldn't want to knock that out of someone. And grown-ups are not always right. But any arguement between any age group needs to be handled with mutual respect.

Under certain circumstances then yes. If the child is justified in their argument then of course. The fact that they are under the age of 18 should not be an issue.

I think it's appropriate, public or otherwise, but I wouldn't say I encourage anyone to argue. It's OK when they do, though, regardless of age.
Bad set of yes options.

I think it really depends on the situation... and the relationship... what is "appropriate", anyway? "appropriate" probably means "not inconvenient for the adult"...

I'm not used to seeing these kind of emotional displays. The above description of an "argument" is not the sort of thing I picture when I think of an argument. To me an argument is more of a debate, where people propose conflicting ideas to each other and evaluate their merits. It has nothing to do with emotional outbursts like the situation described above. Of course, there is nothing wrong with raising ones voice occasionally to stress a word or phrase, gesturing is always perfectly acceptable, and a gesture which involves striking furniture isn't necessarily a bad thing. What concerns me more is the bad tempered kind of display that I think the *Survey Creator* is trying to describe. I don't think that it is appropriate for people of ANY age to behave like that. It is not the sort of behavior befitting a gentleman or a lady.

So, that aside, I think that it is perfectly appropriate for anyone of ANY age to engage in a debate with ANY other person.

i think children must learn how to discuss, listen, learn from others, as well as being able to argue a point and represent his or her thoughts while being respectful to others no matter what age we can often learn from children and those younger than us to me age is sometimes overrated

Depends on the age and the situation. General rule- yes.

It depends on the age and maturity level of the child, what they are arguing about, and how rude the child is being.

Just plain yes. A lot of the time children are right. There are boundaries though.

It obviously depends on the age of the child and what the child is arguing about. If it involves and enfringement of the child's rights, then they should argue. If they don't want to go to bed and are throwing a hissy fit, than obviously it's not acceptable.

Yes in some instances when the adult is being mean, wrong, unreasonable, controlling, etc and the minor is in the right.

I don't approve,(although I am not unreasonable),but as I have explained to my child,we cannot obey our Father in Heaven if we can't obey his commandments on earth.

My 12 year old daughter faced off this week with a substitute teacher(she described him as OLD, which could be anywhere from 40 to 100) who made what she believed to be a "sexist" comment in class. I was amazed when she related the story because I'm not very Politically Correct myself and I don't insist that she challenge things and it made me realize how much she really is her own person with her own ideas and many times so different from me. She handled the situation well. She approached the adult and stated what she felt and was thinking in a mature way and then listened as he explained his side of what he had said. They didn't argue. He was not angered by her challenge and she wasn't in any way petulant. They both listened to each other and she came away with a better understanding of what he actually meant instead of just assuming he had old fashioned ideas about women because he was an older person, and he realized and admitted to her how what he said did sound "sexist" the way he put it and that he would choose his words more carefully next time around.
Children need to be allowed to question and challenge and debate. They need to win and they need to lose. Opening your mouth and creeching without an open mind and listening ears is just plain asinine as we've seen demonstrated again and again by a certain person here in this forum.
It is good to be confident when you feel you are "right" but when you shut out the words and ideas of others completely because you cannot stand to ever "lose" a debate, when it's all about winning and being "right", everyone comes away a loser.

Children need to learn to respect authority and learn when it is appropriate to disagree and have a heated discussion. They need to learn to choose their battles wisely and safely!

It depends on the child's age, level of maturity, what the issue that's being argued is, etc. This isn't a cut and dried issue to me. What might be appropriate for one child might not be appropriate for another.

I hated not being allowed to argue - my parents were often irrational. Some people still don't know HOW to argue - and maybe if they get practice it'd help.