is it ok to discipline a child that lives with you in your home?

I'd say so. If my child & the other child we're both acting up, I'd discipline them both. Doesn't matter if it's my kid or not. Everybody should follow the same rules in a household. No exemptions.

Yes, if the child lives in your house then obviously they're your responsibility which responsibilities would include disciplining that child.

No. If it isn't your kid, and the parent didn't put you in charge or give you permission, you have no right to "discipline" the kid, no matter what the kid does
Talk to the kid, yes. Tell the parent what happened, yes. Tell the parent if you think something needs to be done about it, yes.
Correcting, disciplining or punishing the kid is not your job, unless you and the parent have come to an agreement that it is.

just for the hell of it?

Do you have a right to discipline your room mate?

Yes.

No way is it ok to discipline somebody else's child no you do not , unless your looking for your day in court
or being sued

> As long as the discipline doesn't involve physical punishment or physical/verbal
> abuse. Standing in the corner, time outs and grounding are all okay.

Grounding somebody else's child I would say no to this , time outs are ok and standing in the corner you do not
want to end up in court explaining yourself before the Judge
Do not take chances with somebody else's child people are so sensitive over their children

Sometimes but I would talk with the child's parent to establish what they are comfortable with.

> Grounding (taking away a privilege) isn't harmful to a child. I wouldn't
> want to share a home with anyone who thought that was being abusive
> to a child.

Guess not but the way this world is these days people can and will accuse you of most anything , and anything
that they can dish up just a scratch on the child or some kind of bruise that was not there before
Me, I just do not trust anybody and if I had to take care of somebody else's child it is my responsibility what
happens to their child and being in my home or their home still in my care , you cannot let a child out of your sight
for fear of what could happen?

Discipline how? And yeah, if they go through your stuff or whatever. Too vague...

I don't know... you should at least try to be a good influence on the kid.

If possible, I would come to an agreement about discipline with that child's parent or legal guardian before disciplining the child. They may need to back you up, or the child can play you both off against each other.

It depends on whether the parent or guardian of the child has given you permission, and for what kind of discipline. It also depends on how permanent a part of the household you are. I think step-parents and the like need to have some kind of authority with children, but this depends on building a relationship with them and gaining their trust as well. I also don't think anyone, parent, guardian, or otherwise, should be beating the hell outta any kid. A light smack on the bottom every so often is as far as I think physical punishment should go. But things like sending a kid to their room for disobedience or for hurting a child strike me as the kind of thing that you should be able to do if you're the only responsible person there; I mean, even a babysitter is allowed to do that.

The child would be badly influenced if they think they can get away with some things under your nose, but it really is the parent's job. If you don't take over then it's okay if you can bring yourself to do it, especially if you are left with the responsibility.

Only with the permission of the parent. The way I discipline a child is a time out or take away something they like or want.

I don't think it would be appropriate for you to discipline a child in front of its parent unless you were in a longstanding relationship with that parent (i.e. you were essentially the child's step-parent). However, if you were the adult most responsible for their behaviour at that time because the parent was out of the room, then it doesn't seem unreasonable at all.

Not enough information. Do you own the house or are you renting or staying as a house guest? Are you in a relationship with one of the parents of the child? Does the parent ask you to supervise the child in their absence?

I should get more involved with qual, what is with these vague questions? What is disciplining them? Grounding them to their rooms? Or are we talking corporal punishment? Also are they temporary residents or are you responsible for their upbringing? This all matters, if I was “babysitting” I would be a lot more liberal than if I was responsible to make a man or a woman out of them. It would also matter what we are disciplining for, age matters, I would deal with different ages as well! So qualify the question PLEASE!

Not at your age it isn't!

It depends on your relationship with this child and the relationship you have with his/her parents.

If you would answer all the questions that icurok asked then you'd make it easier to answer this.

Of course it's okay, all children need disciplined from time to time. There's a difference between discipline and abuse.

While under your supervision, you need to be able to discipline a child as if he/she was your own. Spanking is even appropriate.

However you must - in advance - explain the "House Rules" and consequences.