The NBC mini-series "The Slap" seems to have sparked various discussions on the dishing out of punishments towards other people's children.

In the mini-series, a man gets concerned when his friend's son is seen swinging around a baseball bat during a get together. He warns the child's father about it and the child doesn't listen when his dad tries to reprimand him.

The guy gets furious and charges at the child and grabs him saying to listen whenever an adult speaks to you. The child kicks him so the guy slaps his friend's son across the face.





Here's a clip from the series:

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I was just curious to hear from people here on how they feel about this. My parents' generation were more "hands on" than the parents of today and nobody questioned when someone "put their hands" on a child acting up that wasn't their own.

I also think it's a cultural thing as, from my experience, your background/religion influences what you view as acceptable. I'm not singling anyone out but Italians (my family), Arabs and Asian are more "hands on" w/ dishing out punishments.

Would you like someone (stranger or friend) reprimanding your child when they act up? Has it happened before when your kids were younger? Has it happened to you?