You dont hit someone else’s kids, or dogs 
Seriously, hitting makes them more ‘dheet’ (stubborn). I agree desi parents do a piss poor job in teaching some manners, but hitting them is actually part of the problem.
Re: Hitting somebody else’s child
you should have told their mother…you have no right to hit her/him urself…i will not tolerate it if someone would hit my child…i would rather slap him/her back 
…what you did was wrong…one has to be patient with kids…do whatever you want with your own kids but you just “cannot” hit someone else’s kids…very intolerant of you!!!
Re: Hitting somebody else's child
okay guys so here is a question...and 2 scenarios
what if someone's kids are beating up other guests kids, and you have separated them already and they are still going at it, or if they are tearing up your home and u have told their folks and they are not doing anything about it..what then
at what point in time would you ask someone to leave? :)
not inviting them in future is a diff issue, but what do you do then, at that point in time..
Re: Hitting somebody else's child
First scenario happened once in my house, i held the kid by his shoulders, put him next to his dad and told the guy to keep him there. Un loggoN ko itni sharam dilao key khud apney bachey ko marney lagaiN.
Re: Hitting somebody else's child
If the child is a guy and my age in his 20's and he does something to me then why not :p
get some1(can be the host) respected by both parties and feared by the kids to yell at them kids, that usually settles everyone down.
of course that doesn’t work with gorafied kids and their gorafied parents who are too sensitive…
Re: Hitting somebody else’s child
I can’t say that I’ve never been tempted
And to all those parents who say that they would want to be told about their child’s misbehavior to deal with themselves, what if the parents are so blinkered to the child’s mischief and either won’t reprimand their child as they believe that no wrongdoing is taking place or get offended about being told that their little angel is not quite as well behaved as they’d like to believe.
It happens.
Re: Hitting somebody else's child
And also, it may be hard when the mother is your friend (as opposed to the children being freinds from school and u know the parents then), you dont want to reprimand them
And what if you dont have kids of your own--many motehrs may not take it so well being told off by someone with no children.
The entire idea of disciplining someone else's children is just full of mine fields.
Unless it's an extreme situation where the child is causing some type of extreme damage or danger, then I'd stay far, far away from any physical contact. The worst that could happen is that you'd be hauled away on assault/battery charges...the best that could happen is that you tick off the child's parents for life.
It's really hard to restrain yourself when you see blatant misbehavior. But you have to. People tend to blow a gasket if you even blink wrong at their angels. And by people I mean the parents who've taken a vacation in terms of disciplining their children and will smile and say "he's SO active" while junior is running after baby sister with a baseball bat. I'm not talking about the MANY awesome parents and guardians out there who do not accept the slightest breach in good behavior from their kids. A big round of applause to you guys. Back to the topic at hand...don't do it unless it's an extreme situation. Grit your teeth, point it out to the parent, perhaps distract the child with something (a toy or an activity), or even a firm but calm "we don't do that here," and just be patient until the evening is over. And then decide whether you can go through all of that again should you invite the family back again...if you can't, then perhaps it's best not to invite them back or to meet up in a park, a restaurant, or another public place where, perhaps, the parents will be more conscious and watchful of their children.
And don't blame it on the kids. Yes...they are misbehaving. But that's only because nobody set limits for them and showed them HOW to follow the rules.
Re: Hitting somebody else's child
Funky_chicken, you NEVER touch someone else's child. If the child is being unbearable, tell the parents to discipline their child, if they refuse you have two choices:
1) Remove yourself from the situation, ie. leave!
2) If it's your house/place of business, whatever, ask the parents to take their child and leave
We are very conscious of our daughter's behavior and are always watching her like a hawk. With that said, if she was being completely out of line and someone like you came along and laid their hands on my daughter, you would hit the deck before you knew what hit you, I would beat the living daylights out of you and then have you charged with assault. Touching someone else's child is a very dangerous and foolish thing to do because parents will go through incredible lengths to protect their children from a physical threat.
Re: Hitting somebody else's child
ditto to aahmed's entry.
I don't care what my child has done.....you keep your hands off her.
come and tell me and if you don't get the desired result then we can talk about it like adults.
and to answer X2's post.....
I would take the child to the parents and explain what has happened. I would politely but sternly request that they keep the child with them for the duration of the visit.
Re: Hitting somebody else's child
No one touches my child..I touch no one else's child...period...
Now this brings me to another aspect f it...say you live in a combined family with the grandparents....and what if the grandparent hits your child....??...for reasons like the child is crying incessantly when the grandfather wants to sleep or the child broke the grandmom's glasses or something like that....or just say the kid is having a day where he is just not being too behaved etc etc....
what to do in such a situation...???
I have never been in such a situation but I know that if something like this happens I am gonna lose it with the grandparent too...:(