27-year-old man arrested for kicking 5-year-old son

Wow, wonderful discipline method, not.

I want all the posters who immediately jump to the defense of a woman for the same kind of violence against their child on here, right now, talking about how 'it's society's fault', and 'there are no tools available for her to deal with stress', etc.

OR, you could simply admit that there are psychos of both genders who need no reason more than they are psychos, and horrible parents, who should be locked up for abuse. Period. This guy is a prime example.

I raised my granddaughter for several years. Whenever I had to discipline her I always started like this..."Rena, you know I love you very much, but..." I never laid a finger on her, and barely changed the tone of my voice. By the time I was done talking, she'd want me to hold her. I never felt the need to kick her in the head. What a moron that guy is.

Oh, yes! Another master disciplinarian! Kick your kid in the face for discipline! That's just perfect! How would you feel if your boss did it to you for being five minutes late? What is wrong with these peopel? Seriously! So, in their ultimate wisdom they consider, kicking, punching, burning, scalding, locking kids on the balcony and starvation to be discipline? How about a bit of self-discipline from these so-called 'adults'?

That's good on the daycare centre to protect the child and take quick action against this guy

A Big kid bulling his own kid, lovely.

Why is that considered okay? This guy needs to be kicked in the head.

Who considers it okay?? That he's been reported, arrested and had his son taken away suggests that it's quite rightly NOT okay!

@ADK99: The father considered okay to punish his kid like that, that is what it totally not understandable

Another jerkoff child beater!

I just observed that some Japanese parents spank their kids even in public places like malls and markets, simple hits on the head!! What more when they are in their homes?? Kicking kids on face!! Gunma is in the news nowadays

It's unfortunate and very sad. Parents who behave like that were likely abused themselves. I think it's necessary that children are raised by communities rather than 2 parents. In this way children will benefit the most. My parents were not perfect, so I had to learn how to be better from other families. I guess this father and others like him have no other methods of discipline. Of course I am angry and want to attack him... It's useless though.

Japanese government should run reformation camps for people like Kenta Fukushima where such persons should be given proper training as to how they have to conduct themselves in family and society. Such initiative will certainly vastly improve irrational behaviour of such people.

My little boy is 5 and such a sweet gentle little thing. Just the very thought of a little boy like him being kicked like that makes my blood run cold. Going to give him a big hug right now.....

"Oh, yes! Another master disciplinarian! Kick your kid in the face for discipline! " Probably like many, latent or active; suffering from post traumatic ordinance disorder.

It's plain and simple children are people and they have the right to protection of their physical integrity. There are positive ways of relating to children. But not by kicking or hitting children which teaches them to become hitters themselves. Parents have a responsibility to set an example of empathy and wisdom. Negative punishment distracts the child from learning how to resolve conflict in an effective and humane way and also interferes with the bond between parent and child. Also negative punishment can escalate to more frequent and dangerous actions against the child. In the end it is not human nature to feel loving toward someone who hurts us.