MrNathanDrake
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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.Holy crap. That's a lot worse than it seemed based on the pictures.
By the way, switches don't "wrap"; only flexible things like belts or whips do. I suspect Peterson of using more than one harsh instrument to hit the kid with.
I got the belt once when I got caught shoplifting at age 10, but it was one or two hits over my clothes and not at full strength. My father still feels guilty about it to this day.
Idiotic on multiple levels:
1) What does that teach the child? "Don't do something because I'm going to get hit". It should be about "Don't do something because it is WRONG".
2) You trust EVERY PARENT just because they are a parent? What if the parent is a complete psychopath? They have the right to hit their kid just because they procreated?
3) Ground the kid. Take away their electronics. How about TALK to the kid? (unless the parent is a complete imbecile and doesn't know how to mold their own child with his/her words or example).
Resorting to force against a small child is done because of the absence of a working brain.
In no way do I support lack of discipline. My kids get away with NOTHING. They know that if they step out of line they are going to lose something they want. If that doesn't do it, they know that dad is going to embarrass them by showing off my cool dance moves in front of their friends.
I never have to lay a hand on them.
Unfortunate, but so true.Eh, it's the internet. Every online community has a token handful of people who will defend literally any action.
Wrong. He has been charged. That's what an indictment is.
too bad. i wanted to see our defense tested against the best
When I was very little, I thought it would be hilarious to use a pretty bad curse word on my mom. My dad spanked me. That did zilch except create resentment that went away within hours. What stays with me right to this day, is the look on my mom's face when I dropped that bomb. Ive never forgotten it.
Physical force doesn't teach. A parent's love and example does.
Congratulations! Here's your 1-Year No Child Abuse chip.My dad used to spank me and every once in awhile when we were really bad he had a belt he called bite biter. I never felt abused and I grew up to be respectful and understand breaking rules have consequences. I have a 6 year old now that I used to smack on the butt to get his attention so I believe that sometimes you do have to resort to physical with very young children. That said I have not smacked my son in over a year as he is now old enough to talk to and if those pictures are legit what AP did is so above and beyond I am sick to my stomach.
Patterson?Who is their back up
I defend what I feel I need to stand up for.I think you need to relax. Realize that people make jokes and not every "insult" needs to be defended against or responded to.
EDIT:
Smessy made a sarcastic joke about the "calmer times" in the NFL when we only had to deal with the media frenzy over Michael Sam.
I made a reference to that other big media frenzy, Tim Tebow.
Combine these two. Exponentially multiply them and the humor is in us imagining the nightmare the media would become if these two topics somehow got magically combined into one.
imagine what those wounds looked like before they had a chance to heal up.
It is 2014. Not the 1980s. I am sure all our parents disciplined us back in the day that was acceptable then that isn't today. I hoped we have evolved as a society that disciplining a child by hitting him with an object is considered unacceptable and illegal.
that's your experience. other's have a different experience with their dad and may feel they are better people for it today. The world doesn't have to follow your lead just because it didn't work for you.