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"My parents beat me - and thank God they did" Opinion piece on Fox.....

My father beat my brother, and now my fathers been stuck in a wheel chair for the past 16 years and the rest of his life.
 
Wow I agree with the writer 110%. There is a difference between spanking and abuse. Parents need to teach their kids that there will be consequences to their actions. It is so looked down upon by society in general now, its no wonder kids are growing up to be entitled brats.
 
I was scared of my father and my son is scared of me, both in a very healthy way. IMHO its very necessary in order to raise a mentally healthy and disciplined child.
 
DesiPower said:
I was scared of my father and my son is scared of me, both in a very healthy way. IMHO its very necessary in order to raise a mentally healthy and disciplined child.
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Yea, my dad thought the same thing. What my brother did wasn't justified, but it seems all men in my family have a history of acting irrationally when someone puts fear into them.
 
Wow, that has to be one of the most horrible articles I've ever read. It's disturbing that people still think this way in 2010.

AFAIK, pretty much every study done on spanking and physical punishment has shown that the cons far outweigh the pros. Feel free to post any study that shows the contrary.

Furthermore, Mr. Crowder seems downright contemptuous of the progress science has made in understanding early stage development self esteem.

But no, the article is 'right on' 🙄
 
Blackjack200 said:
Wow, that has to be one of the most horrible articles I've ever read. It's disturbing that people still think this way in 2010.

AFAIK, pretty much every study done on spanking and physical punishment has shown that the cons far outweigh the pros. Feel free to post any study that shows the contrary.

Furthermore, Mr. Crowder seems downright contemptuous of the progress science has made in understanding early stage development self esteem.

But no, the article is 'right on' 🙄
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You clearly weren't disciplined enough as a child. The article is absolutely, positively correct. Now go fetch me a switch to beat you with!
 
dpodblood said:
Wow I agree with the writer 110%. There is a difference between spanking and abuse. Parents need to teach their kids that there will be consequences to their actions. It is so looked down upon by society in general now, its no wonder kids are growing up to be entitled brats.
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agree as well theres nothing wrong with that article
 
darkxshade said:
beating != spanking

The author of the article should know the difference
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Spanking is a type of beating. What's the distinction?

spidey07 said:
You clearly weren't disciplined enough as a child. The article is absolutely, positively correct. Now go fetch me a switch to beat you with!
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For some reason, this actually reminds me of an chapter in a book about neuroscience that I read. It was about a guy who absolutely got the shit kicked out of him as a child (I know that that's not what the author of the article is advocating) and basically protected himself by learning to enjoy pain. He became a famous masochist and performance artist. Weird shit.
 
Zargon said:
maybe if your parents disciplined you, you wouldnt need a forums help to ask your housemate to stop sleeping on the couch and running up the electric bill?
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Yeah, he would just tell him once and the beat the piss out of him after that. That's the kind of society I want to live in. 🙄
 
Actions and decisions have consequences. A life skill that is severely lacking today in young people and even young adults.

The only way to teach this valuable life lesson is with physical pain. The same way a child who burns his hand when he touches the stove learns to never do it again a nice smack or spank shows the consequences of bad behavior and action.
 
I think the actual spanking/beating isn't really what is important, but it's discipline in general. Children that grow up as brats typically aren't disciplined as children at all (I have some cousins that are like this, mostly because they were children of teenagers...).
 
spidey07 said:
Actions and decisions have consequences. A life skill that is severely lacking today in young people and even young adults.

The only way to teach this valuable life lesson is with physical pain. The same way a child who burns his hand when he touches the stove learns to never do it again a nice smack or spank shows the consequences of bad behavior and action.
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Physical violence?
 
Maybe if you actually taught your children right and wrong, and good morals in general, you wouldn't have to use fear and punishment as a tool. Glad you guys enjoy taking the easy way out though, and putting your kids through that.
 
beating your children is just a coping mechanism for either dumb children or incompetent parenting. usually both.

edit: beaten to the punch (but not the one to your kid's face)
 
spidey07 said:
Actions and decisions have consequences. A life skill that is severely lacking today in young people and even young adults.

The only way to teach this valuable life lesson is with physical pain. The same way a child who burns his hand when he touches the stove learns to never do it again a nice smack or spank shows the consequences of bad behavior and action.
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Children aren't stupid, the spanking isn't a consequence of their behavior. It is a consequence of the parent or authority figure's anger with the child. So it teaches the child that physical violence is an acceptable response to anger.
 
He's right. Today's kids have been brought up into thinking the sun shines out their ass. So many people get into trouble these days because they only think of themselves and their their immediate wants.

My dad has a great story that relates to this. Mid 80s. I was just a baby at the time. He caught some kid wandering in our backyard throwing rocks at the side of our house. We had aluminum siding so you can take a guess at the damage. My dad caught him and chased him off. Kid tripped and fell running away, hurting himself. Went home to his dad claiming his my dad had beaten him, and that's where the injuries came from. The dad then called the cops on mine. My dad was a hockey player. Big guy, played defence, but never hit anyone off the ice. Officer came out, saw the property damage, and said he believed my dad's version. Story ends there thankfully. If it happened today, the idiot would have sued. The punk's father never questioned why his kid was trespassing, throwing rocks at peoples houses, and damaging their property. They never disputed that part of the story. Like so many parents in this era, they just couldn't accept that their "perfect" kid had done something wrong.
 
surfsatwerk said:
Children aren't stupid, the spanking isn't a consequence of their behavior. It is a consequence of the parent or authority figure's anger with the child. So it teaches the child that physical violence is an acceptable response to anger.
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Absolutely wrong. It's not anger, it's corrective action.

You treat a young child like a dog, the minds work exactly the same. Reward good behavior, punish bad. If you do you wind up with a very well behaved and wise adult.
 
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