Would you beat your kids with a switch?

[rcpratt]

What did you find condescending about it? And what word would you recommend a non-American English speaker should use to refer to a word that was created and used by

It's quite condescending. They're different languages, get over it. I don't walk up to every Brit I see when I'm in London and say "ah, Britishism..."

Although I agree its a dumb word.

 

[SandEagle]

if more kids got their ass whooped, we'd be a more civilized society. letting your kids run around like wild hyenas only allows them to grow up and be wild hyenas.

 

[lxskllr]

It's quite condescending. They're different languages, get over it. I don't walk up to every Brit I see when I'm in London and say "ah, Britishism..."

Although I agree its a dumb word.

There isn't anything derogatory about calling something a "*ism". It states where it came from, and if one cares to analyze it further, interesting insight to a culture or time can many times be derived from a word.

 

[waggy]

My mother favored spatulas and hot wheel tracks.

wooden spoons..oh god.


I am all for a spanking. i have done that to my 2 kids a total of maybe 5 times.

but a weapon? no. that crosses the line. To break the skin? oh fuck no.

 

[Crono]

There isn't anything derogatory about calling something a "*ism". It states where it came from, and if one cares to analyze it further, interesting insight to a culture or time can many times be derived from a word.

I agree. You'll hear about "Americanisms" from time to time in English foreign media, and it doesn't strike me as offensive in the least. There are many words in the English language or characteristics that are particular to a country, and it's just more efficient to categorize that with the suffix "-ism" than to say, "it's a word or practice more common in that country".

 

[Stopsignhank]

I raised two kids and swatted one of them on the behind once. My now 20 year old daughter last week told me how she remembered how I would stop the car and give her a time out on the side of the road and how embarrassing that was. I guess it must have worked because it sure made an impression on her.

 

[rcpratt]

Feigning dumb for three sentences and then going "ah, Americanism" is condescending. The phrase alone isn't.

 

[Crono]

Feigning dumb for three sentences and then going "ah, Americanism" is condescending. The phrase alone isn't.

If that's what he did, then I would agree.

 

[Rakehellion]

I beat my kids with this.

 

[Crono]

I beat my kids with this.

Good. Impart the fear of Linksys in 'em.

 

[SithSolo1]

When I was younger I got "whipped" on my bottom with my fair share of the following:

Pretty much any object nearby that would sting like the dickens but wouldn't bruise or draw blood

Or a bare hand


Back then it was called spanking and I probably deserved 98% of it. I don't condone hitting your child so hard they bleed or leaving them bruised and battered but a few red welts every now and then never killed anybody.

 

[QueBert]

My mom signed a form giving the principle of my elementary school the okay to pull down my pants in front of other students and paddle me. Now parents can't even do this to their own kids. Sad sad sad. And LOL to JMapleton for his take here, I hope he was trolling. "talking" to me instead of spanking? Maybe we should talk to terrorists and give them a time out when they do something bad. Sometimes violence is the only answer.

 

[ThinClient]

I'm only down with spanking if the girl is really really hot.

 

[mikeymikec]

Feigning dumb for three sentences and then going "ah, Americanism" is condescending. The phrase alone isn't.

"feigning dumb"?

Someone used a word I didn't know. Initially I asked, then wrote the rest of the post, then after posting I thought I'd research it myself, found the answer, then I edited my post.

 

[notposting]

Love the morons that don't read articles.

Spanking/mild physical discipline is one thing.

Beating the shit out of a 4 YEAR OLD until he is bleeding, welted, threatening to punch him in the face, striking him in the junk because you can't control your strikes. Fuck you/him/her/whomever. That's not being a father, or a parent. That's being a complete failure as one.

/sitting at the table with my 4 year old and 1 year old right now.

 

[Hacp]

Good for peterson. He is teaching his children right. Don't get in trouble or you'll get a whopping. When the kid is grown at age 17-18, he won't dare be on the wrong side of the law or else he will be facing his father's whooping.

 

[Miramonti]

I'm not down with this but also, as Peterson is a first time offender (assumption), I'm not in favor of a harsh punishment for him.

 

[Mai72]

 

[waggy]

I don't give a fuck if he is a first time offender.

Love the morons that don't read articles.

Spanking/mild physical discipline is one thing.

Beating the shit out of a 4 YEAR OLD until he is bleeding, welted, threatening to punch him in the face, striking him in the junk because you can't control your strikes. Fuck you/him/her/whomever. That's not being a father, or a parent. That's being a complete failure as one.

/sitting at the table with my 4 year old and 1 year old right now.

a spanking is one thing. Hitting the kid so hard he is bleeding and welts is another. that is assault.

This was a 4 yr old child a huge strong man had to go get a weapon to discipline. There is nothing ok about this.

 

[Hacp]

I don't give a fuck if he is a first time offender.



a spanking is one thing. Hitting the kid so hard he is bleeding and welts is another. that is assault.

This was a 4 yr old child a huge strong man had to go get a weapon to discipline. There is nothing ok about this.

Its 100% OK. That child has learned this lesson. Stealing is bad and he won't be stealing anymore. I'm proud of "All Day" for having great parenting skills and being there for his kids.

 

[futurefields]

kids are so empowered by todays society, a lot of little boys show zero fear when a grown man gets in their face, because they are used to their daddy never laying a finger on them

its sort of like how a woman will beat the hell out of a dude knowing the double standard the law has, and how she'll basically get away with it

this is not a mans world....

 

[Childs]

I beat my kids with this.

You don't beat your kids with that. You use it on your coworkers.

My mom signed a form giving the principle of my elementary school the okay to pull down my pants in front of other students and paddle me. Now parents can't even do this to their own kids. Sad sad sad. And LOL to JMapleton for his take here, I hope he was trolling. "talking" to me instead of spanking? Maybe we should talk to terrorists and give them a time out when they do something bad. Sometimes violence is the only answer.

hahaha the paddle. I was never hit with one, but I've seen it in a principals office. He had on a shelf like a trophy. I wonder who was the dude who first thought a miniature oar was the perfect thing to beat kids with. Probably started out with a full sized one, then thought "if this was shorter I'd have more control." hahaha Funny to think how much things have changed. Teachers and nuns don't use rulers any more either. Its probably a lost art for kids to straddle that line between doing something fun and getting beat for it.

 

[John Connor]

My mom signed a form giving the principle of my elementary school the okay to pull down my pants in front of other students and paddle me. Now parents can't even do this to their own kids. Sad sad sad. And LOL to JMapleton for his take here, I hope he was trolling. "talking" to me instead of spanking? Maybe we should talk to terrorists and give them a time out when they do something bad. Sometimes violence is the only answer.

Your actually going to compare a child to a murdering, head cutting off terrorist? Stupidity doesn't even come close.

 

[Puppies04]

With the latest NFL crap with Adrian Peterson. I had posted about it on Facebook and my cousin said something to the effect that all he did was disciple his kid. Well, I said it was child abuse and it's used as corporal punishment. Just look at this shit. http://blacksportsonline.com/home/20...itch-spanking/

Does he think he is Jesus?

 

[John Connor]

Damn auto correct. I'm sure you had your smartphone moments?