Should Parents Hit Their Children Who Misbehave?
Discipline v. Child Abuse
Spanking, or, “corporal punishment,” has been on my mind as of lately, if you are a parent who spanks you are an “ abusive, sick, power, hungry, monster”, I heard someone say once. But how? If my child went to school and disrespect his/her peers and his teachers he/she will know what is going to happen, I’m not going to try to be their friend to talk it out just so it can happen again. Three years ago there was a lot of misplaced outrage from people who, were talking about the misconduct of professional athletes and they stuffed them in a campaign against child abuse.
I recently watched a video of a kid who not only yelled at his mother but slapped her too and she …show more content…
Why don't the people who are worked up over the fact that Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson was arrested 3 years ago on a felony charge of “child abuse” just examine what happened. According to a police report, Peterson disciplined his son after the boy pushed another one of Peterson's sons off of a motorbike video game. The Vikings running back used a switch (a thin branch or rod used for whipping) to discipline his child. I mean yes, there child did get bruised but it wasn’t his intent to bruise his son but teach what he did wasn’t right(Not that bruising a child is right but it was a side effect). Don’t get me wrong I am against child abuse, that’s a horrible crime to mistreat a child without reason, but if my child was misbehaving in any way they have to know what they did is not ok and they will be …show more content…
So things like disciplining their children, instilling values, influencing behavior and teaching them right from wrong went out the window when they started being friends and not parents. Now the kids run things. These pint size brats of the household tell their parents what to do, instead of the other way around. If mom and dad forget their place, princess will simply throw a few tantrums and scream: " I hate you!". I'm not telling anything you don't already know. If it's not happening in your house, it's happening in your brother's or cousin's or
Discipline v. Child Abuse
Spanking, or, “corporal punishment,” has been on my mind as of lately, if you are a parent who spanks you are an “ abusive, sick, power, hungry, monster”, I heard someone say once. But how? If my child went to school and disrespect his/her peers and his teachers he/she will know what is going to happen, I’m not going to try to be their friend to talk it out just so it can happen again. Three years ago there was a lot of misplaced outrage from people who, were talking about the misconduct of professional athletes and they stuffed them in a campaign against child abuse.
I recently watched a video of a kid who not only yelled at his mother but slapped her too and she …show more content…
Why don't the people who are worked up over the fact that Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson was arrested 3 years ago on a felony charge of “child abuse” just examine what happened. According to a police report, Peterson disciplined his son after the boy pushed another one of Peterson's sons off of a motorbike video game. The Vikings running back used a switch (a thin branch or rod used for whipping) to discipline his child. I mean yes, there child did get bruised but it wasn’t his intent to bruise his son but teach what he did wasn’t right(Not that bruising a child is right but it was a side effect). Don’t get me wrong I am against child abuse, that’s a horrible crime to mistreat a child without reason, but if my child was misbehaving in any way they have to know what they did is not ok and they will be …show more content…
So things like disciplining their children, instilling values, influencing behavior and teaching them right from wrong went out the window when they started being friends and not parents. Now the kids run things. These pint size brats of the household tell their parents what to do, instead of the other way around. If mom and dad forget their place, princess will simply throw a few tantrums and scream: " I hate you!". I'm not telling anything you don't already know. If it's not happening in your house, it's happening in your brother's or cousin's or