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skyeyes
In the article, the man offering the free ass-whoopin's says something that I think is so wise - that children need to have a little fear of their parents. If more children were afraid of pushing Mom and Dad too far over the edge, we wouldn't have the public behavior from kids that we have today.
That's a good point, especially since kids having no fear of parents usually also means they have no fear of authority in general. Parents are the very first authority figures in their kids' lives, and while I don't think they should be terrified of them, they should have some level of fear instilled in them so they know that they'll get punished when they fuck up. Kids are morons, but they're not so brain dead that they can't take a second and go, "Is this shit I'm about to do worth the beating I'll get later?"
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...behavior problems arise when parents allow children too much freedom, including excessive video game use, and view them as “friends.”
Spot on, dude. The current generation of parents keeps on doing this shit where they think everything about how their parents raised them was wrong, what with all their boundaries and spankings and what-not. So parents now are making up for it by doing the exact opposite: being their kids' BFFs and letting them do whatever the hell they want. Why? Because that's what these parents wanted out of their own childhoods and they still resent their parents for enforcing rules. Because that's a healthy attitude to have.
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According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, while discipline is a “vital part of good parenting,” physical punishment should be avoided. Per the website, “That only teaches aggressive behavior and becomes ineffective if used often.
While this part sort of smells a little like gentle discipline horse shit, the bold part is the important part. If you just beat your kid at every possible moment, it's gonna fuck them up. Animals that are kicked around constantly often become very aggressive, so it's no surprise that the same could happen with a kid. But smacking them around a little when they misbehave will make a fast, effective point. People seem to think there are only two extremes - no punishment and straight-up beating to a pulp - and no middle ground.
But honestly, good on this guy. There are a lot of kids who need their asses beaten and their parents are too pussified to do it themselves. I realize he's joking (probably), but imagine all the crime, shootings, murders, rapes, and robberies that could be prevented if more parents just introduced a paddle to their brats' asses now and then.