In dire need of a life-changing beating!!!!

[DynamiteRave]

Originally Posted by saden1

I say put the little bastard on a natural diet of no food for a week and beating exercise. Psychological impact or not, this kid is going down the shitter if he isn't straightened out ASAP. If nothing is done he'll be doing more "hood rat stuff with my friend" in the near future.

Oh no, I totally agree that this particular kid needs a beating. And I don't think him watching his parents beat each other was doing any good in his life either. Many kids who watch their parents abuse each other, grow up to be abusers themselves. Case and point.

But I'm more so arguing against beating a kid over petty shit. I mean I see kids get dragged around by their parents and hit in the face and stuff. And I'm not talking 7 or 8 year olds, I'm mean way younger than that. 2 or 3 or 4 year olds. I'm like come on man, that's a fucking baby, they don't know better. Or yelling at a kid for whining. I mean if they're 9 or 10, they can get away with a little whining but not excessively. But if they're 4 or 5, screaming at your kid for whining I think is fucked up.

I've seen kids get hit for asking, "Why?" Maybe I'm a little radical, but I feel like a kid has the right to ask why. And "because I said so" doesn't exactly fly with me. If I'm gonna punish my kid, I will have a valid reason, and if they wanna know, then I'll tell them and if they don't like it? Well, I guess that's tough.