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Originally Posted by Hemi-Cuda
it's quite simple, not enough parents these days beat their kids. if i ever did something bad enough to warrant an ass whuppin, i sure as hell never did it again. if i was rude or inconsiderate as a kid, a slap up the head put me in line real quick. but now we have kids growing up who never have a reason to fear authority because their parents refuse to discipline them and they become jackasses
so please, like Russell Peters says, just beat your kids
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I couldn't agree more.
When I was doing something wrong, my parents would let me know. Failure to comply meant a lickin'... As such, by the time I was around 7 or 8, I understood when I was in trouble, how to behave in public, and how to speak to people - kids and adults - with respect.
I see kids at the mall, disrupting all hell and screaming "I want it!" and their parents are trying to reason with them! It makes no sense... children are not adults, and lack the requisite mental capacity to engage and follow reason. That doesn't mean you spank them every time they yell, or spank them in public.... it means you teach them to listen to you when you talk to them and tell them something, and if they don't want to follow the rules they get spanked! When I started acting up at the mall my father would give me "that look", and I would stop whatever sh*t I was doing instantly. We definitely don't have that anymore in this society, and it's a shame.
And, as an addendum, I should say that I harbor no ill-feelings towards my parents. The notion that all they were doing is instilling fear in me is completely and totally bunk. They managed to instill in me a wicked anti-authoritarian streak in me (of which I'm pretty proud), but also ensured that I would be respectful and polite to people and treat them as I'd like to be treated. They spanked me, and I'm glad they did. I respect them for it, and appreciate them caring enough to do it.