Emo Kid Slaps Mom and Gets Away With It!

[2Big4a3Series]

I probably went too far too soon by calling him EMO right now. But give him about 3 to 4 years (when Dr. Phil has an update show) and you will know who he is.

[TwoJ's]

while i agree that this kid needs some stern and solid discipline, you guys should know that some of the rules that are in place are there because they are needed to keep kids safe. yeas i don't think its a crime to give your kid a slap on the ass or the back of the head, but i know a few kids who got a lot worse then that and never did anything to deserve it. beat down with a hockey stick, say no more say no more.

While I agree with you that the rules that are in place are good, they sure as hell are not effective. I am a privately contracted stenographer and I mostly deal with Child Protective Services. I hear children interviewed every day, and you would be amazed with some of the shit that parents can get away with. In WA a parent cat hit their child anywhere with anything so long as they don't leave any kind of bruising. Even if the child calls the police, the cops will come to the house and tell the parents that what they are doing is just fine if there's no marks left.

That being said, I do believe that physical discipline is a good thing. As long as it is not taken too far, it is definitely fine with me.

And that kind in the video is going to grow up to be a piece of whiney shit. When I mouthed off, all my mother had to do was give me an evil look and I would step back in line.

[Jand3rson]

In WA a parent cat hit their child anywhere with anything so long as they don't leave any kind of bruising. Even if the child calls the police, the cops will come to the house and tell the parents that what they are doing is just fine if there's no marks left.

That's fucking horseshit. So a parent can smash their kid in the head, and as long as there's not a bruise or a mark (you wouldn't be able to see one under their hair), they get away with it, huh? Wonderful state you guys live in. I hear the legal age of consent is also 16?

People who didn't have to endure physical abuse as children don't have any idea what it was like, and like to hold onto bullshit laws and regulations like they're actually accomplishing something.

[parkerbink]

That kid did that because he knows his Mom will do nothing. IMHO she needed to immediately do something. I am not saying beat him I am saying something that lets him know he is 100% wrong and not getting away with his behavior.

[TwoJ's]

That's fucking horseshit. So a parent can smash their kid in the head, and as long as there's not a bruise or a mark (you wouldn't be able to see one under their hair), they get away with it, huh? Wonderful state you guys live in. I hear the legal age of consent is also 16?

People who didn't have to endure physical abuse as children don't have any idea what it was like, and like to hold onto bullshit laws and regulations like they're actually accomplishing something.

Give me a break. The law is the same in the space between the Washington and California. And yes, the age of consent is 16, but do you even know what that means? Sounds like you don't, so go ahead and look that up before babbling about it.

Come off your high horse man. I listen to the shit all of the time. The law is not bullshit. Are you saying that parents shouldn't spank their kids? What should the law be then? Only spank with 15 Newtons of force, and no more? It is too blurry to make any kind of better law. The problem isn't with the laws, it's with the interpretation and the parents.

[SpecM]

-There's a fine line, guys...

... and I still wouldn't be able to sit down to this day if I ever did that to my parents...

[Jand3rson]

Give me a break. The law is the same in the space between the Washington and California. And yes, the age of consent is 16, but do you even know what that means? Sounds like you don't, so go ahead and look that up before babbling about it.

Come off your high horse man. I listen to the shit all of the time. The law is not bullshit. Are you saying that parents shouldn't spank their kids? What should the law be then? Only spank with 15 Newtons of force, and no more? It is too blurry to make any kind of better law. The problem isn't with the laws, it's with the interpretation and the parents.

Right, sounds like you've got it all figured out, anway. There's no better way to enforce or regulate it, so let's just make a vague guideline, and leave it at that. Sounds like a fine way to run things. I do apologize for making the slight against Washington, it was unecessary.

Hitting a child without leaving a mark may not cause them much physical injury on the outside, but that doesn't stop it from causing other damages, ones that might not appear until much later in life, at very inconvenient times. I don't agree with discipline and maintaining good behavoir out of fear of physical violence or pain, regardless of how moderate or "non-bruising" it might be.

That being said, I never said parents shouldn't spank their kids. Will I spank mine? No. Do I object to other people doing it? Moderately, but that's my own feeling. I'm not going to tell people how to raise and discipline their children. And if I'm on any kind of horse, it isn't a high one. I never claimed to be some kind of spokesperson for child abuse, nor am I telling anyone what to do. I'm stating my feelings on the matter. If the only way you choose to interpret that is thinking that I'm some self-righteous fundamentalist that thinks everyone has to do everything according to the to-the-letter rules, that's your problem. The method in which you chose to respond to me shows pretty clearly the manner in which you choose to interact with people that disagree with you.

[TwoJ's]

No, I don't reply like that to people that disagree respectfully. But how do you expect someone to react when you have the tone that your reply had? I am all for intelligent discussion. People disagree with me all of the time, and i don't have a problem with that. If you choose to do so in a rude manner, I will send it right back to you. It's really simple.

[DCColegrove]

I've always been amazed at parents that wonder why their kids are fucked up...

Answer is always the same...Children learn by example.

[parkerbink]

I was discussing this with my Wife and realized something, this must have been the dialed back version of this kid.

He had to know he was being filmed and that Dr. Phil would be discussing his behavior later. That's scary.

[e30e]

I was discussing this with my Wife and realized something, this must have been the dialed back version of this kid.

He had to know he was being filmed and that Dr. Phil would be discussing his behavior later. That's scary.

Exactly listen to how he talks to her, he either has done this a million times with his mom OR he's acting. Either way the kid is a punk and going to be another member of this society that is leading our culture and country down the drain.

As a parent of a young daughter I don't ever want to be spoken to like that or treated like that but at the same time as a parent I understand that children learn that behavior from someone. I hope that in that situation I as a parent both show that is not the correct behavior AND teach them that is not right.

[lowlightbw]

in AL we were paddled in school until highschool, which started for me in 98. i think physical discipline can be beneficial, but cant be done in anger. if you look to nature as an example, it happens all the time. i got the shit beat out of me when i was a kid and i turned out gr8t!!!!!

[2Big4a3Series]

People disagree with me all of the time, and i don't have a problem with that. If you choose to do so in a rude manner, I will send it right back to you.

Being rude to someone is a very immature way of responding to a disagreement even if you felt that the other person was unjustly rude to you.

i think physical discipline can be beneficial, but cant be done in anger.

I was disiplined physically growing up and one thing that I remember was that my dad's anger level never seemed to translate into the severity of the belt beating. I would stand there expecting 15+ swats only to be hit 3 or 4 times. But I would have to say that his anger gave me a healthy fear of my parents' authority.

I attribute much of my scholastic success to my dad's threats of giving me a beating in front of the entire school during an assembly if I ever came home with bad grades. And I think this level of "fear" kept me out of most trouble let alone me ever thinking that I could rise up against my parents and tell them to shut up.