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I'm answering the charge of being a "lax passive submissive parent" because I don't slap my kids. Don't assume I don't know what its like to have a difficult, stubborn, hard headed child.
This is criticism .....
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Originally Posted by Magritte25
No but I feel if she had a modicum of authority she wouldn't have had to resort to slapping him around.
Still, chasing a kid down and slapping him around is hardly setting an example of wonderful parenting. It was violent, reactionary and humiliating for the son.
Good.
That's just what he needed.
I trust a good whipping with a belt took place when she got him home.
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It also says a heck of a lot about the situation in Baltimore that the reason she desperate was that she feared he would be murdered by police. But I won't go there on this thread.
Or maybe she recognized her son for what he was: a juvenile delinquent who was participating in rioting that included throwing rocks and bottles at the police, burning down stores and homes, looting and other mayhem.
An interesting side-note: her other five children are female and one of them is in the police academy...
Last edited by dechatelet; 04-29-2015 at 10:31 PM..
If one of my kids deliberately put themselves in danger by doing something so stupid, you can bet I'd be the one smacking them around and telling them to get their @#$% home! This wasn't an "oh, let's sit down quietly and talk about this" moment. Her methods were effective; she got him out of there. He obviously respects her, so she must have done something right.
What do you think she should have done in THIS scenario, when her kid was already out rioting?
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