Had DHS called on me (1 Viewer)

[gianmarco]

I feel there is major disconnect here between adults pumping their fists saying it's not right to hit a kid. Just because society and the law have made it completely illegal to touch any other adult unless you want to go to jail…that's a completely different topic than spanking a kid.

For some reason this group of self proclaimed geniuses that run amok in here have defined abuse as any physical touching and contact of any kind from top to bottom…what is wrong with you all?

Spanking a child is abuse here in the FFA, do I have that right? I think spanking at certain times and for certain infractions in life is perfectly acceptable and needed to teach children hard lessons. The alternative which no one seems to acknowledge is down the line someone is gonna do it for you.

Take J.Martin for example from the Miami Dolphins, he was coddled his entire life, fancy parents who are lawyers, went to Stanford, probably was disciplined the right way to study, doubt his parents left much choice for him to do anything else but he is treated with kid gloves the whole way, given blue ribbons for pooping at the right time, and always around the best of the best in school. He ends up in the real world for the Miami Dolphins and he couldn't handle it. You can call him soft or whatever but he wasn't taught how to handle those situations and he failed, miserably. Martin was a total failure for the Miami Dolphins and even worse he almost brought the whole team down with him.

And there are more and more of his kind taking up space in Corporate America. And anyone that wants to make another snide comment about my parenting, I can say that I have never spanked my son and likely never will but if I had been more involved with him at a younger age, I'm sure it would have happened a couple times. But he's 14 years old now, we're past that point I think BUT if I thought I had to get his attention…if I thought he was bullying another kid for example I would put a stop to it. If he was not being respectful of a female I would do something to get his attention, not punch him the face but this stuff starts at home. Im not sure you all would like some of the things I do but I don't care, I am responsible for him not you all and being judged here in this place matters little out there.

I don't allow my son to carry a cell phone. Is that child abuse? He is one of the very few who doesn't have one but I don't feel it is necessary. I got along just fine without one growing up. I bet some of you think that is just horrible

you are coming across as beyond dumb right now.

Now?

 

[Clifford]

SO, updating my MOP notebook, had nothing to do with his son at an early age, making up for lost time with overuse of physical discipline, and is considering spanking a viable method when the kid is 14? Also apparently can not distinguish between spanking and punching a child? And Snell seems to be in the clear with DHS? Am I all caught up?

 

[Limp Ditka]

SO, updating my MOP notebook, had nothing to do with his son at an early age, making up for lost time with overuse of physical discipline, and is considering spanking a viable method when the kid is 14? Also apparently can not distinguish between spanking and punching a child? And Snell seems to be in the clear with DHS? Am I all caught up?

I think it's pretty obvious that he lived in, or was at least a frequent visitor to, the Martin household since he knows exactly how Johnathon was raised.

 

[Clifford]

Gotcha. Forgot about the in-depth knowledge of what went wrong with Jonathan Martin. Does it even bear commenting that MOP only finds fault with the person who was being harassed instead of the roid-rage headcase who did the harassing?

 

[Limp Ditka]

And there are more and more of his kind taking up space in Corporate America. And anyone that wants to make another snide comment about my parenting, I can say that I have never spanked my son and likely never will but if I had been more involved with him at a younger age, I'm sure it would have happened a couple times. But he's 14 years old now, we're past that point I think BUT if I thought I had to get his attention…if I thought he was bullying another kid for example I would put a stop to it. If he was not being respectful of a female I would do something to get his attention, not punch him the face but this stuff starts at home. Im not sure you all would like some of the things I do but I don't care, I am responsible for him not you all and being judged here in this place matters little out there.

This is rich.

 

[irish eyes]

Maybe he should have just put little johnny in the corner for a 5 minute time out, and said OK little buddy next time it will be 10 minutes. Then give him a kiss on the forehead and a trophy. People are unbelievable in here, I see so many disrespectful little effing punks running around and I'm sure this is how they are treated.

 

[LinusMarr]

Maybe he should have just put little johnny in the corner for a 5 minute time out, and said OK little buddy next time it will be 10 minutes. Then give him a kiss on the forehead and a trophy. People are unbelievable in here, I see so many disrespectful little effing punks running around and I'm sure this is how they are treated.

Yeah this post rocked!

 

[Henry Ford]

Maybe he should have just put little johnny in the corner for a 5 minute time out, and said OK little buddy next time it will be 10 minutes. Then give him a kiss on the forehead and a trophy. People are unbelievable in here, I see so many disrespectful little effing punks running around and I'm sure this is how they are treated.

Yes, children are substantially more respectful when they come from abusive households.

 

[Henry Ford]

If the little girl spilled the pancake batter in that space between the stove and the counter, I would definitely kick her in the teeth. You know how hard it is to clean in there??

If she bleeds on the floor, she'll get something to really cry about.

Damn right. But you know what? That little girl is all grown up now, and she's gold medal gymnast Mary Lou Retton. I believe I've just given you all something to think about.

Is the abuse what stunted her growth?

 

[KarmaPolice]

i am sure this has been said a few times in here. NOBODY likes bratty undisciplined kids, but laying your hands on your kids has zero to do with it. you can have polite, disciplined without it being physical, so what is the point of going down that road?

 

[Ministry of Pain]

you are coming across as beyond dumb right now.

What does that accomplish? Why don't I just call you a ham flower and we call it a day?

When all else fails just call the other person dumb. It's the FFA way though, put down put down put down when we run out of ways to express our views.

 

[Henry Ford]

you are coming across as beyond dumb right now.

What does that accomplish? Why don't I just call you a ham flower and we call it a day?When all else fails just call the other person dumb. It's the FFA way though, put down put down put down when we run out of ways to express our views.

"What could that accomplish?" Said the guy who wants to boycott establishments in Miami with Spanish speaking employees

 

[matuski]

Holy hell MoP.

 

[gianmarco]

Spanking tactics to exploit/avoid.

 

[TxBuckeye]

That's what I love about FFA threads. Everyone stays level headed and doesn't over-react, leading to well though-out discussion.

 

[Ministry of Pain]

Holy hell MoP.

Spanking tactics to exploit/avoid.

Spoof is a good guy

 

[fatness]

Take J.Martin for example from the Miami Dolphins, he was coddled his entire life, fancy parents who are lawyers, went to Stanford, probably was disciplined the right way to study, doubt his parents left much choice for him to do anything else but he is treated with kid gloves the whole way, given blue ribbons for pooping at the right time, and always around the best of the best in school.