Beating is with your fists, like I beat him to a pulp
THEN I read this;
" ... the TMZ Sports story summarizing a doctor's findings that Howard committed child abuse."
And remembered when doctors were asked (or mandated?) to collect data about people that had nothing to do with the flu ... do you have guns in the house/ how often do you masturbate ? etc.
So some doctor used the word and concept of beating, called it child abuse, reported it .... when all the kid got was a lickin'
Unfortunately, lawyers will argue this in Latin instead of English and because no one remembers gettin' a lickin' (it sort'a ended in the fifties .. ), no one will (can) explain it as such
Newspeak will be used to define and explain social engineering rather than explaining a kid got disciplined.
And then there’s a “good lickin’”. That would really hurt.
nope...did not end in fifties..i grew up in seventies and early eighties..my brother and i used to get our ass tore up with the belt...dont see the big deal...there is a difference between abuse and good ole ass whipping from dad...problem is no kids get that good ole ass whipping from dad anymore..and a lot of it is because there is no “dad” to be found anywhere. i may get pounded for this but i do not see a problem with good ole ass whipping to get a kid back in line and make think twice before doing it again. and im not talking about beating toddlers with belts and such that are not old enough to understand what they did wrong. and yes i have two daughters one grown and moved on. one still with us
Mike