Posted on 06/15/2011 3:21:35 PM PDT by Paleo Conservative
I am curious, you didn’t answer the question as to whether you have kids.
I smacked my kids on the bottom at 2, my grandson who is 2 got a spanking the other day, sometimes he gets time out - depends on the severity of what he’s done. Fortunately they are raising their kids properly and we go out to eat and they don’t bother other people. Not saying he’s a perfect dinner companion but he’s not disruptive. He wiggles and squiggles.
But the drumsticks are so delicious!
Spanking a nearly two year-old is an entirely apropriate method of disclipline.
How about rug rats and ankle biters? Is that acceptable?
On this, at least, we fully agree.
This guy will probably be letting REAL criminals go, he's so full of PC crap.
"You don't deport undocumented immigrants today," said Liberal, "in the old days, maybe you sent them back after the growing season, but there was a different era. You don't deport immigrants. You understand, boy?"
"You don't punish Holder's people today," said Liberal, "in the old days, maybe they got punished, but that was racist. You don't punish minorities. You understand, bo-yuh?"
"You don't punish Muslim terrorists today," said Liberal, "in the old days, Obama (peace be upon him!) killed Osama bin Laden, but that was to help his re-election campaign. You don't frisk Muslims, just buxom blondes. And you promote people with "Soldier of Allah" on their business card so they can massacre our unarmed troops at Ft. Hood. You understand, bo-yuh?"
NO cheers, unfortunately.
When my four siblings and I used to swarm our dad when he came home from work, he would feign fear and say "Help! Help! It's the Brat-Like Creatures from the Deep Lagoon!"
He also used to refer to us that way when rounding us up to go somewhere: "Come on, Brat-Like Creatures from the Deep Lagoon!"
Oh, and we got swatted every now and then if we crossed those boundaries our parents set.
I guess it's a wonder any of us turned out OK. ;-)
“People who take two year olds to restaurants and expect them to be quiet are sadistic idiots. “
Speak for your own kids, please.
But with the growth of the bureaucracy, it had to justify its budget every year, and it had to spend the budget it had earned in past years.
Besides, with endless liberal advocacy groups, social services, specialists in childhood emotional development, recovered memories, federal grants for social work for "at-risk" kids or for foster parents, there was *TREMENDOUS* pressure to pull more kids into the system to keep the federal dollars flowing.
Not to mention the Wenatchee and similar "organized child abuse" rings; or the allegations of sexual abuse in divorce.
Fortunately, with the impending bankruptcy of the government, it looks like a lot of the bullsh!t will grind to a halt.
NO cheers, unfortunately.
““You don’t spank children today,” said Longoria, “in the old days, maybe we got spanked, but there was a different quarrel. You don’t spank children. You understand?””
I had a problem with this too. Under what authority can this IDIOT judge make this claim? Certainly not under Texas law.
Are you serious?
If your child is accustomed to sitting at a quiet dinner table every night there is no problem.
Not based on the squib from the AG’s office.
The problem is that she plead. VERY hard to shift that “knowing” waiver of one’s right to a trial. I -hate- plea bargains!
“Through most of human history, parents cared for their two year olds. Round the clock. And they loved it. Now, they pop ‘em out, throw ‘em into daycare, and expect them to be perfect. Parents in America are mostly selfish brats and a lot of people on FR are too, it seems. IMHO this all started in 1973!”
After blasting you a bunch...I actually agree with most of this. A LOT of FReepers STILL send their kids to public schools (even after everything that’s been posted here), and that just makes your point.
“This parent, who left noticeable red marks, probably went well beyond what most parents regard as “spanking,” namely a few open-palmed swats to a doubly-clothed tuchus.”
If it doesn’t leave marks it isn’t a spanking and any parent that doesn’t spank their kids need to be jailed!
Oh, get real. Where do you people come from? Do you even have children? If so I hope I never have the misfortune of being anywhere around your two year old.
I have seen the damage done to young children by parents who feel like any corporal punishment is wrong, but psychological manipulation and making excuses for their behavior is OK.
“A baby is a “little twerp”?”
Curtain climbing rug rodent!
When I was little, my Dad would pretend to spit on his hand and warm up to give me “a lickin’”. It was all great fun. Like your Dad.
I'd forgotten that. Now, I'm sad. But, thanks for the memory!
On Monday I met someone who wants to run for the Republican nomination against that judge.
That sounds like a fortuitous coincidence. Is this current guy a Dem and typically liberal-minded like this? I usually don’t know anything about the judges on the ballot so I skip voting on them. I’d rather do that than take the 50/50 coin toss approach.
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