So AD pleaded no contest for switching his kid. There's still no answers. And I think the law in Texas basically copped out. Is it legal or illegal to take a switch to your kid?
And don't bring up that picture that made it all over social media either. there's no way to administer a 'whoopin' on a kid with a switch without leaving those marks. Believe me, I KNOW from firsthand experience. Or maybe firstass experience is a better way to put it. By the way, I also got bustings in school with a wooden paddle that left big bruises across my legs and ass cheeks too. Is that against the law now too?
I think what shocks me the most is how shocked so many people claim to be. You'd have to lead a pretty sheltered life to not know that any kids who grew up with 'strict' parents got their asses whipped with belts, wooden spoons, switches, paddles, or whatever was handy. My grandpa whipped my ass with a razor strop when I was THREE. Was it abuse? Fuck no.
I've said before, I didn't whip my own kids because I don't believe it makes that much more difference in how you deliver punishment. My kids lost privileges, got lectured, and got their feelings hurt. My eldest son took a swing at me once when I punished him for stealing something from a Walmart and he got boxed upside the ears with an open hand. I challenged my old man once too. Once was all it took. My old man (my step Dad) used to beat me like there was no tomorrow and left much more horrible marks on me than what AD's kid got and that's probably why I knew it did more harm than good. I also left home at 17 and was gone for three years with no contact with my parents at all after the last one. That was as close to abuse as I'll claim to have suffered, and yeah I suffered.
I'm not lobbying for people to whip their kids. But I am lobbying for people to mind their own business. I don't believe getting whippings permanently scars kids just like I don't believe they do much good either. It's not the law's business until a line has been crossed. I guess that's the grey area that I myself don't understand where it is. We say we don't want a nanny state. And yet we let this busybody shit go on.
Whaddayouthink?
BKB