Local Deputy response to Mom slapping kid. (funny)

[EX121]

So one of our local Deputies responded to a 911 hang-up. At the house was a Mom & an 8 y/o boy. When He asked the Mom what happend she said she had taken a pocketknife away from her son because he had cut up some of his sisters clothes. When she took it away he called her a ***** b*&^^ and with out thinking she had slapped his face. The Deputies response was "of course you did". He then talked to the kid and explained that if he said that to most any woman he could expect the same response.
Overall case closed.
Just thought it was a bit funny.

[RunAndGun]

I'm glad in your neck of the woods it is still legal to spank your kids! Thank God it still is in my AO as well.

[monkeybird]

The real story is that an eight year old was destructive enough to rip up his sisters clothing. Another question is how any child has the nerve to speak such a way to their mother. NEVER would my son have spoken to me like that. This is a primary example of what's wrong with our society. Our children are ruling the family, not the parents.

In Panama City Beach a few years ago, a divorced minister had an argument with his daughter who was spending the summer with him. The daughter, dressed up in a risque manner, demanded to go out. Her father refused. She called him a F#### B#####. That's when he slapped her. She called her mother who called HRS. The father went to jail!!

The absurdity of this is obvious. It also tragic. Children know all they have to do is call HRS if their parents don't follow their personal agenda.

[RunAndGun]

That is sad but all of it is true. I don't know how things are in Florida, but it also illustrates why one needs to know the law even when it pertains to your own children.

When my 15 year old son had been brain washed by his "Father" to believe that he did not have to listen to me or follow my instructions, and that it was acceptable to visit violence upon me, it all worked out in the end.

In the Texas Penal Code, there is a whole section affirming parents (and guardians) rights to discipline their children. However, it is also policy, if not State Law, in my AO that in any domestic violence issue the perpetrator will automatically be arrested and incarcerated. When parents are faced with this unprepared, allot of times the parent ends up volunteering as the perp to keep the child from going to jail. Not saying thats what happened in the case with the minister's case, but it happens allot.

I knew this and was prepared for it. After I showed my 15 year old the error in hitting me he tried to call the police. I explained to him that if he did HE would be going to jail that night as HE was the perp in this attack and I was within my rights as a parent. This is the ugly truth folks. As they say, fo rwarned is for armed.

[WiseOwl]

I popped my boys tail in Publix one day and you should have seen the looks I got. I just knew Johnny 5 was going to be waiting on me outside. I gave the look back to everyone like " I wish somebody would".

I was whooped in public with a belt as a child and that was in the early to mid 80's. I hate that liberals have taken thought out our lives......

[TyrannyUnleashed]

This is all a load of crud.
Even Fox News (New Mainstream Media, and not worth watching anymore), had a story on spanking kids today.
Below is the link...

http://www.foxnews.com/health/2012/0...ssion-in-kids/

[MustangGal]

I don't spank my son. Not because I am against spanking, but other things work so much better. He heard some kid smart off to his mother in the store the other day and he was so shocked! He didn't know kids were allowed to do that, 'cause at our house they aren't.

For some kids, spanking works great - it did for me.

[BillM]

I am always amazed when sociaty decides that the last generation of parents is so smart that they can dispence with thousands of years of child raiseing experiance by totaly banning corperal punishment.

Spare the rod and spoil the child .

There is a marked diffrence between a good spanking and a beating.

[MustangGal]

I am always amazed when sociaty decides that the last generation of parents is so smart that they can dispence with thousands of years of child raiseing experiance by totaly banning corperal punishment.

Spare the rod and spoil the child .

There is a marked diffrence between a good spanking and a beating.

I hope that wasn't directed at me. If so, it would be the ultimate foolishness to use an ineffective punishment, simply for the sake of historical continuity.

[brokedownbiker]

Amen, BillM.

Corporal punishment is ineffective if used excessively, or for the wrong reasons. It is a parenting tool, but like all tools it has specific uses- you wouldn't try to use a screwdriver to drive a nail, right? If it is the only method of punishment you use, you're doing it wrong, period. It was used as needed by my parents (and later by me when I had kids), but only for behavior that warranted it, i.e. overstepping clearly defined boundaries or blatant disrespect. Remember, parenting is an art, not a science; what works for you is not the ONLY answer, it is your answer. I'm not advocating anybody spank their children if they choose not to, but don't automatically disregard parenting methods that have, indeed, proven effective throughout history.

[MustangGal]

Amen, BillM.

Corporal punishment is ineffective if used excessively, or for the wrong reasons. It is a parenting tool, but like all tools it has specific uses- you wouldn't try to use a screwdriver to drive a nail, right? If it is the only method of punishment you use, you're doing it wrong, period. It was used as needed by my parents (and later by me when I had kids), but only for behavior that warranted it, i.e. overstepping clearly defined boundaries or blatant disrespect. Remember, parenting is an art, not a science; what works for you is not the ONLY answer, it is your answer. I'm not advocating anybody spank their children if they choose not to, but don't automatically disregard parenting methods that have, indeed, proven effective throughout history.

I agree, there is a time and a place for spanking, but if it is ineffective for you child you need to use other methods to discipline them. Like I said, I am NOT against spanking.

[brokedownbiker]

I understood ya, MustangGal, hope I didn't come across wrong (like THAT'S never happened before haha).

The situation today makes me crazy. It seems like most people today, like BillM said, are sure that 'the old ways' are automatically wrong and should be abolished. It drives me bonkers; in any other part of life, workers with 10 or more years in an industry are respected for their experience and hard won lessons. Except child rearing.... I've lost count of the times I've heard "Don't tell me how to raise my child(ren)- what do you know?" I've only raised three children, a decorated former Marine Staff Sergeant with three tours in the sandbox under his belt, a college student holding down two jobs while paying his own way through school, and a mother of three beautiful little girls raising them without the benefit of a dirt bag dad. But what do I know?

[MustangGal]

Sorry, I may be a bit sensitive. It is kind of weird, I really do believe spanking is an effective discipline tool, but I don't spank my own child. lol I think I could spank him until my arm fell off and it just wouldn't make any difference.

[EX121]

I guess I need to explain what I found funny. It was the deputies response to when the Mother said she reflexively/automatically slapped the kids face when callled a horrible name, "Of course you did".

[BillM]

I guess I need to explain what I found funny. It was the deputies response to when the Mother said she reflexively/automatically slapped the kids face when callled a horrible name, "Of course you did".

This is a very effective way to teach a child that calling someone else a horrible name can result in immediate negative consiquences.