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    freshacconciKelly Faircloth
    6/26/15 12:20pm

    Oh great. Can’t wait for the prospankers to pop in. “I was spanked and I’m ok.”

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      DashleyinCalifreshacconci
      6/26/15 12:27pm

      I was spanked and I’m fine, though spanking did teach me how to properly hide information from my parents that might eventually result in my getting spanked. It’s just an objectively bad parenting strategy.

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      saltyladyfreshacconci
      6/26/15 12:29pm

      Also the conflicting reasoning from the parents who do it. They say they don’t do it hard enough to hurt (it’s not assault, it’s a “quick pop” or “tap”), but apparently it’s still super necessary and their kid will turn into a serial killer if they don’t.

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    GRAY-pefruitSmileKelly Faircloth
    6/26/15 12:44pm

    So if you are worried about your child being injured after falling onto the street, just kick and smack them. Got it.

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      saltyladyGRAY-pefruitSmile
      6/26/15 12:58pm

      The street is always the example they give to support spanking. I don’t get this. When something like that has happened with my kids, I hold their shoulders, bend/kneel to look at their square in the face, and then do whatever explaining and scolding is needed. Yes sometimes you have to grab little hands, pull kids this way or that, pick them up and transport them to a different location, squash them into carseats and buckle their shit in. But hit them? No. I think people fail to see a difference and there’s a lot of strawman/other false logic going on. You’re saying I can’t remove my kid from a dangerous situation by touching them? Uh, no, just don’t hit them- do you know what hitting is?

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      Kalliesaltylady
      6/26/15 1:16pm

      Yeah, people use the street, and it only a little sense when you’re having a discussion with someone who has never been around a toddler and says things like its never okay to grab them, you just have to use words. In those cases, I offer to see about getting them a loan of a two or three-year old for a day. But while yeah, you do need to pick up toddlers against their will sometimes, you don’t need to hit them. I mean my nephew is three and currently in a stage where he is awful, and I’ve had to snatch him up and carry him screaming out of a busy parking lot draped over my arm so that he cannot smack me in the face for preventing him from being smashed by a car, but it didn’t require hitting him.

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    My dear, sweet brother Numsie!Kelly Faircloth
    6/26/15 12:19pm

    Spanking into a hat on the subway is also not acceptable.

    http://jezebel.com/man-terrorizes...

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      randilynMy dear, sweet brother Numsie!
      6/26/15 12:22pm

      does that mean my account will be closed?

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      My dear, sweet brother Numsie!randilyn
      6/26/15 12:49pm

      You should totally call me when you’re naked and jacking it in San Diego.

      GIF

      I’ll cross the border and run interference.

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    *Malice in Blunderland*Kelly Faircloth
    6/26/15 12:20pm

    Sex. Its acceptable during sex.

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      Morifarty's ringtone*Malice in Blunderland*
      6/26/15 12:23pm

      praise be the lord above preach my sister preachhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

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      *Malice in Blunderland*Morifarty's ringtone
      6/26/15 12:30pm

      Call me.

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    LadyologyKelly Faircloth
    6/26/15 12:19pm

    What I take from this is that it's only illegal to assault adults. Children are fair game.

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      CurieCatLadyology
      6/26/15 12:23pm

      Pretty much.

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      andthenshewaslikeLadyology
      6/26/15 12:35pm

      In my experience there is a lot of overlap between people who hit their kids and people who seem to think of their children as property. My psychotic mother in law used exactly that word to explain to my husband why it was fine that she “disciplined” him physically.

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    Falcon Depth BrunchKelly Faircloth
    6/26/15 12:49pm

    I don’t even weigh in on this anymore because I was spanked and I think it was effective. So no, no thanks I don’t want to have a discussion with you about this because I will not engage. OKTHXBAI!!

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      Potential SlayerFalcon Depth Brunch
      6/26/15 1:00pm

      Then it seems very counterintuitive to post this comment.

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      Falcon Depth BrunchPotential Slayer
      6/26/15 1:04pm

      One can comment on something but not want to debate said comment.

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    Socks Are My Favorite ClothesKelly Faircloth
    6/26/15 12:28pm

    Ohhhhhh, please dont let my Facebook newsfeed hear about this. They are already throwing tantrums and preparing for plagues and earthquakes over the gay marriage ruling. Hearing that a court is deciding when it is okay to spank their children will result in a collective brain hemorrhage. Or maybe that is a good thing.

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      ThirdAmendmentManSocks Are My Favorite Clothes
      6/26/15 12:48pm

      “What is America coming to when I can’t assault my heterosexual child from a heterosexual marriage under my state’s Confederate flag? I’m moving to Canada!”

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      Potential SlayerThirdAmendmentMan
      6/26/15 1:01pm

      Where people have never flown Confederate flags and gay marriage has been legal for 10 years! Not sure about spanking.

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    JujyMonkey: Clever tagline goes hereKelly Faircloth
    6/26/15 12:13pm

    Spanking should be reserved for monkeys only.

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      My dear, sweet brother Numsie!JujyMonkey: Clever tagline goes here
      6/26/15 12:21pm
      GIF
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      JujyMonkey: Clever tagline goes hereMy dear, sweet brother Numsie!
      6/26/15 12:24pm

      You get me C-Stod.

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    ThatIsMyJaAmKelly Faircloth
    6/26/15 12:17pm

    I feel like this should be an easy thing to figure out. I mean, you only really need two questions to determine if a spanking is okay.

    Does the spanking involve two or more consenting adults safely and sanely getting their freak on? The spanking is okay!

    Does the spanking involve a child? NO. STOP. Do not spank your child!

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      Lee Adama's Moral CenterKelly Faircloth
      6/26/15 12:29pm

      At the same time, the court sought to strike a balance between parental rights and protecting children against abuse. In cases where it is difficult for authorities to distinguish between discipline and abuse, children’s safety should be given priority.

      Framing this as an issue of parental rights has always seemed strange to me: You don’t have the “parental right” to beat a child just because it’s your kid.

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