> What Adrian Peterson did is NOT spanking....it is indeed child abuse. Just because a switch was used on him doesn’t make it anything less. Being beaten with belts and spoons and switches, leaving welts and scars ALL over the body of a FOUR year old is beyond ‘spanking’
I used to get spanked with a switch. Sure it left some marks and bruises occassionally but I got more damage from playing football and falling off my bike just the same. All the switch did was make me not want to do whatever I was punished for again. Sorry you just can’t reason with a child like you can with an adult. Getting a spanking is nowhere near abuse. In facts to correct your behavior so you want do the same stupid crap again. Child abuse is when the aggressor intentionally causes harm out of loss of self control, for sexual gratification or other non-healthy types of behaviors that are not in the best interests of the child.
> What Adrian Peterson did is NOT spanking....it is indeed child abuse. Just because a switch was used on him doesn’t make it anything less. Being beaten with belts and spoons and switches, leaving welts and scars ALL over the body of a FOUR year old is beyond ‘spanking’
I used to get spanked with a switch. Sure it left some marks and bruises occassionally but I got more damage from playing football and falling off my bike just the same. All the switch did was make me not want to do whatever I was punished for again. Sorry you just can’t reason with a child like you can with an adult. Getting a spanking is nowhere near abuse. It’s to correct your behavior so you want do the same stupid crap again. Child abuse is when the aggressor intentionally causes harm out of loss of self control, for sexual gratification or other non-healthy types of behaviors that are not in the best interests of the child.
Did you see the scars that were left by this ‘discipline’?
Some things are not right to do even if it happened to you.
Discipline is about instruction and teaching so a child can become a functional adult