[cuban leaf]

Back around 1980 I was on a bike ride through Rainier Beach in Seattle and my buddy and I stopped at a 7/11 for something to eat and drink.

While we were there, a black mother came in with her three year old son. She was yelling at him and calling him worthless (yes, she used that word) and other derogatory names. My buddy and I talked about it and we learned from that experience. It is correct to tell a child that what they did was wrong or inappropriate. It is crippling to a child to condemn them, personally, rather than what they do.

I had three daughters shortly after that and applied what I learned.

[Matchett-PI]

You wrote: “..She was yelling at him and calling him worthless (yes, she used that word) and other derogatory names. My buddy and I talked about it and we learned from that experience. It is correct to tell a child that what they did was wrong or inappropriate. It is crippling to a child to condemn them, personally, rather than what they do.”

Alex Baldwin, another case in point:

http://tinyurl.com/ksepf8a

By Robert W.Godwin, Ph.D Forensic clinical psychologist

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[BarbM]

Have you heard how some black women talk to their children? They scream, berate and swear at them. “I'm gona beat your a.s.s.”

It's really sad. The little kids are innocent. Then a big loud mouth mother robs them and the not present baby daddy isn't’ there to protect them.

I believe the black problem starts at home.