Posted on 02/23/2025 4:51:07 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
From ages 12-24 I hated them for it. I thought they stood in the way of me becoming my ‘true, authentic self’
In reality I was a brainwashed kid & they were my protectors. I ❤️ you, mom & dad
Just took one whack when one of my kids started veering off...got him back on the straight and narrow. Now happily married with a family.
You are leaving out the love and attention and time you also gave him.
The whacks don’t work without that.
Lots of kids get a lot of whacks and don’t turn out so well.
I know we’re old fashioned guys on this board and we don’t throw around words that the left uses way too much with no meaning.
But if a kid gets a whack from a parent that he knows loves him, then he gets the idea that the whack may have been deserved.
If the kid gets a whack from a regularly mean father...he might end up being a serial killer :)
This kid’s life may be in jeopardy.
I’m conflicted. I feel like I’m a lesbian trapped in a mans body because I love women.
“You are leaving out the love and attention and time you also gave him. The whacks don’t work without that.
Agree, and thanks! - I figured that was a given, but that same kid, as an adult when asked to rate his childhood from 1 to 10 said “11”. We all had a great time...they knew their place, we (parents) also knew our place. It’s when the Dr. Spock groupies start blurring that line that bad things happen.
I believe she is a 25 year old woman.
I’m almost 70. 25 is a kid to me.
Or do you think trans activists won’t kill a 25-year-old who deviates from dogma.
As far as I am concerned; one of the the worst things to happen to the nuclear family was that idiot Dr. Spock.
If only more parents loved their children like this, the world would be a much better place.
Never, ever, ever affirm deviancy. Ever.
This kind of thing was unheard of when I was growing up.
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‘the rachel maddow influence is obvious’
My daughter..messing with me, asked “what if you grandson says he’s gay?”. I said send him to me for two weeks and he won’t be when he returns.
She then said,” I figured but just messing with you.”. I lucked out.. both daughters and families are very conservative. Youngest daughter was Army, married Army, oldest daughter works DoD and her fiance is a Marine. All the grandkids are conservative as well.
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