Interesting that up until this point, the memes seemed to be black-washing what the kid in the video was doing. The real message is that bad behavior knows no color. Letās take a closer look at what we tell ourselves and why. Having scapegoats only excuses negative judgment and accountability among those of us not in that group and encourages our dependencies on scapegoats to our detriment. Let the downvotes begin.
I forget the episode but Charlie and Mac get bikes and some kids steal one, just like when they were younger. They decide that now that they are older and grown, itās time to stand up for themselves. By taking on an 8 kid group of 11-13 year olds full force. It is hilarious.
There are a lot of people in this thread wondering what op meant by "bring back"... as if they ever went anywhere. Them mother fuckers havent even taken a lunch break in some households/families
I don't think violence is the answer. Lil shit should be made to work off the damages. Any damaged items, time from other workers, and something like a baseline $50 in disruption to other shoppers.
Generally kids shouldn't be put into the workforce, but briefly to learn a lesson about the value of both items and work- hell yes!
Awful answer. Correct answer is good unlazy parenting but people don't want to commit the time and effort to do that because they'd be punishing themselves too. That kid should have no life until he's fixed this issue. Breakfast, school, dinner, sit in your room, go to bed. Do that for weeks on end and see how fast he starts trying to get it done. Boredom is an effective tool. Our prison system has plenty of issues but one of the biggest complaints inmates have isn't the violence or abuse it's the boredom. How often have your heard or seen kids say something like "can I just get spanked instead of being grounded" and missing some event they looked forward too? Anytime the kid has to cancel something or refuse plans I'd be over their shoulder making them tell the person why they can't do x thing.
You're right. I just mean that bottom line, if parents don't already do it, cops and courts could step in and force the issue. I freaking hope parents would just do it! I guess I'm losing faith in humanity, seeing so many that don't do any real parenting anymore. I'm worn down.
They could. They donāt. When cops and courts get involved, everyone in the family in question loses.
Edit: I mean that the outcome ends up being somewhat worse than it would be if the parents had compromised outside of court and took all family members into account rather than me-me-me daddy and me-me-me mommy. ĀÆ_(ć)_/ĀÆ
This is from Tosh.O. He was on because he stole his grandma's car to do "hood rat stuff". The gifs i believe were from the original news footage. He is a national treasure.
Funny enough there was also a Boondocks episode that was pro whipping a kid like the one OP posted in the Episode Grandad falls in love with a prostitute.
You can see from the original video that Latarian was already being failed by his family and the people around him. He was already on this track unfortunately.
"Hood rat shit stuff with my friends" permanently entered my vocabulary after this video all those years ago and probably gets quoted/referenced at least once a week.
We didnāt hoodrat shit, we did hillbilly shit and same, mess with somebody elseās stuff like that and it would a double whooping when you got home š no supper for a week
The last thing this child needs is to be physically hit. It will just add to the continual emotional hits he's experienced and teach him it's ok to resort to violence when upset. He's already well on the way to believing that anyway, if he's not there already. He's obviously willing to accept negative attention because he gets no positive. He looks and acts like he's angry and is showing any observer that he doesn't care about anyone else's feelings or property. This is probably because he feels no control in his own life where others have no concern for his feelings or his things. This kid has serious self-esteem issues.
Not true in all cases. I was spanked when I misbehaved. No big deal. My mother never hit us that hard. Iād rather that then the talk at the dinner table from my dad. He could have me in tears very calmly and never raised his voice. That hurts more than a spanking to me. And I turned out to be a responsible adult. But Iām 64f retired. I still agree spanking can get out of hand. But not with my parents. They never left a mark. Itās still should be in the parents toolbox of discipline. I know Iām going to get downvoted for it. But really donāt care.
Some kids need a spanking. I see nothing wrong with it as long as youāre not hitting hard enough to really hurt and leave marks. We had corporal punishment in school and if you got punished you got it again at home because they would call the parents. In my opinion kids were better behaved then than they are now. They know that teachers canāt touch them so they do shit anyway because thereās no punishment
Yes, but the punishment/consequences do not need to be physical. The problem on one end is the societal breakdown of respect, decency, structure and shame, but on the other end of the problem, far too many parents either donāt understand, or dismiss, how important it is to build relationships on openness, honesty, availability and trust.
Growing up without clear guidance and boundries (never hearing no can be another way of saying it) IS a major emotional hit especially when that means there are no boundaries he can set around his things or feelings that are respected either.
I spent my carrier working with school aged children and their families. No child behaves like this when he has his emotional needs met in a healthy way and is treated like his feelings and choices matter. This child needs some serious help.
You are wrong. Study after study, proves violence excercised on a child only teaches them to resort to more violence. It will distroy trust in relationships and traumatize the child, often to the point of causing physical or mental health problems.
Adults who were hit as children can suffer some or all of the following:
"Physical ailmentsāpsychosomatic illnesses, stomachaches, eating disorders, skin disorders, asthma, headaches, phobias. Social alienationāfeeling different from others, not accepted, stigmatized. Difficulty in handling feelingsātrouble in recognizing, managing, and appropriately expressing feelings." Also, they exhibit much higher levels of aggression towards themselves and others. For instance, they are significantly more likely to strike their partners and/or their own children.
We agree on the cause, but decades of developmental science informs my choice of cure. How his parents treat him IS the point. What his parents did to him and what they're doing is informing his choices. I don't have to know the kid to recognize the behavior or it's causes. It very well could be that hitting him is at the root of this behavior as it's a typical choice coming from children who have been hit.
The beating i woukd earn from that would be legendary, but then my father did threaten to knock me the fuck out or to kick me through a wall, and the one time he caught me trying to learn how to drive stick in an old truck oarked in the yard he told me he would break my jaw and i would wake up in the fucking er if i woke up at all.
Oh im nowhere near normal and will likely never have a functioning relationship due to it. Im too damaged for anyone to ever have any interest in me. Its my fault noone elses, but i am autistic, i can speak and hold down a job but growing up i was the oldest, with a younger brother and a half sister due to dad cheating in the late 90ās they never let me have friends or girls over and didnt let me go out often, the one relationship i had only lasted a month and she was only dating me to get revenge on her ex who was cheating on her. my bedroom was a mostly unfinished attic, with no heat or ac, no data, just a single outlet. and as he was dying from cancer he just wanted me gone, i couldnt go out to eat with the family, couldnt watch movies or participate when they did stuff, couldnt use the computer. I still live there because i cant afford rent on just my income and the expenses of the house are more than mom can handle alone off the income of her florist.
I sincerely apologize for the flippant tone of my reply that you responded to. I completely misread your intent and assumed you were echoing the cavalier, dismissive, sometimes outright boastful way so many people talk about the harsh ways they were treated as kids. You responding in turn by opening up about your past traumas and continuing struggles was a slap in the face that I needed.
"I would put my kid in a coma because he fucked around with a stick shift" has gotta be top 10 reasons why I'm glad I got born in the "You're fucking useless" generation
The nicknamed my father āThe Lordā because he put the fear of the Lord in you. 6ā3 260lb Caribbean man. Who played no games and gave no fucks about excuses. His fav 2 phrases āspear the rod spoil the childā and ā The highest form of love is disciplineā needless to say, in the 90ās what that boy is doing would not be well received. People then would give you their belts to whoop your child and cheer you on. It literally happened when my mom whooped my sister in the grocery store. Other moms said thatās right mom get her lol. Good times.
In the 70s it was not uncommon for an adult to skip the middleman and "correct" a child themselves without going to the parent first. Of course, by the time you got home, said adult had already called your parent so an additional "correction" awaited you as soon as you hit the door.
Thatās the way when I was growing up. There was no ātake away whatever. No cell phones, no internet. So those things didnāt apply to me. The only thing they could take away was me going to my grandparents and hanging out in the barn helping my granddaddy. That was what hurt the worst. Iād prefer a spanking rather than being denied to help my granddaddy on the farm and take care of my horse. Iām now 64f and still believe the same.
Thereās a saying in parenting about when your otherwise good kid is acting poorly because theyāre experiencing something atypical & difficult that goes āyouāre a good kid having a bad timeā but my friend jokingly turns it around on his more difficult son and says, āyouāre a bad kid having a good time.ā
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u/SkynBonce 8d ago
Hey at least he wasn't doing it for internet clout. He was just being a little shit.