A question to any Dad's on here?

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  • We certainly are!

    Two babies is a bit more than we bargained for financially; my husband just left his job in the army (not that it paid much anyway!) and I work in construction for which the pay is crap haha, but when he manages to get a new job we should be fine :)

    Kenny/Lee posted: »

    Twins? Wow! You must be so excited.

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    Sorry to hear that . I know how it feels. My dad used to be an asshole . But, like I said. I'm sorry for what ya been through. I wish it coulda been different.

    Alive_Clem posted: »

    your dad seems like a good dad. I wished my dad would give a shit about me, I mean, I don't talk to him since July, he gave me nothing on my

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    "Bring out the belt."

    Yes, because beating your kid with a fucking belt is going to solve every possible problem.

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    Well, I'm not a father (may be in a year or two, but not now.) however I was responsible for more or less raising my little sister from preteens to early adulthood, and even though it was a pain in the arse, I never once felt any need to give any sort of 'correction.'

    Way I see it, all that's going to bring is resentment. Your kids shouldn't fear and resent you. A child's parents should be a positive example for the kid growing up, something they can aspire to be like as an adult...and you're not setting any sort of positive example by beating them into complacency.

    I say that from experience as someone who grew up resenting their parents for exactly this. I still have more than a few lasting scars on my wrists.

  • Don't be sorry :) this helped me to understand a lot of things that I'm glad to know today.

    mr.quality posted: »

    Sorry to hear that . I know how it feels. My dad used to be an asshole . But, like I said. I'm sorry for what ya been through. I wish it coulda been different.

  • Well at least you seem positive. Positivity helps a lot sometimes.

    Alive_Clem posted: »

    Don't be sorry this helped me to understand a lot of things that I'm glad to know today.

  • hahaha just sometimes xD

    mr.quality posted: »

    Well at least you seem positive. Positivity helps a lot sometimes.

  • Yeah. But I'm sure your a good person. With a positive attitude.

    Alive_Clem posted: »

    hahaha just sometimes xD

  • Aww thanks :) I'm glad to have met so many nice people as you guys.

    mr.quality posted: »

    Yeah. But I'm sure your a good person. With a positive attitude.

  • No problem. I'm glad to have met ya too. :)

    Alive_Clem posted: »

    Aww thanks I'm glad to have met so many nice people as you guys.

  • Please don't twist my words.

    DomeWing333 posted: »

    So instead you're just going to let them grow up to be the kind of person who thinks they should hit other people for talking in a way they don't like...

  • It just seems odd to me to defend corporal punishment as teaching a child that "life doesn't work that way," when the society that you are preparing them for doesn't employ corporal punishment. Why not just emulate what the society actually does to people who commit an offense? Confine them to an isolated space and take away their privileges. Ground them.

    Kenny/Lee posted: »

    Please don't twist my words.

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    Sometimes, a simple grounding isn't enough.
    Sometimes a more severe form of punishment is needed.
    That's where a spanking can come in quite nicely.

    DomeWing333 posted: »

    It just seems odd to me to defend corporal punishment as teaching a child that "life doesn't work that way," when the society that you are p

  • good fucking god, thats fucking horrible

    TWD_25 posted: »

    It wasn't bad anyways it was just to slow down my breathing and get me to cool down. I don't care anymore.

  • As a child, my dad used to beat the shit out of me. Half the time, think he just did it to prove a point. I remember when I was 5...5 YEARS OLD...he beat me to the point were I ended up in the hospital for fractured ribs and dislocated shoulder. (I spilled a cup of milk) I have not seen him since and I've heard horror stories of parents doing worse over stupid shit like that.

    I'm expecting my 1st child in April and the thought of hitting my child makes me sick. Hitting teaches them that violence is the only way to solve your problems. When they are little their cognitive skills and abilities are JUST developing, talking to them and SHOWING them right from wrong is a better option.

  • thats fucking horrible, beating you son for spilling some fucking milk, what an awful person. all people should be required to take a test before they can become parents

    PS: congrats with the kid BTW :)

    pudding_pie posted: »

    As a child, my dad used to beat the shit out of me. Half the time, think he just did it to prove a point. I remember when I was 5...5 YEARS

  • Beating your kid and sending him to hospital because he spilled one fucking cup of milk.
    insert genius meme here

    thats fucking horrible, beating you son for spilling some fucking milk, what an awful person. all people should be required to take a test before they can become parents PS: congrats with the kid BTW

  • "I still have more than a few lasting scars on my wrists." what the fuck, what horrible monsters would do such a thing?

    Well, I'm not a father (may be in a year or two, but not now.) however I was responsible for more or less raising my little sister from pret

  • Are you gay? I'm confused.

    Flog61 posted: »

    We certainly are! Two babies is a bit more than we bargained for financially; my husband just left his job in the army (not that it paid

  • In terms of whether parental aggression (spanking) decreases aggression in the child, the answer is no. In fact, spanking tends to increase child aggression. “Spanking predicted increases in children’s aggression over and above initial levels [of aggressive behavior]” and “in none of these longitudinal studies did spanking predict reductions in children’s aggression over time” (p. 134). Instead, spanking predicted increases in children’s aggression.

    Source: http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/moral-landscapes/201309/research-spanking-it-s-bad-all-kids

    You are just making your kids worse and it's a stupid punishment.

    Kenny/Lee posted: »

    Sometimes, a simple grounding isn't enough. Sometimes a more severe form of punishment is needed. That's where a spanking can come in quite nicely.

  • Yeah I am, what confused you?

    Are you gay? I'm confused.

  • The part with the ultra-sound. But I get it now.

    Flog61 posted: »

    Yeah I am, what confused you?

  • I'm expecting my 1st child

    Good luck and congratulations.

    pudding_pie posted: »

    As a child, my dad used to beat the shit out of me. Half the time, think he just did it to prove a point. I remember when I was 5...5 YEARS

  • So because you was hit, you think your child should go through the same shit?

    Actually my oldest child is seven,so I don't hit them.Yet.But I was hit alot when I was young,even when I was five..

  • You are the worst father ever. You remind me of Kenny alot.

  • Hah, yeah we're using a surrogate :)

    The part with the ultra-sound. But I get it now.

  • he beat me to the point were I ended up in the hospital for fractured ribs and dislocated shoulder. (I spilled a cup of milk)

    What the fuck is wrong with people! God, that is awful! I hope he rots in hell. No one should ever do that to a person, let alone a child!

    Congrats on becoming a daddy. You'll be so much better that he ever was. :)

    pudding_pie posted: »

    As a child, my dad used to beat the shit out of me. Half the time, think he just did it to prove a point. I remember when I was 5...5 YEARS

  • OK. So I'm just gonna leave it at this. We were all raised on different mentalitys and were all raised different. So we all will never agree on this. So. Yeah.

  • Now that's straight fucked up. That kinda shit shouldn't ever happen. Now I'm real sorry to of heard that from ya, real sorry for what its worth. Now your a dad yourself, congrats! I'm sure you'll do a lot better than him. And again I'm real, real, real sorry for what's happened to ya. I wish it coulda been different for ya, ya know?

    pudding_pie posted: »

    As a child, my dad used to beat the shit out of me. Half the time, think he just did it to prove a point. I remember when I was 5...5 YEARS

  • Who would do that to a child who is literally 4 times smaller than you? But congratulations on being a dad. People like your dad need to suffer the consequences.

    pudding_pie posted: »

    As a child, my dad used to beat the shit out of me. Half the time, think he just did it to prove a point. I remember when I was 5...5 YEARS

  • I was hit by my dad as a young child, but only when I did something wrong that was serious, or they told me to stop multiple times, or I disrespected my mother. This only bred resentment and I began to have a tolerance to pain, which I still retain today. My parents tried to try a different technique in grounding me, and telling me explicitly why what I was doing was wrong.

    It worked, I stopped being a little prick, and I began to understand, and not resent my parents anymore. It's not that I think hitting children when they do something is wrong. It just doesn't work, they need to understand you, not fear you.

  • do what you do. just don't abuse it. it has to be clear why you are doing it. not every single bad behavior leads to the belt. and if you use that type of correction, have a talk with them of what happened and why they got what they deserved (ok if they did anything that deserved to get hit) and explain and remind them that you still love them. I hated the belt, but I know why I got it, and I got explanation and I never, or hardly ever did anything of that ever again. ohh this is mostly when they are younger when they get older, like teens that shit would hardly work, so youll probably stop using it then and get to getting them where it hurts, like taking away money, tv privileges, gaming consoles, phones (big now a days), and longer grounding days. so just do what you think its right, just don't be a abuser.

  • ok not that's is straight fucked that shit is fucked up and im sorry that fucker should be on jail. but the last thing you said is not true, I know tons of people and myself that got hit, not to that level you did NEVER, and I never gotten into a fight. I have fought but that was because I needed to stand up for myself and defend myself. and it only happened 3 times, that I fought. no so I don't know why people bullshit on that.

    pudding_pie posted: »

    As a child, my dad used to beat the shit out of me. Half the time, think he just did it to prove a point. I remember when I was 5...5 YEARS

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    I strongly disagree.
    My dad spanked me as a kid, and I'm a peaceable man.
    The only time I'll resort to violence, is if my family is threatened, or in self-defense.
    And both reasons are completely natural and justifiable.

    And I'm raising my kids the same way my dad raised me.

    And I don't put any stalk in the advice that psychologist gave in his article.
    It's sounds to Dr. Spockish.
    Dr Spock also said not to spank kids, and later on he was forced to renounce a lot of his teachings.

    In terms of whether parental aggression (spanking) decreases aggression in the child, the answer is no. In fact, spanking tends to increase

  • The only time I'll resort to violence, is if my family is threatened, or in self-defense.

    Or when your kids disagree with you or do something that you don't like.

    Kenny/Lee posted: »

    I strongly disagree. My dad spanked me as a kid, and I'm a peaceable man. The only time I'll resort to violence, is if my family is threat

  • My dad raised me, with Carver discipline.

    mr.quality posted: »

    OK. So I'm just gonna leave it at this. We were all raised on different mentalitys and were all raised different. So we all will never agree on this. So. Yeah.

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    Edgeworth89 posted: »

    The only time I'll resort to violence, is if my family is threatened, or in self-defense. Or when your kids disagree with you or do something that you don't like.

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    CrazyGeorge posted: »

    My dad raised me, with Carver discipline.

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    I'm not saying my kids don't have a right to their own opinion about things.
    However, there are certain things that will always be right and wrong.
    And it's my job as a father to teach them the difference.
    As well as teach them respect for their elders.

    A few things I will not tolerate is....
    Them smartin' off to me...... and, their deliberately ignoring me when I tell them to do something, especially if it's for their good.

    And like I said before, to another user, don't twist my words.

    Edgeworth89 posted: »

    The only time I'll resort to violence, is if my family is threatened, or in self-defense. Or when your kids disagree with you or do something that you don't like.

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