Antonio: How come white american parents dont punish their kids so munch?
Not as much as other ethnic group, nationality religion, etc. White Anglo American Protestant parents dont punish their kids as frequently or as harshly as other parents such as Blacks, Asians, Hispanics, Jews, Catholics, etc. The question is why are they so lenient? White kids should be thankful for this.
When I was a kid, I got much more than JUST a time out. And A lot of my other Mexican friends and other friends have as well such as getting pulled by the ear, spanked, grounded, whatever.
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Answer by Warrior_soul
You have said it yourself “I got much more than JUST a time out ……..” that is why I am more lenient on my child. I don’t want her having emotional and mental issues over abuse when she grows up.
Because of some stupid idiotic bureaucrats in North America, parents cannot physically punish their kids, because it will be deemed as “abuse” and the kids can be taken away from the parents and the parents may even go to jail.
It is unfortunate that there is a lot of child abuse in the world, and that is why there are agencies set up to help, such as in Toronto, the Children’s Aid Society. They do great work in removing abused and neglected kids from the homes and helping them. However, these organizations are telling us how to raise our kids – deeming ALL forms of physical punishment abuse and pretty much making it outlawed. Parents are afraid to use physical punishment now because they know they could face charges of abuse – the kids know this too and are smarmy – if their parent even touches them the can call Children’s Aid and report that they are being abused. It is such a stupid system.
Answer by ashbecause my parents know if they grabbed me by the ear or hit me, i’d do the same.. and i am thankful that they don’tAnswer by The Passenger
I think there are two main reasons for this –
1. We are a country and culture that really embraces individuality and independence. So we often give our little ones more leeway in what they can get away with. Little Jr. isn’t being destructive when he’s throwing trash all over the yard, he’s being creative!
2. The child welfare services in this country are completely out of control. Kids who are genuinely being abused never have their families investigated but child abuse hotlines are flooded with calls everyday from teachers complaining about children coming to school with their underwear on backwards. (Seriously, I read a lengthy article on this just the other day and I’ve seen many like it)
We are deathly afraid that if we scream at our kids for acting out in a grocery store, we’ll have a social worker at our home the next week wanting to take our kids away.
Neither of these are really all that valid and there are probably other reasons as well. Independence and individuality are both good things but not if they come at the expense of being a decent human who can fit in with society. And if we aren’t really abusing our kids we shouldn’t be afraid of some government agency taking them away. But I’m guilty of these things too.
Answer by bunnyIt isn’t just white Americans, it’s British parents too. Leniency when it comes to parenting leads to delinquency and mental health issues also – dumb a$ $ lenient parents think that any form of punishment is “abuse” and will lead to “mental scarring”. B!tch, not teaching your child right from wrong and punishing them when needed also leads to mental scarring!
Children develop self-entitlement complexes and become juvenile, spoiled little brats who think they have a right to demand what they want and bully their peers. At worst, they become low-life criminals or just wasters that have no direction in life because they’re used to getting everything on a plate. After being treated like that all your life, of course you’re going to think, “why work”, “what’s the point in doing this?” etc.!
Both my brother and sister were never spanked as children and they are both in desperate need of emotional and mental health therapy. They’re completely off the rails. I however was, and am a healthy product of correct parenting.
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