Charles Barkely says we shouldn't be telling people how to parent and that Peterson

[Anansi1171]

1. Sir Charles beat Karl Malone to the punch!

My wife's family is Southern Baptist and was raised by the switch.

Myself, having endured US Army S.E.R.E school and being raised by parents who tried to parent differently in the 70s, know exactly what this crap is and will most definitely be sparing the rod, and the Southern Baptist will have to keep their comments to themselves.

Maybe southern blacks have been influenced by Puritanism and further by antebellum sensibilities about black children.

Maybe how we, as African Americans, raise our children with respect to corporal punishment has impacts on violence and mental health in our community.

I mean, if I tell a child to go pick out the switch I will use to strike them when they do wrong the next time, I am guilty of psychological torture and nothing less.

It's a shame what people do to their children.