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In reply to the discussion: Vikings: Adrian Peterson won't play until legal issues are resolved [View all]skeewee08
(1,983 posts)43. Well we can see how not disciplining kids has worked..
Like I said I can find studies that show disciplining is not damaging.
"The study discovered that children who remember being spanked on the backside with an open hand do better in school, perform more volunteer work and are more optimistic than others who were not physically disciplined. "This in no way should be thought of as a green light for spanking," said Gunnoe.
http://www.emaxhealth.com/1357/5/35034/does-spanking-children-make-them-better-adults.html
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Vikings: Adrian Peterson won't play until legal issues are resolved [View all]
Crabby Appleton
Sep 2014
OP
"get the jury to look past the pictures"? What? He said he hit his kid with a stick, pictures
uppityperson
Sep 2014
#23
Like Jimmy Swaggart and all those weeping apologies...not just "sorry" but "sorry I
libdem4life
Sep 2014
#53
I think people are catching on that in order to play football you must like violence
AngryAmish
Sep 2014
#9
I don't need/want any one telling me & my hubby how to raise our two teenage sons
skeewee08
Sep 2014
#24
No one is telling you how to raise them. They're just saying you can't abuse them.
SunSeeker
Sep 2014
#32
He does not say he was sorry for using a switch. He denies that what he did was abuse.
SunSeeker
Sep 2014
#39
Texas indicted Peterson, so apparently this type of corporal punishment is not legal there.
SunSeeker
Sep 2014
#45