re: Adrian Peterson indicted for child reckless/negligent injury

It's illegal to use a switch on your kids now? How long has this been in effect

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It's illegal to use a switch on your kids now?

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Depends on how you use it.

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It's illegal to use a switch on your kids now? How long has this been in effect

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Educate yourself on what Peterson did to his child, and if you still want to support him, you're a horrible person.

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If he abused a child, he should receive a ban from the NFL. What's hard to understand about that?

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I disagree. If he is found to have abused a child by a court then he should serve the punishment and if that means missing games which causes a firing then that's fine. But employers shouldn't get involved in something like this unless it affects their job.

I think he went overboard and should have done a better job of keeping the kid still. I know my parents used to say something like "you are getting 5 licks, but if you turn around or put your hands back there its gonna be ten." That taught me pretty quick not to turn around. My parents were also good about never spanking me when mad. When I got a spanking, I knew I was being disciplined to correct future behavior, not for my parents to let out their frustration with me.

I think Peterson probably meant to give him a "normal" spanking on his butt but kept going when the kid turned around. He messed up and I think he knows that. I don't think he should be arrested though. I would rather live in a society where all kids get spanked for discipline and a parent occasionally goes too far than in a world where parents are too scared to discipline their kid because they might get arrested and lose their child if they mess up once.

This was a spanking that got too rough. We are not talking about deep bruises and broken bones here. This was not child abuse.

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Impacting the public image of your company gets you fired

Hell, people get fired for duis

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Yeah I understand. My statement was a little too cut and dry. But man, where does it end? Why is Roethlisberger still playing? Should he be banned? If we banned every NFL player that damaged the public image there'd be barely anyone left.

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I think Peterson probably meant to give him a "normal" spanking on his butt but kept going when the kid turned around.

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If you read the article, Peterson said the injuries on the fronts of his legs came from the switch wrapping around and that he didn't see them until after he was finished. I'm not sure I'm buying that, but it's definitely possible.

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I don't think he should be arrested though. I would rather live in a society where all kids get spanked for discipline and a parent occasionally goes too far than in a world where parents are too scared to discipline their kid because they might get arrested and lose their child if they mess up once.

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I agree with you 100% here. I don't think he should go to prison, but I do think his visits should be supervised going forward and that he should be suspended for 6 games at the very minimum.

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This was a spanking that got too rough. We are not talking about deep bruises and broken bones here. This was not child abuse.

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It's abuse to me, but not to the extent that some people seem to believe, and not enough to warrant jail time as I said above.

So the thread is still going back and forth between "Kids should be punished accordingly and this was ok" to "This was child abuse, kids shouldn't be hit"?


My 2 cents...

I think kids should be disciplined, no doubt. But I also don't think that discipline should result in scars/bruises, especially days later. The kid was 4 fricking years old, a spanking on his butt that would leave no marks would be just as affective.

I was spanked with a belt growing up, but it was always on the arse and it never left marks. IMO, that is completely acceptable.


For the people that say that Peterson's punishment was appropriate. What if the kid was 2 or 3yrs old, would that change your opinion?

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If you have your pants down and you are getting spanked on the butt and turn around, you can definitely get popped in the balls on accident. It's not like Peterson was thinking "yea you little punk, let me switch you in the balls."

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Well, he's a part time dad who will likely never get to see his kid without supervision, so I hope the little 4 year old learned his lesson.

I don't think this spanking was "appropriate" and I don't think anyone else does either. I think he will learn a valuable lesson on how to spank from this. I think he had the right intentions, just not the right methods. My argument is that he doesn't deserve to be arrested, lose his child, or lose his job.