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defranco:

This video hurts my soul.  There is a difference between “a spanking” and outright beating a child.  I’ve never made a video about this, but watching this brings back a lot of hatred of my childhood.  Judge William Adams needs to go to jail for this sort of child abuse that was a common occurrence according to his daughter. 

I didn’t cringe watching this, it’s not even that bad, it seemed pretty normal to me.

That’s probably what’s wrong with me.

I’m not saying she deserved it, I’m just saying it happens. It shouldn’t, but it does.

I watched 1 minute 50 seconds of this before I had to turn it off because I was overwhelmed with the desire to rip his testicles off. Probably not the proper response...

I'm not against spanking. But if you do it, do it with enough force for them to feel it but not enough for it to injure them. I got very few spankings as a kid because I really didn't act up much, but I remember the anticipation being the most horrifying part. Then it would sting and obviously not be a happy occasion, but I never remember thinking I still hurt even 10 minutes later. It mostly just made me feel bad about what I did and made me listen. How on earth can you be a loving parent if you actually want to be responsible for physically injuring your kid? And you should never spank a child while you're angry. You wait til you have your emotions under control, and then use it as part of their discipline, not as an attempt to cause them harm or take out your rage. This is disgusting.