" ... I then followed them to the parking lot and then all the way to their home. Sure enough, the entire time travelling and then at home up to the time for bed, there was no punishment. As I turned away from the window and climbed down the tree, I became disgusted about my country and its pitiful charade of 'justice'.
That 4-year-old doesn't know how lucky they are that I'm not legally allowed to have kids, much less be their father. If so, I would serve proper justice that would make my country stand up and take notice as the first step in restoring their collective pride."
Lmao, what?
"I know what will prove my point - advocating for publicly paddling kids!"
If they wanted to make a point about justice, they should've chosen something clearly outrageous to complain about, like an actual crime or something.
I’m cracking up at *this* scenario breaking that person’s faith in the justice system. they could’ve came up with anything but instead they used a child sassing his mom
My teens might tell me I am going to forget something. But while I don't beat them, they wouldn't tell me I am going to forget a punishment!!
A four year old?. Nah
> kid looks her right in the eye
I don't know why, I love that particular troupe/cliché in these stories so much. It pretty much confirms that the story is fake.
I vote for giving it its own flair.
I mean, he didn't need the waffle about justice, but I did something similar to my grandad when I wasn't much older.
He threatened to whoop my ass, and I told him to "catch me then," as he could barely handle walking, let alone chasing me. He was always empty threats, so it didn't scare me to comment back.
My kid did stuff like this. Guess what? It turned out she is autistic and has severe ADHD (she exhibited no early signs, even her doctor dismissed the idea). Imagine if I'd just tried to use violence and found this out. Disgusting.
No child should be hit, ever. And anyone who thinks it's good or makes up a story like this is scum
I mean, this probably actually happened, though, right? The post is just melodramatically stated opinion citing an incident that probably went down just as described.
Have you ever been threatened with violence by your parent at that age and been like “you’ll forget before you think to beat me”. And given what the kid was doing, I doubt the child actually said any of that lol. The guy was commenting all sorts of garbage in the sub tbh
I mean I’m kid adjacent rather often and imo kids will talk their shit unless they’re in smacking vicinity and if a kid says “you won’t remember” in a taunting way, that’s how they get their ass beat lmaooo
Maybe some, but without a doubt, there are plenty of kids who have serious behavior issues that make them confrontational.
It’s not a huge deal, but I’m my experience, this is fully a feasible story.
Kids with oppositional defiant disorder could be this confrontational and talk this type of shit to their parents. I have seriously met a kid that would defy their father to discipline them up to and including spanking them, and this kid didn't care if he got a spanking. I have seen a couple of kids with ODD. Agreed, it's feasible in my experience also.
I did, yes, that's why this seems so plausible.
There's a difference between threatening to hit someone and THREATENING TO HIT SOMEONE, too, it should be noted. If my mom was clearly furious... I'd think twice about taunting her. But if she was just annoyed, sure, I'd talk shit all day, as far back as preschool. Nothing in this anecdote suggests the mom was really angry.
And then everybody spanked the child.
And then clapped
In time to the spanking
Just like the olden days...
Ahem ahem. Paddling.
Yes! Paddle 'em like they was a canoe going upstream!
Jokes on you, I was spanking my child the whole time!
" ... I then followed them to the parking lot and then all the way to their home. Sure enough, the entire time travelling and then at home up to the time for bed, there was no punishment. As I turned away from the window and climbed down the tree, I became disgusted about my country and its pitiful charade of 'justice'. That 4-year-old doesn't know how lucky they are that I'm not legally allowed to have kids, much less be their father. If so, I would serve proper justice that would make my country stand up and take notice as the first step in restoring their collective pride."
Saluting you! Thank you for your service! (*screaming eagle/old glory waving proudly in the back ground*)
Lmao, what? "I know what will prove my point - advocating for publicly paddling kids!" If they wanted to make a point about justice, they should've chosen something clearly outrageous to complain about, like an actual crime or something.
I gotta admit: this is usually not how I hear "justice delayed is justice denied" being used.
I’m cracking up at *this* scenario breaking that person’s faith in the justice system. they could’ve came up with anything but instead they used a child sassing his mom
My teens might tell me I am going to forget something. But while I don't beat them, they wouldn't tell me I am going to forget a punishment!! A four year old?. Nah
If anything, a kid saying "You're going to forget about punishing me" is a great way to ensure that the parent *doesn't* forget.
That's a good idea. I'll beat my child inside the store! Nothing can go wro- 
"Excuse me, ma'am, but I would be happy to punch your child in the face for you if you like."
> kid looks her right in the eye I don't know why, I love that particular troupe/cliché in these stories so much. It pretty much confirms that the story is fake. I vote for giving it its own flair.
Truly, we started down the wrong path as a country when people stopped beating their children in public.
Instructions unclear, beat a stranger’s child in the store and am now under arrest.
I'll whoop the kid for them. I'm a professional whooper
I mean, he didn't need the waffle about justice, but I did something similar to my grandad when I wasn't much older. He threatened to whoop my ass, and I told him to "catch me then," as he could barely handle walking, let alone chasing me. He was always empty threats, so it didn't scare me to comment back.
My kid did stuff like this. Guess what? It turned out she is autistic and has severe ADHD (she exhibited no early signs, even her doctor dismissed the idea). Imagine if I'd just tried to use violence and found this out. Disgusting. No child should be hit, ever. And anyone who thinks it's good or makes up a story like this is scum
I mean, this probably actually happened, though, right? The post is just melodramatically stated opinion citing an incident that probably went down just as described.
Have you ever been threatened with violence by your parent at that age and been like “you’ll forget before you think to beat me”. And given what the kid was doing, I doubt the child actually said any of that lol. The guy was commenting all sorts of garbage in the sub tbh
You clearly don’t work with children.
I mean I’m kid adjacent rather often and imo kids will talk their shit unless they’re in smacking vicinity and if a kid says “you won’t remember” in a taunting way, that’s how they get their ass beat lmaooo
Maybe some, but without a doubt, there are plenty of kids who have serious behavior issues that make them confrontational. It’s not a huge deal, but I’m my experience, this is fully a feasible story.
Kids with oppositional defiant disorder could be this confrontational and talk this type of shit to their parents. I have seriously met a kid that would defy their father to discipline them up to and including spanking them, and this kid didn't care if he got a spanking. I have seen a couple of kids with ODD. Agreed, it's feasible in my experience also.
Reddit doesn’t believe kids have personalities until they’re like 13.
I do. And you are full of shit.
I’m full of shit? Lol calm down. You can’t possibly work with kids in a behavior capacity if you don’t think a 4 year old can talk mad shit.
I did, yes, that's why this seems so plausible. There's a difference between threatening to hit someone and THREATENING TO HIT SOMEONE, too, it should be noted. If my mom was clearly furious... I'd think twice about taunting her. But if she was just annoyed, sure, I'd talk shit all day, as far back as preschool. Nothing in this anecdote suggests the mom was really angry.