I feel like talking about bad kids today. Actually, I’ve felt like talking about them since about 10:30 PM on Monday. That night, I saw a lady on the bus with 6 kids, 4 of which were running up and down the aisles and acting a fool with no real supervision from their mother. I know this is going to sound messed up, but my first thought was “These little bastards are on track to have a criminal record by age 10. Hell, some of them were probably born on parole because of some shit their grandfathers did in 1974.”
I know, I know…That was pretty presumptious, considering that they might not all even be her kids, but it’s pretty safe to assume that most, if not all, were hers. Let me break down the mathematical formula for why I feel bad for these youngins:
6 little bastards
+
1 overworked mother who either likes to get fucked without a rubber, or posesses a womb more fertile than the Nile valley.
x
X(that’s a variable for those who hate math as much as I do) amount of baby’s daddies, considering most of the children looked significantly different from each other
+
4 disrespectful actions I witnessed these rugrats doing without getting scolded by momma
-
The 6 times she DID say something to them and they ignored it
=
One hell of a bad outlook for the future as far as these youngster’s personal development is concerned. One can only hope that a strong outside influence comes along to guide them on the path of civilized social behavior. If not, hide your purses and wallets when the loud, ashy bus rider children come around.
Older folks speak about a time when they were young, when not only were whuppings fashionable in parenting, but kids had to worry about OTHER people’s parents whupping their asses if they caught them doing something bad. In this day and age, there are too many crazy people to let someone else in the neighborhood lay hands on your child…But obviously this “time out” crap isn’t working. Not to say that it can’t be effective, but if parents aren’t consistent and on top of their game, “time out” is a joke to most kids.
I hereby wish to reinstate the mild-to-moderate ass whupping as a viable form of punishment in parenting. Before you ask, no, I do not have any kids…but if I did, they would grow up with a healthy fear of two things: God, and Butch Black(or whatever you choose to name the belt/flip-flop/fly swatter/switch/ass-whupping utensil of your choice). Remember: Mild-to-moderate. Please do not have child protective services coming to your house. If they do pay you a visit, I can’t do a damned thing for you. You should have remembered that you’re disciplining a CHILD. No time for Vietnam or Gulf War flashbacks and shit.
As the child becomes a teenager, the ass whuppings should come to an end. You can, however, utilize other forms of punishment like groundings, taking away allowance and other such measures. Plus, you can utilize one of the single most effective tactics at a parent’s disposal if the kid(preferably, a son) decides to talk back. That tactic: Slap the Pine Sol shit outta him.
My mother was a master at employing that tactic. The reason she was so good at it, was because I never saw it coming. She only did it when I cursed around her or called her four and five letter words thinking that she could not hear me. The craziest thing is, I got into numerous fights when I was young with guys bigger than me, but my mother was the only person that could get the drop on me every time. Let me give you an example from the time she refused to pay for my senior pictures after something I did, and made me pay for them myself with the money from my job:
Me: *mumbling very low* I can’t stand that bitch sometimes…
One second…
Two seconds…
Three seconds…
Me: *thinking to myself* GOOD. She didn’t hear that shit…
Four seconds…
SLAP!!!!!
Mom: Don’t you ever use that language in MY house!
Even to this day, I try not to curse around Mom. I save all the bad language for you all out there in cyberspace. Other than the slight flaws you all read about here in the blog, I am a good, upstanding citizen with no warrants and no children or STDs. So I’d say that the techniques I mentioned on here work just fine when done right. to all the parents reading this, good luck. I have respect for you all. Just don’t end up like that lady on the bus with the tribe of BeBe’s kids.
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ALthough i wasnt a BAD kid i see why my aunt never had any childrne..i might be headed on that same path…KIDS these days are some disrespectful spoiled ass bastids..t hat will call DSS on the drop of the dime on the cell phone that u bought them they dont know how lucky they had it…I dont curse around my elders but I will sure call my parents by their first names…BASTIDS>…
and KIDS need to read books these days……
I had a baby 7 months ago. I plan on utilizing the good old fahioned tactics described in here when she is old enough to know better. I am gonna call my utensil of choice the “touch up”.
Ain’t nothing wrong with it.
i have a one and a half year old son…it is NOT too early for asswhupins…he’s got a bad ass attitude and he has it commin! one time he did some shit like threw a shoe at me cuz i told him no…i whupped his little ass infront of my cousins…they actually cringed like they felt bad for him…the last thing i want is an 8 year old thinkin he can throw shit at me…im 5’2” his daddy is 6’2”..he’s already big as hell i need to stop his attitude before he’s too big to fuck with….im all for ass whupins
i have a 10 year old cousin who lives in a ‘timeout’ household and i’m waiting for the day when he flips the fuck out on his mother because she has never, not a day in his life, givin him a good ol’ fashion asswhuppin. i’m 27 years old and i’m STILL scared of my momma. i’m single with no kids, but the moment i bring someone into this world i will raise them the way my momma raised me – to fear God and their mother. its scary to think that kids are being raised on television and video games, which supply a constant supply of violence and conflicting images.
lawd help us all when those 6 kids (times the however many more just like them) grow up.
I have a 3 year old son who mainly is a good boy but sometimes he tries to test me and I nip that shit in the bud right away usually all I have to do is give him one good look and he already know what time it is he know mama don’t play.
This is definitely a hot topic! Let me first say that children are not bad. They simply do what they have been taught to do…and if your parenting skills are inconsistent, neglectful, and down right hateful…guess what kind of kids you are going to get. Time outs, stern focused tones, and what I refer to as “the grip” works…(it does, I’ve used it on different populations of children and I’m telling you, it works!) but it only works if you do it EVERY TIME AND DO NOT START SCREAMING. I don’t believe in hitting children ever. The parents I’ve worked with are far too frustrated/lack control these days for corporal punishment. A firm grip such as one you might use to steady a child on skates and direct eye level communication in a normal (non sing-songy) voice are all I’ve ever needed to handle large groups of children. The parents do see the difference. Hella effective, emotionally safe, perfectly legal…reforming one child (and their tired paren”t”) at a time.
I agree, I think that people are scared to discipline their kids. I am all for it because I have five yr old twin girls who have been getting whuppings since they were in the womb (LOL)! Kids are smart and will try you at any opportunity. So I for one also utilize the infamous Butch Black and his cousin Peggy Shoe in my household.
Again great blog Leon, keep doing the darn thang!
Hustleman on the bus? Wow!
What’s up NegroPino…How’s everything?
@ anonymous, the “Touch Up” is a funny name
@ Peach, yeah, it sounds like lil man is going to be towering over you by age 9 at this rate…lol
@ NubianTemptress43, I love a lot of the video games out now, but kids have no business playing a lot of them. Some of that shit is way too crazy.
@ Shereejoi, that’s the way it’s supposed to be! I commend you.
@ Ms Teacher, my mom also teaches, and she say the same thing about kids not being bad, but a product of their parents and what they’ve been taught(or not taught). You’re right. I probably should have worded things differently instead of labeling those kids as bad. I’m going to try “the grip” if one of my nieces or nephews acts up at the family cookout this weekend. Thanks for your comments and advice.
Thanks for the compliment, Felicia
@ Jali, that was the day I came from watching “Rocky” at the outdoor screening on the National Mall. See the previous entry…lol
Here is the thing, if you want to know what the most effective form of birthcontrol, keep a few kids, and from that point on if you have the courage to get some again, you will make for darn sure its like fort knox up in there. Me, I cant stand bad ass kids, when I see one I just want to take off my belt, somebodys belt, and beat they mama ecspecially if she standing there and laughing, like its cute that her child showing the world they the next generation thug or something.
OMG! I don’t have kids, but if I did I would use the old phrase that was used when I got my ass beat (not timeout or WETF they got now)”Spare the rod, spoil the child”. You like Mr. Mac are saying what everybody wants to say and can’t. LMAO!!!!
I have 4 kids!3 good 1 bad I’m starting to think he likes spankings,time out, soap in his mouth and going to bed early!
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for some reason i thought u might find this funny…totally off subject but hilarious to me lmao
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for some reason i thought u might find this funny…totally off subject but hilarious to me lmao
~~Cracking up~~ “Good she didn’t hear that shit.”
SLAP
Yeah moms had good ears & timing back then.
I always look at the parents when around Bad A kids.
damn children…my nephew is raised on that time out shit, but of course his parents arent together – so he doesnt have a stable home or a stable person to respect – and he calls my mom mami, soooooo that adds up to a kid whos a bad mother facker! He a rotten lil kid – really cute, but rotten to the bone. anyways, if i had my way he wouldnt have that problem – because the asswhoopin would refrain him from being bad, and i dont play.
I do whoop him every once and a while. Guess what I do get? R-E-SP-E-C-T!!!!
anyways, around his daddy he gets mouthy … bad to the bone i tell you. I cant wait to have my own kids and compair them to my rotten nephew.
time out… .shhhhiiii… aint no time for time out, an ass whoopin a day will keep the bad kids away..i say..
whoopin ass – kikimia
I didn’t get whipped as a child and I’m sure I tested my parents but I was generally a good kid and feared my mom’s look of disappointment more then anything. Unfortunately not all kids are the same and different kids need different tactics.
ROTFLMAO hahahaaaa. This needs to be published.. LOL
and f*ck dat.. I BEATS MY KIDS.. they already know they momma crazy so they dont even ATTEMPT to act stupid
I have a 2 yr. old son and an 8 mnth old daughter and I will/do whupp him! I know some folkz think that U shouldn’t spank kids, but when U have a 2yr. that hits like a man and thinks that when U tell him no thats reason 4 him to tear into U like you’re a human sized stick of beef jerky, then its time for THE ROD OF CORRECTION. The boy has teeth like a shark!
LOL!!!!
Thank God for,
Birth Control, Birth Control, and Birth Control!!!
I’m telling you it’s all about slapping them at the right time to instill fear. To this day I have to remind myself of my age and the fact that I pay bills before I say no to my mother and that’s when she’s asking something simple!
I am all for whuppin dat AZZ. All i have to do is look at my son and he trembles.
Man, I can’t stand bad asses either…I be lookin at they mama, like why you not doing nothing?
But if these rugrats come close to me, I’m gone do what you obviously aren’t….
Time out only works after you’ve administered a nice ass whooping….
I don’t like whupping my son, but its like sometimes he asks for it…like he pushes me and pushes me until I lash out….
I can get away with whuppin him outside in the hood, but when in the presence of ofays, I’ll just grab him by the arm and squeeze really hard, then when he cries bloody murder, I threathen him….
Best blog entry. Ever!
Some of you shouldn’t be whooping anyone’s ass….I’m a huge fan in the whipping, but only when you are in control and not in anger. Then it just becomes a beating (like the one I’m going to give some of these little shits momma’s). I have 4 kids, and the whipping works, when YOU have your shit together as the author says.
I’m raising my kids like my grandma raised me. She once slapped me across the floor and out the back door from the other side of the kitchen because I told her fuck you. I don’t even tell her that NOW cuz she’d probably do it again LOL I love my grandma….