• ChunkMcHorkle
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        I dunno about that. Usually kids start out great until garbage adults get a hold of them, and then all bets are off.

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      14 hours ago

      Nah, even as a child that’s unacceptable. My kid is only 5 and I don’t let them hit people, and punish them when they do. The response from the parent shows the apple fell straight down

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        I never said it was acceptable. Do you call you’re children garbage when they misbehave? Does their behavior improve after you tell your child that you think they’re garbage? I don’t let my children hit anyone either, I just don’t call them garbage if they do.

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          Punishing is much more than violence against children, and hitting them is one of the worst ways to punish for many reasons.

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        Yeah, it’s unacceptable, but it’s also unacceptable to call a child a “garbage person” for acting like a child.

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          Regardless of the labelling, punching someone in the face is absolutely not “acting like a child”, it’s acting like a garbage person. That shit should not be tolerated or excused away to complain about labelling.

          And honestly, excusing away a kid battering their teacher as “acting like a child” is pretty goddamned unacceptable too.

          • faythofdragons@slrpnk.net
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            13 hours ago

            My little brother threw a chair at his preschool teacher. This is absolutely shit kids do, that they need to be taught is unacceptable. You don’t teach kids to be better by writing them off as garbage humans, because they’re still learning.

            If you call your five year old garbage for acting out, you’re a shitty parent.

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      16 hours ago

      This “child” could be 7 or 17, which makes a huge difference regarding the appropriateness of their response. We need more context.

    • Soup
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      You shouldn’t be in charge of anything. That’s called being complacent and leads to even worse problems.