7 Bad Celebrity Dads

Jermaine 7 wrote:

<quoted text>Good one Octo.

krackerjacks wrote:

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That's what she said.
My guess is she isn't someone you'd want to get very close to.

octo wrote:

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Pull those underpants down for ole Kracker, Jermaine.
It's discipline time!

octo wrote:

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Pull those underpants down for ole Kracker, Jermaine.
It's discipline time!

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krackerjacks wrote:

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Are you calling yourself a child?
It appears as if you're getting younger by the second.

octo wrote:

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Pull those underpants down for ole Kracker, Jermaine.
It's discipline time!

octo wrote:

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You wanna put me over your knee?
Smack it raw, daddy.

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krackerjacks wrote:

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Really, you guys need some new material.
It's as if I've spanked you so hard, you're just lashing out anyway you can now.
It's pretty sad.

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krackerjacks wrote:

I swear, sometimes it feels like I'm talking to a bunch of children here, goodvibrations.

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octo wrote:

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This is the biggest meltdown I've seen on topix in a while.
Jina must be thrilled.

krackerjacks wrote:

OK, I have a question for you, Len....
About a month ago, you sent me a personal message that said how happy you are that I'm here cuz I'm helping to deliver a valuable message.
You're kind of a turncoat, aren't you?

krackerjacks wrote:

A study found that youngsters smacked up to the age of six did better at school and were more optimistic about their lives than those never hit by their parents.
They were also more likely to undertake voluntary work and keener to attend university, experts discovered. The research, conducted in the United States, is likely to anger children’s rights campaigners who have unsuccessfully fought to ban smacking in Britain.
Currently, parents are allowed by law to mete out "reasonable chastisement'' on their children, providing smacking does not leave a mark or bruise. These limits were clarified in the 2004 Children’s Act. But children’s groups and MPs have argued that spanking is an outdated form of punishment that can cause long-term mental health problems.
Marjorie Gunnoe, professor of psychology at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan, said her study showed there was insufficient evidence to deny parents the freedom to determine how their children should be punished. She said:“The claims made for not spanking children fail to hold up. They are not consistent with the data.
“I think of spanking as a dangerous tool, but there are times when there is a job big enough for a dangerous tool. You just don’t use it for all your jobs.” The research questioned 179 teenagers about how often they were smacked as children and how old they were when they were last spanked.
Their answers were then compared with information they gave about their behaviour that could have been affected by smacking. This included negative effects such as anti-social behaviour, early sexual activity, violence and depression, as well as positives such as academic success and ambitions.
Those who had been smacked up to the age of six performed better in almost all the positive categories and no worse in the negatives than those never punished physically.
Teenagers who had been hit by their parents from age seven to 11 were also found to be more successful at school than those not smacked but fared less well on some negative measures, such as getting involved in more fights.
However, youngsters who claimed they were still being smacked scored worse than every other group across all the categories. Prof Gunnoe found little difference in the results between sexes and different racial groups. The findings were rejected by the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, which has fought to ban smacking.
A spokesman for the charity said: "The NSPCC believes that children should have the same legal protection from assault as adults do.“Other research has shown that smacking young children affects their behaviour and mental development, and makes them more likely to be anti-social.”
However, Parents Outloud, the pressure group, welcomed the research, saying parents should not be criminalised for mild smacking. Its spokeswoman, Margaret Morrissey, said:“It is very difficult to explain verbally to a young child why something they have done is wrong.“A light tap is often the most effective way of teaching them not to do something that is dangerous or hurtful to other people – it is a preventive measure.“While anything more than a light tap is definitely wrong, parents should be allowed the freedom to discipline their children without the fear that they will be reported to police.”
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krackerjacks wrote:

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Uhhhhh...I'm sorry, what was your question again, what did I do to force my boy to misbehave??
Sigh...

goodvibrations wrote:

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You are not alone with your view.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/08/...

Len is Disgusted wrote:

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This study doesn't say positive things about physical violence toward children.

goodvibrations wrote:

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Of course but it states that corporal punishment of children remains common worldwide.

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Len is Disgusted wrote:

<quoted text>Whooooosh!

The purpose of that study flew right over your head.

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goodvibrations wrote:

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You are not alone with your view.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/08/...