How foolish of the Dad. He should have just sat him down and explained that wandering off on a dark night puts him in danger of being abducted and raped by a pedofile.

I'm sure a 7 year old would understand that perfectly! [/end sarcasm]

This is what happened.. to the 7 year old.


He ran off.
His dad spanked him.
His dad went to jail.
He had his 'bottom examined' for marks, while he was taken away and kept with the police.


I bet he'll never run off again. I'd say this worked out pretty well.

Nononono Dad. Don't spank the kid, give him internal bleeding. A punch to the gut wound is pretty congruent with...falling down the stairs? Right son?

This is one of my biggest fears about having a kid. I feel that spanking me was one of the best things my parents did for me when I was young. They never actually hurt me but I couldn't help but get the message. When I grew out of it they stopped and resorted to more mature methods.

So I would totally advocate spanking kids. But I'd be afraid that I'd go to jail for trying to be a good dad because some ninny thought I was hurting my child.

I've always said that I have no memory of my father ever hitting me, but I was certainly afraid of it. I'm guessing he beat the sh*t out of me young before the permanent memory set in..just enough to have threats keep me inline.

Kids these days are taught to have no fear of discipline so they have no respect for authority.

Another "Oh, for crying out loud!!" moment.