tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893219718076521675.post8211055736374073965..comments2024-03-28T07:58:41.643-04:00Comments on pancocojams: Children's Playground Rhymes About Whippings (Spankings, Beatings) Azizi Powellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14963772326145910073noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893219718076521675.post-84966469015682774262022-06-21T09:55:19.283-04:002022-06-21T09:55:19.283-04:00Hello, Sammy. My experience (as an African America...Hello, Sammy. My experience (as an African American child and mother) is that it's most common to spank children on their butt (bottom), but not their "bare bottom" if by "bare" you mean pulling down their pants to show the skin of their butt. Azizi Powellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14963772326145910073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893219718076521675.post-22788481263144964752022-06-21T07:58:37.595-04:002022-06-21T07:58:37.595-04:00Among all the African-American families you've...Among all the African-American families you've known was it the most common way to spank kids on the bare bottom? (Forgive me for asking but I didn't come from a part of the country where there were many African-Americans, in fact the largest minority were Native Americans.)Sammynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893219718076521675.post-12631551168335086342022-06-07T06:31:16.483-04:002022-06-07T06:31:16.483-04:00Thanks for your comment, Anonymous.Thanks for your comment, Anonymous.Azizi Powellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14963772326145910073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893219718076521675.post-13591300227197051862022-06-07T03:22:25.695-04:002022-06-07T03:22:25.695-04:00You did the right thing. There is nothing wrong wi...You did the right thing. There is nothing wrong with administering a spanking when it is for a good reason. Yes, a strapping hurts but not as much as some of the possible consequences of letting misbehavior run unchecked.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893219718076521675.post-82839003069728644642015-10-18T14:21:26.824-04:002015-10-18T14:21:26.824-04:00Thanks for your comment, anonymous.
I'm not ...Thanks for your comment, anonymous. <br /><br />I'm not here to prove how much I knew about child welfare.<br /><br />I'm not proud about the fact that I hit my children with a strap on the very rare occasions that I did. I'm also not going to defend what I did, when I did it, and the reasons I did it. <br /><br />It happened and I'm being honest about it. Azizi Powellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14963772326145910073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893219718076521675.post-64735688373762355732015-10-18T14:01:24.060-04:002015-10-18T14:01:24.060-04:00Really pathetic that you would admit to hitting yo...Really pathetic that you would admit to hitting you children with a strap, even very rarely and then claim to have worked in child welfare. Clearly you know nothing ABOUT child welfare. Shame.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893219718076521675.post-14449965476749351412014-10-10T04:30:39.556-04:002014-10-10T04:30:39.556-04:00Here's a link to a post about a survey of Asia...Here's a link to a post about a survey of Asian American adults that concluded that Asian Americans receive less spankings as children than Americans of other races and ethnicities (with "ethnicity" meaning Latino/Hispanic): <a href="http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2014/10/02/why-asian-american-parents-dont-spank-their-kids/#disqus_thread" rel="nofollow">http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2014/10/02/why-asian-american-parents-dont-spank-their-kids/#disqus_thread</a><br /><br />However, a number of commenters who self-identified as Asian and other commenters questioned the validity of that study for various reasons, including their own personal experiences and/or the experiences of Asians who they know.<br /><br />Some commenters questioned what was meant by "Asian". <br />naomic3, October 3. 2014 <br />..."Perhaps the term "Asian" is too broad? I would like to see the breakdowns for specific coutnty of origin, parental age, and religion. Are Buddhist Asians less likely to beat their children than Christian? So many other variables..."<br />-snip-<br />A number of commenters indicated that the term "spanking" and the phrase "good, hard spanking" that was used in that study, are open to too many interpretations. Several commenters pointed out that spanking on the buttocks isn't part of South Asians' culture, but South Asian children in the USA are physically disciplined in other ways. Here are two of those comments:<br /><br />She, October 3, 2014<br />"indian kid here... educated upper-mid class parents (not engineers, doctors or lawyers though for stereotyping assistance). Spanking is just not a common physical punishment commonly. Face slapping is... and of course emotional punishment. So where's that in the survey?"<br /><br />**<br />Nadezh, October 3, 2014<br />"I think the problem is spanking as a standard punishment. South Asians certainly smack their kids, and sometimes deliver quite severe beatings, but spanking - ie, hitting someone on the butt - is just not a thing. I can't say so definitively, but there's a bit of a cultural taboo around touching below the waist, particularly children."<br />Azizi Powellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14963772326145910073noreply@blogger.com