Criticizing parents who hit their children can be a week long discussion. In the recent case of the woman who hit her son, when she caught him protesting in Baltimore, many folks had a ton to say about that mother, both for and against her. Well guess what. There's stuff brewing in her world from when she was young too. She was once a child and more than likely displayed what she knew the other day, from what happened to her. Now that is absolutely no excuse for her beha

Violence kills a young Black man. Black youth rebel and use violence to express their anger. Angry mom uses violence to "control" son who used violence to express his anger. If she's comfortable hitting her big teen son, you knoooooowww she's been comfortable hitting him from who knows what age up to now. What's really happening here? Low skills on every level. Here's an issue he's working to defend, yet he doesn't have the skills to handle the issue effectively. These are

Most folks know Elizabeth Rohm for her acting in Law and Order. Now, I know her because she is a non-compromising, anti-spanking mom! Yaaaaaassss! What strikes me most about the article you'll read if you click her picture, is that a dude could not even occupy her future space if he believed in spanking a child. LOVE THAT!!! Those of us that think this way have to be unapologetic about this. We are talking about rearing people that will not just inhabit the earth, they ar

My girl Joy Behar is giving it to you with avid passion in this video! We are on the same page when it comes to what a child REALLY feels when they get hit by parents. They don't respect you more. They fear and resent the big ole people that harm them. Being with a parent is supposed to feel reassuring and comfortable. Who wants to come home to an environment where you know pain and yelling wait for you when you get there. When you are to be corrected as an adult...right

YES YES YES and MORE YYAAAAASSS!!! Our First Lady Michelle Obama and our President Barack Obama said it clear as day! "WE DON'T SPANK," they said. "You don't have to," Barack Obama said. Michelle said her father just told her he was disappointed in her, and the tears would come streaming down. WHEN... YOU... DON'T... HIT... CHILDREN... THEY... CAN...MAKE... SENSE... OF...THEIR... LIVES... AND... REEEEEEAAALLLYY...TRUST...YOU... AS...THEIR... PARENT. If I have a conversat

Chris Carter has these brothers stunned!!! He gave em' straight church up in here! I know you probably saw this reaction to Adrian Peterson hitting his son, but you just have to watch it again. I don't even want to say much. I just want to keep watching this clip. The main power I get from what Chris Carter said and how he said it, is that we absolutely must stop being apologetic about discussing the wrongs of corporal punishment. It was and IS debilitating. It dumbs ou

Aaaaaaaahhhhhh Malik Yoba is against hitting his children! Maaaaannn...when you click on his name and read that article you gon see why! See...no matter what a person may grow up to be...those mental and spiritual wounds are still open. Thank goodness for those who choose to act differently with their own children, because violence was used to "discipline" them. The big tragedy becomes when a person mimics what they experienced as childen. Uuuuhhhh can you say Adrian Pete

Now I am not a big Dr. Phil viewer, but I have to give props where props are due. He laid it out calm and simple for these parents. What spanking, hitting, popping or any type of corporal punishment, does to a child, goes beyond just fear. Adults that spank are usually not aware of how they are affecting their children physiologically. Folks want to be mad when the grades in school aren't making it, but they are not taking responsibility for how hitting their child affects

Oooooooohhhh did my girl Jada have it on point when she said, "Prepare your children in the way where they can have ANYTHING!" Many of us were raised to bellieve, and were actually told, "You can't have everything you want in life. You gotta struggle hard to achieve... blah blah blah." It's like being set up to fail from the giddy up. That viewpoint is soooo fear-based. Preparing children to lose, instead of preparing them to win, creates a person who ends up doing just that.

Celebrities who don't spank are soooooo important! They are centers of influence. They do indeed have the power to encourage others with whatever they project. The most profound part of this interview for me is when Marlon Wayans said that he realized that by not hitting his children he sees he has a chance to change a generation. CHANGE A GENERATION FOR THE BETTER??? What a simple and profound goal for us as parents to have! Kudos to the mama of Keenan's children too, who