Beating your kids isn’t THAT bad
Summary
A straphanger shares a controversial parenting philosophy: beating your kids makes them disciplined and successful. Kareem's skeptical at first, but then they land on a consensus. Moms can beat their kids, not dads. The rider, whose Canadian mom disciplined with slides while his Spanish dad let him skip school whenever he wanted, credits living with his mom for his success. Kareem agrees with the mom-only rule. Everyone's already afraid of dad anyway.
Full Transcript
So what's your take? I don't think it's that bad to beat on your kids. I don't—I don't know yet. Do you agree or—I got to ask more questions.
It makes people more disciplined. I feel like successful people have had—successful people have been beaten by their parents. Have you been beaten by your parents? Yes, yes. With slides. Damn, those must hurt. Where's your family from? My mom's Canadian and my dad is Spanish.
Ah, Spanish dads. They be beaten with the flip-flops. No, it was my mom actually. Your dad didn't beat? No, no. I think also it should always be the mom beating you, you not the dad.
Okay, that I can get behind. If the mom wants to beat you, she can. Dad—I think no, dads can't beat you. It has to be your mom. I 100% agree with this take. If it's that moms should be able to beat their kids, yes. Not dads, not dads.
No, everybody's afraid of dad. That's why they don't have to beat you. No, I'm not afraid of my dad. He like would let me do anything I wanted. I wanted to skip school, he would let me.
That's bad. You're being a bad kid. That's why I lived with my mom. And this is why I'm successful.