so do you yogi, i've worked on cases where a six year old was kicked to the ground and stomped on, and another where a young teenager got a baseball bat to the head (both survived without physical damage but massive emotional trauma) and yes i still call dragging a child by the arm across a room, abuse. it is absolutely possible and not at all hard to pull a child's arm out of the socket.
was it intentional rather than ignorant, no, was it the worst case not by any stretch of the imagination but even if you don't call it abuse or abusive you CANNOT call it good or safe parenting.
being normal is not necessarily a virtue... It rather denotes a lack of courage!
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deckzone3000
16 years ago
and yes i still call dragging a child by the arm across a room, abuse. it is absolutely possible and not at all hard to pull a child's arm out of the socket.
You must think letting a kid learn to walk is abuse then. And letting a child ride in a car.
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achope246
16 years ago
You must think letting a kid learn to walk is abuse then. And letting a child ride in a car.
WHat does that have to do with anything?
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kevricever
16 years ago
There is a big difference! Are you really going to compare teaching a child to walk or ride in a car to DRAGGING a child by the arm across the room? Seriously...
"You kids don't have a clue. I can only hope you wise up before you're old enough to have children"... As said by yourself, I suggest you wise up
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achope246
16 years ago
THANK YOU kevricever! bailey and I have been trying to convince deckzone that Morgan was wrong, but obviously it isn't going to happen...
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bailey96
16 years ago
achope: we should bow to deckzone's superior experience on this issue
he/she has seen a child dragged by the arm and that turned out just fine, so OBVIOUSLY our combined decades of personal and professional experience pale in comparison.
i've seen the light and am now going to recommend that all my court ordered clients drag their children around by the arm several times a day.
of course i'll lose my license to practice and my job, odds are good that at least one of the children may suffer a serious injury and they may end up in foster care but when i'm called to testify i'll have deckzone's posts to back me up.
i'm sure it'll all work out in the end.
being normal is not necessarily a virtue... It rather denotes a lack of courage!
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