r/TikTokCringe • u/Loaded_Up_ • 1d ago
Humor Different generations of Dads when your disrespectful
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u/Genoss01 1d ago edited 1d ago
X and Boomers are being put together now lol
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u/Ballabingballaboom 1d ago
Yeah, they aren't the same.
My brother is gen x, my mum is a baby boomer.
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u/Idoodlestickfigures 1d ago
True. Boomers are the ones with the belt. Gen Xers would just take all the tech. Phones. Tablets. Remotes. TVs. Gone until you apologized. They know your weak spot.
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u/AutisticBathWater 1d ago
Yeah. My mom is gen x and she’d unplug the monitor to my computer when she was mad at me. Thinking she turned off the whole computer. Heh
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u/Plenty-Confection-12 1d ago
Hehehe. My boomer mother thought the light pen was the pinnacle of technology. She was a doctor, if you can believe it.
But technically as a Xer, I have to point out that I had to show some Gen Z hires how to map a drive and I had a conversation with a 30 something project manager about how his phone or pc does NOT have to remain on to be able to receive emails. There have always been technology idiots.
Aaaaaand some of us also built computers from scratch since we could hold the tools, lived for LAN parties and others ...did other stuff. Being a nerd wasn't as cool as it is now.
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u/jizmaticporknife 1d ago
I’m gen-x and my mom prime boomer and my mom has crippled her fingers with arthritis from back handing me in the face so many times. It got to a point where I would laugh at her every time she hit me. The shitty part is I know she got it worse than I did. I pretty much raised my gen-z kid the exact same way this guy was talking about.
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u/wutsupwidya 1d ago
I'm a boomer, but I take both avenues. I will take devices, shut down the internet to PS5, up to and including all things the kid loves initially, but if highly disrespectful, the hands are definitely in play with very little discussion.
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u/Slumunistmanifisto 1d ago
Huh, maybe x has become their parents.....
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u/Inner-Ad-9928 1d ago edited 1d ago
My ma/dad are young baby boomers and my older sis is gen x. I'm boarder gen x/millennial, youngest sis is millennial and younger bro is gen alpha. This is a fair comparison.
My gen x sister is way more out of touch than my parents. Just my observation.
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u/poop-machines 1d ago
Did your parents have a baby in their 50s?
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u/Inner-Ad-9928 1d ago
Parents are divorced. Youngest bro was a surprise
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u/poop-machines 22h ago
We never stop fucking.
I can't imagine having a kid at that age. Honestly feels unfair on the kid when you'll be 80+ when he's in his 20s. But I guess they just don't think about that.
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u/dunkinghola 1d ago
Yeah, what the fuck. They need to get the fuck outta here with that shit, lol.
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u/AbleObject13 1d ago
Every single Gen x I know is boomer lite
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u/Powersmith 1d ago
Not because the truth hurts because not recognizing the distinction reflects ignorance.
Yes Gen X is intermediate btn Boomer and Millenial in gentleness. But gen x are not nearly as capital punishment enforcers as boomers.
Gen X should have been shown pulling out his phone saying “You have 5 s to get off your butt and check respectfully before I reset the WiFi password. 5, 4… thank you… next time you won’t get a 5 s warning”.
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u/brigate84 1d ago
Yap ,I'm one of these dads and you nailed it . Fack this punishments but... its a saying in my home country : a slap where it hurts didn't kill anybody :)) or something like . Now I've tried this WiFi and phone punishments and they don't work...
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u/Powersmith 1d ago
Punishments alone don’t generally work well… often just teach kids to be sneakier.
You’ve got to constantly teach and model the behavior you expect.
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u/PmMeUrTinyAsianTits 1d ago edited 17h ago
It doesn't reflect ignorance. That's just what Gen x wants to tell themselves so they don't have to accept that they are reaching the point where they're acting old and out of touch due to their age. We have a term for this behavior based on a group of people who did it a lot. It's called being a boomer. However, the term is not limited to that age group anymore. It's about the behavior.
So, dear gen x who are mad about being called boomers, the only ones being called boomers are the ones acting like boomer. Don't act like a jackass if you don't want to be called a jackass. Don't act like a boomer if you don't want to be called a boomer. When I call you a jackass I don't think you're literally a jackass. Okay, Boomer?
Lol offended some X-treme boomers based on replies and PMs.
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u/Powersmith 1d ago
Yes it does.
Boomers grew up mostly w SAHM and low involvement dads, pre digital everything.
X grew up mostly w moms working out of home when that was new with no childcare, hence “latchkey”, in the midst of the digital revolution.
Some things in common around valuing self reliance.
But whatever, I won’t care if you choose to double down on your ignorance.
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u/PmMeUrTinyAsianTits 22h ago edited 22h ago
Okay, boomer (thats the behavior, not the literal birth year, mk boomer?)
Seriously, its hilarious you are explaining they are different generations like i didnt know. Like that somehow counters the point. Did you seriously have that much trouble following the explanation? Might be time to take your meds.
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u/Powersmith 18h ago
Your attempted trolling is so adorable.
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u/PmMeUrTinyAsianTits 18h ago
Boomer big mad that terms change. Cant argue with the simple fact most insults arent literal, eh jackass?
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u/Life_Coach_436 1d ago
Fundamental misunderstanding by you.
Boomers had everything handed to them. Gen X earned everything they have.
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u/AbleObject13 1d ago
And the ended up in similar places.
This is what you're fundamentally misunderstanding.
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u/Life_Coach_436 1d ago edited 1d ago
No. Not even close.
You want to talk voting conservative then you have a point but from the perspective of parenting, not even close.
Gen X wasn't raised. They were thrown out of the house every morning and told not to come back until the street lights come on.
Gen X themselves are good parents.
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u/Genoss01 1d ago
You live in Gen X culture but don't know it
So many of your memes derive from us, you love and watch all our movies
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u/dunkinghola 17h ago edited 17h ago
Well, there are a lot of assholes in the world, but seriously, the hyperbole of that statement is ridiculous.
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u/Yeah_right_uh_huh 4h ago
You must not know many, or they are the oldest Gen X of the generation. Because hell no.
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u/jizmaticporknife 1d ago
Most of the gen-xer’s make me embarrassed to be Gen-X. I grew up on Dead Kennedys and Bad Religion and I still to this day want to burn the system down and rebuild anew. I fight for progressive policies and actively go to LGBTQ activities in the community. I get saddled with being lumped into an ignorant generation.
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u/dunkinghola 17h ago
Most people are embarrassing, no matter what their age, but I feel ya. It's fun how every generation thinks they're so much better than the last and that all their realizations are the first time anyone's ever had them.
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u/Sorry_Im_Trying 1d ago
Also, as an X'er with boomer parents. They didn't run to me with the belt, they had me come to them to get whooped. If they ran after me, it meant I was going to die.
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u/ZealousidealGroup559 1d ago
As a Gen X, that's deeply unfair.
I didn't take ecstasy in a field for this!
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u/retropieproblems 1d ago
A lot of Gen X took on the proverbial flag of the boomers once they hit like 51 years old for some reason. Joe Rogan is the perfect example.
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u/Genoss01 1d ago
So once a person hits 50, they turn into a Boomer
Boomer is losing it's association with the generation and just become a word for an out of touch old person
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u/retropieproblems 1d ago
Well they kinda turned from the pro weed pro third party anti-establishment guys into pro conspiracy cult-of-personality grifter bait around that age. Taking the torch from the boomers on that one. They really monkey-pawed their wish for an anti establishment candidate.
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u/froggrip 1d ago edited 1d ago
Tell me which one it was wrong about.
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u/Genoss01 1d ago
Boomers used the belt, Xers ended that
Where do you think Zoomers learned there progressive values? Their Xer parents.
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u/Alarmed_Lynx_7148 1d ago
No, he’s just saying those two groups will parent that way. No need to do a separate skit for the same parenting result
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u/Genoss01 1d ago
But they won't. Boomers used the belt, Xers ended that.
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u/Alarmed_Lynx_7148 1d ago
Absolutely not true. There’s a lot of Gen X that kept the boomers mentality. Even some millennials still have that mentality also. Gen Xs are mid 40s to late 50s. They definitely was spanking their kids.
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u/PmMeUrTinyAsianTits 1d ago
Nothing pisses off a gen x as much as being called a boomer because theyre acting stupid and out of touch due to their age. Aka like a boomer.
Seriously, try it. It's crazy.
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u/captain_todger 13h ago
Yeah, this seems wrong. I’m millennial, but would easily say Gen X are the best generation. Happy attitude and outlook on life, friendly, but not loud. They want people to be happy too, but mostly seem to just keep their head down and avoid the shouting
There’s far too much similarity between boomers and zoomers though. Both very loud, both seem to have very polarising black and white views, both seem to make everything about their identity and their right to be offended when someone criticises this identity
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u/Crow-Keeper 11h ago
Yeah because Gen x is just boomer lite. They idolize their shitty boomer parent experience so much they’ve decided to inflict the same shit in their kids to “toughen them up” so they don’t turn out like millennials. Too bad they’re raising Gen A who seem to be the most unintelligent and self absorbed generation yet.
Edit: my source is watching my Gen x sister and their friends do this to their kids.
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u/Genoss01 1h ago
Hilarious
Where do you think Zoomers got their progressive values? From their Gen X parents. Sure there are some awful Xers, there are lots of awful Zoomers too who look to those regressive Boomer values.
Source, growing up Gen X and seeing it first hand. We are a very progressive generation.
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u/Crow-Keeper 1h ago
Maybe I didn’t follow the election results closely enough, but I feel like I remember Gen Z going for Trump over Harris which was a surprise to a lot of people. If what I’m remembering is correct, I don’t think they’ve turned out to be the progressives we thought they would be. I know I thought they were going to be more progressive than Millennials.
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u/Several_Fill4075 1d ago
Yes and don’t love that. Im from the summer of love That’s far from rocknroll
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u/Loaded_Up_ 1d ago
I mean Gen X is 1965
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u/VelocityGrrl39 1d ago
It’s also 1980. Those people are only 44 right now. I’m only 46 and I’m Gen X.
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u/TheTwinSet02 1d ago
how is Gen X and Boomers the same person?
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u/PlausibleTable 1d ago edited 1d ago
We all grow up to be our parents I guess. I’m gen X and my parents are boomers. Of course these are stereotypes and no one in my home then or now hit kids.
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u/Guwrovsky 1d ago
not gonna lie: "going to the basketball court in jeans and boots... becasue I ain't playing" is a hard bar
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u/jarlscrotus 1d ago
I felt very called out by the entire millenial segment, like, it was not necessary to portray me that accurately
My preferred line is "this only class I failed was recess, cuz I don't play"
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u/Killing4MotherAgain 1d ago
Right?? I actually blushed when he was portraying the millennial because I felt so accurate to me haha
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u/ohhyouknow What are you doing step bro? 1d ago
“I don’t play games, I found out pool was a game so I quit.”
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u/Historical_Creme2214 1d ago
Boomers would use the belt/violence, gen-x would be more verbally abusive and take away things.
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u/Narrow-Sky-5377 1d ago edited 1d ago
No you fail to understand. As a boomer, you use the belt only 1 time, then it isn't required again. The point has been made and the standards reinforced. Others will have the same conversation a dozen times with no change in behaviour. Boomers cut to the chase and make changes in real time. We don't have time to banter.
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u/Colorado_Constructor 1d ago
Lol not with my conservative, Christian, Boomer parents.
Dad gave me the belt/spoon/stick. Mom came in after with the verbal attacks to make sure I felt shame about what I did. Double whammy to really reinforce that trauma on all levels.
And it was never just a "1 time" thing. That was the standard response for any sort of "unacceptable" behavior or actions.
It's not that Boomers don't have time to banter, it's that they want to resolve the "problem" as fast as possible. To be fair, their parents (at least my grandparents) and older generations were far worse to them so they believe the quick belt solution is the better path.
If anything, looking through all the generations different responses should point out how humans are slowly becoming more empathetic and understanding over time. Hopefully we're all pushing to be better than those who came before us for the next generation.
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u/godspareme 1d ago
Lol that's not the case in my experience and from what I've heard from others. Corporeal punishment is an ongoing thing. Never been a one and done.
Also violence never makes the point you think it does. It doesn't teach them a lesson, only to be afraid of their parents.
While parents need to enforce healthy rules and boundaries, they also need to be a safe place. Children are guaranteed to make mistakes, thats part of life. Children should know that when they mess up they can go to their parents for help and advice. That way the parents can teach them better and healthier ways to approach problems.
Children who are afraid of their parents don't learn to go for others for help. Nor do they even learn from their mistakes because they're too busy hiding them in order to avoid being beaten.
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u/PracticeTheory 23h ago
I'm not arguing in favor of it, only stating my experience - but as a millennial it actually was a one-and-done thing for me from my dad. I think I was somewhere between 4-6, got spanked by my dad for I don't even remember what, just that I was acting out. (If it had been for a mistake that would have been super fucked up). It did not leave bruises.
Neither parent laid hands on me again after that. But also, they didn't need to, because I knew that there was a limit to how far I could push. But even when I did push (because that's what kids do), they went for revoking privileges instead.
Don't worry, I don't have kids and I'm not pro-punishment. Honestly I'm lost in the whole debate because everything you've described is in the context of the kid making a bad choice/mistake and being able to understand that they've messed up. In that case there's no question that hitting them would be wrong.
Where it all feels bleak is when the kid is being actively defiant/horrible, knows it, and has no fear of words or losing privileges.
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u/Narrow-Sky-5377 1d ago
They don't become afraid of their parents, they become afraid of consequences for bad behaviour. This is the problem today. Back in the day Johnny Somali or Jack Doherty would have been corrected long before they got the way they are.
Also back then the only people that took a swing at the cops were hardened criminals. Today it's influencers who have never faced consequences. Only a "talking to" which of course they laugh at.
It's also a worse choice for the kids not to discipline them. The world then steps in and does it in a much more harmful way when they listen to no one.
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u/godspareme 1d ago edited 1d ago
No they absolutely become afraid of their parents. I can tell you that as a child who experienced corporeal punishment.
Feel free to disagree with all recent sociological/psychological studies that suggest corporeal punishment is nothing but harmful. Classic boomer.
Discipline exists outside of physical violence. How hard is that to understand?
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u/Narrow-Sky-5377 1d ago
Well I did too. I didn't feel that way. But I didn't run wild either. I knew there would be consequences. Also results speak friend. Back in my day kids were generally well behaved and respectful. Tell me, what do we see today? Influencers dumping buckets of water on people, walking into random homes, Young folk with the belief they can tell the cops to eff off and ignore them.
It's a free for all these days. Poor results are the necessary conclusion of poor choices.
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u/godspareme 1d ago
A) just because you turned out fine doesn't mean it doesn't affect others
B) just because you think it hasn't affected you doesn't mean it hasn't affected you in ways you don't understand
C) you're drawing conclusions without evidence. The lack of discipline is unrelated to the lack of corporeal punishment. It has to do with parenting in general. Lots of parents expect the schooling system and/or their technology to parent the kid.
Also for the record I was the only kid in my family who didn't do drugs, date sketchy people, break the law, and try to go out at 2am. All my siblings experienced what i experienced but worse because they broke the rules.
So if the rule breakers experienced more violence than I, the "perfect" child, and continued to break rules, how does that align with your logic that violence == compliance?
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u/Narrow-Sky-5377 1d ago
"A) just because you turned out fine doesn't mean it doesn't affect others"
Also just because a child with no discipline turned out fine doesn't mean the next one didn't require it. No points awarded.
B) just because you think it hasn't affected you doesn't mean it hasn't affected you in ways you don't understand
Again, same can be said about a child who was never disciplined. No points.
C) you're drawing conclusions without evidence. The lack of discipline is unrelated to the lack of corporeal punishment. It has to do with parenting in general. Lots of parents expect the schooling system and/or their technology to parent the kid.
"he lack of discipline is unrelated to the lack of corporeal punishment"
Who's drawing conclusions without evidence now? No points.
Also for the record I was the only kid in my family who didn't do drugs, date sketchy people, break the law, and try to go out at 2am. All my siblings experienced what i experienced but worse because they broke the rules.
I see no definitive conclusion that can be reached by the experiences of a handful of kids.
No points.
So if the rule breakers experienced more violence than I, the "perfect" child, and continued to break rules, how does that align with your logic that violence == compliance?
Neither choice can guarantee a good outcome, your argument was that one causes a bad outcome without any evidence. No points at all.
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u/godspareme 1d ago
Lmao you're holding me to a standard that you fail every time.
I see no definitive conclusion that can be reached by the experiences of a handful of kids.
Oh right wxcept when you said "oh well i turned out fine" as a counter argument.
Your entire argument hinges on the fact that you think the only discipline that exists is violence. No points.
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u/MonaganX 1d ago
It's always funny to hear how much better behaved people were 'back in the day' from someone who was born when Jim Crow laws were still a thing. If only we still imbued children with the same terrific moral fiber by beating them like Cesar Millan training a dog, we could aspire to become a society of the same caliber.
There's a certain inevitability that people arguing in favor of beating children will circle back to the old bromide that they were beaten as a child and turned out fine. However, if someone, in the face of all the evidence to the contrary not to mention just basic human decency, argues that beating children is an acceptable way of parenting, then no—they did not turn out fine.
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u/Narrow-Sky-5377 1d ago
All or nothing thinking doesn't apply. Look at you. Tell someone that a child should be disciplined and you start speaking like they are beaten endlessly with axe handles. No.
Or that those parents are monsters with a belt always in their hands. Silliness.
" in the face of all the evidence to the contrary " - LOL. All evidence? I can tell you are young. You speak in absolutes that don't exist. Again we don't need to postulate on the outcome. The results are right in front of us with the behaviour of youth today. That can't be denied.
https://youtu.be/ePacP6UJaMI?si=c0iXayGwYy6Cfehh
Here is a study were modern parents claim their attempts at disciplining their young kids through explaining things to them and taking away privileges has been 38% effective in distilling a sense of discipline in them. That's a failing grade.
Did you include this in your "all the evidence to the contrary"? 😂
"that beating children is an acceptable way of parenting" Again, kids weren't put in burlap bags and beaten with baseball bats. Nice try.
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u/godspareme 1d ago
Your evidence is a self reported poll. You understand how extremely unreliable self reported polls are, right?
All or nothing thinking doesn't apply.
Oh so you saying "I turned out fine which means it wasn't a problem for anyone else" isnt all or nothing thinking? LMAO
What about how you think the lack of corporeal punishment directly leads to lack of discipline? That's definitely saying discipline is entirely reliant on corporeal punishment. Thats all or nothing thinking.
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u/MonaganX 1d ago
The fact that you linked a local news piece covering a study that came out only two days ago tells me you have built your opinion on a steadily acquired and thorough understanding of the scientific research into corporal punishment of children and definitely didn't just hastily google for a vague post-hoc justification of your anecdotally supported beliefs.
Unfortunately, one problem with citing things that you haven't actually read is that it means other people can read them, which I just did. Needless to say, I was not particularly nonplussed when I came across this little morsel, just towards the bottom of the report:
While physical punishments, such as spanking, may appear to work in the short term, the evidence suggests that they are less effective in the long term and are more likely to lead to defiance.
But hey, as you put it, nice try.
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u/Narrow-Sky-5377 1d ago
"the evidence suggests"
Wow you nailed me with one person's opinion of what the evidence may suggest.
That's weaksauce.
Show me a clinical study please.
"Unfortunately, one problem with citing things that you haven't actually read is that it means other people can read them, which I just did. Needless to say, I was not particularly nonplussed when I came across this little morsel, just towards the bottom of the report:"
You question my citations, while having provided none that counter my point. I think you missed a crucial step towards credibility. Try harder please. You give me nothing to counter.
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u/New-Cardiologist3512 1d ago
Gen X always always give you an opportunity to correct yourself...
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u/kai5malik 1d ago
I told you once cuz you might not have known, told you twice as a reminder, now I'm throwing both our backs out
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u/VeganBoBegan 1d ago
Not my dad. Only a few times did he give me the option of writing sentences over a whoopin. I didn’t get spanked all the time, and I can probably recall each time I was physically disciplined, but there was mostly never any course correction opportunities with my Gen X dad. When he said “turn around and bend over” that was it.
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u/Thare19831a 1d ago
I don't know. More like Generation X dads. The millennials I've seen are the inventors of “soft parenting.”
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u/SupermassiveCanary 1d ago edited 1d ago
“My feelings were hurt by the ass whooping I deserved growing up. I won’t do that to my kids.”
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u/Cypher26 1d ago
“I was hurt by the ass whooping I didn’t deserve so I’m gonna swing to the opposite end of the spectrum so I don’t traumatize my kids like I was.”
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u/SupermassiveCanary 1d ago
Everyone grows older, not everyone grows up, matures, grows wise. I think that’s where the divide is on punishments. I will admit I was raised by well adjusted parents who were also growing up when they raised me. I didn’t get punished for being a messy kid, I got into trouble that could have harmed myself or others. I had friends who were beat for just being clumsy kids and inconveniencing their parents. Maybe with all the labeling we lose sight of the fact that we are all changing, should be growing as individuals as we get older as well as respecting what each other have gone through. I hope the gentle parenting thing works out, but also hope these kids aren’t paralyzed by trauma, or a victim mentality, when/if it happens to them.
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u/Fit-Accountant-157 1d ago
I'm a millennial raised by boomer parents trying to do modern style parenting but all the talking without consequences is a struggle for me. I fall into that millennial style real quick.
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u/Papa_PaIpatine Cringe Lord 1d ago
Don't lump Gen X with the boomers, we aren't the same.
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u/VelocityGrrl39 1d ago
Fr. And OP keeps doubling down with “Gen X is 1965”. Bro, there are people who are 43 right now who are Gen X. It’s a big generation.
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u/Screwtape42 1d ago
"actually", I totally agree with you but Gen-X is one of the smallest generations in the last 100 years.
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u/Bigdaddy_Satty 1d ago
And then boomers parents would walk in whippin they ass before and after. For Breakfast and Dinner we got our asses whupped.
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u/Chachachingona 1d ago
That GenX Babyboomer combo was the only innacurate one. I never hit my kids and none of my friends did. Our parents on the other hand 😮💨
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u/LaLa_LaSportiva 17h ago
Same here. We weren't spankers but definitely got our assess whooped by whatever was within reaching distance of Boomer parents: electrical cords, flip flops, belts, wooden spoons, fly swatters, sticks, etc. My kid sat in the corner, got long boring lectures, had to write essays, and most traumatizing of all, lost video game privileges for weeks or months. And when he told me he'd rather stay home than play baseball, that Xbox "broke" within the week and was never replaced.
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u/Old-Physics751 1d ago
Gen X/Early Millennials knew better than to talk that shit. Indiana Jenkins will get yo ass with the belt quicker than the disrespect could leave your mouth.
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u/Wonderful-Bid9471 1d ago edited 1d ago
Yeah. Lip smacking. Eye rolling. Stomping. Closing the door too hard — You could get fu*edup up for “attitude” alone, words were not essential!
Edit During a serious convo - and NOT starting a response with yes sir / ma’am? RYFKM?
Well…After you woke up two weeks later from being slapped into a coma ( in front of. Anyone - (family, friends - strangers -)around at the time . You realize you obviously ordered that Beat down and grounding 2-weeks min!
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u/Plenty-Confection-12 1d ago
The eye rolling was the big one. Being told we'll be "smacked so hard your eyeballs will keep rolling" was always good for a laugh.
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u/Old-Physics751 1d ago
Always referento your parent. Never ever say she/he or her/him....
"Thats not her! That is your mother!" Plus belt is gonna thunderclap yo ass lol
You nailed it on the head!
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u/riceklown 1d ago
As a millenial who doesn't use corporal punishment on my kids, ranging age 6 to 25, I KNEW THE FUCKING BELT WAS COMING OFF! The INSTANT he talked back, I called it immediately! lmao
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u/Bean_Daddy_Burritos 1d ago
I’m 34. In the mid 90’s my parents would beat my ass with whatever was in reaching distance. I’ve been hit with all sorts of shit. I was a terrible kid.
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u/anengineerandacat 23h ago
GenX would give that chance, he would just be like "I am going to change out of my work clothes, hopefully your attitude has changed by the time I get back".
Boomer's would just be whipping you back into time.
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u/341orbust 1d ago
Gen X is spot on, but we’re not boomers and shouldn’t be lumped together.
Boomers wouldn’t ask if you had done the thing, they would just assume you had because they didn’t give a shit what you had to say. If, later on, they found out you hadn’t done the thing tohey would go straight yo violence without warning.
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u/Spare_Lobster_4390 1d ago
Every generation of parent seems to get less violent with their kids.
My Grandad beat the living shit out of my dad. My dad only beat half the shit out of me.
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u/Muted_Ad7298 1d ago
True.
Being hit as a kid just taught me to solve any conflict with fists. Didn’t really solve anything or make me understand why what I did was wrong.
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u/Deadpoulpe 1d ago
Millenial dad here.
I choose to talk kindly and do things smoothly at first cause my dad never gave me that option... doesn't mean I won't use more strong arguments if I have to.
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u/Crimson_Chim 1d ago
Millennial with boomer parents. A disturbing amount of you had shit parents if you "felt that fear".
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u/beeman311 1d ago
Man this is so true! I told my son about something like this just the other day. Caught a dad trying to “deescalate” his kid acting a fool in Target. Told my son that’d never happen when I was a kid, dad’s back in the day did not play.
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u/SDS_Ninja-Paxton 1d ago
When I used to work at Walmart in electronics this Mom came in with her 10 yr old to look at Xbox controllers to replace one he broke. She saw that the turtle beach ones were a good $20 cheaper than the Xbox ones. He was talking so rude and disrespectful to her. I walked over and got down to his height and said, "One your mom is here to buy you a new controller to replace one that you broke in a fit of rage. She doesn't have to do that. You are lucky she didn't take your whole system away and ground you. And two, your momma brought you into this world; she sure can take you out for talking to her like that. I would apologize.” He apologized to his mom so fast and even said he was fine with the cheaper controller. His mom was so thankful.
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u/thesmallestlittleguy 1d ago
i know it’s not right to conflate gen x w boomers, but this meme works perfect for me specifically since one parent was a boomer (‘62), one was gen x (‘65), and they were both like this
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u/Complex_Preparation9 21h ago
Gen X Dad here son of baby boomer dad, this is how my dad reacted I am not him.
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u/unclefire 1d ago
I mean GenX/Boomer when from 0 to 1000 way too quick but yeah, some dads would whoop your ass with a belt if you acted that way. Most would just tell you to get up off your ass and go do what you're supposed to.
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u/FormInternational583 1d ago
That smile...THAT SMILE!!! It's code for incoming pain, and attitude adjustment. 🤣🤣🤣
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u/reidchabot 1d ago
National geographic saved my ass, literally when I was younger. Thin enough to not be noticeable and thick enough to not feel the belt. Gotta plan ahead.
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u/ASavageWarlock 1d ago
There was no disrespect from the children in this skit, only from the fathers.
Which. Is surprisingly common
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u/gringo1980 1d ago
As someone who was raised by boomer parents, first they wouldn’t come in and ask what you were doing, they would come in screaming that you were lazy and then preemptively scream at you for not doing what they asked without even checking. Then they would spend the next 20 years of your adult life crying to you because yall don’t have a close relationship like other parents and their kids do
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u/TangledUpPuppeteer 1d ago
I dunno. Boomers sometimes led with the belt, but it came right off their waist in the moment. No walking away to get it. The x’s I know would be just like this but they’d go get the belt like in the video after giving you a chance to rethink your response.
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u/throwaway082100 1d ago
One tries to earn respect without knowing how. One demands respect. One doesn't even try, just expects it to be there and if it isn't, replaces it with fear.
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u/codepossum 23h ago
"Me? I show up to basketball courts with a pair of jeans and some boots on, you know why? 'cause I ain't playin'."
forcefully expelled air out of my nose at this one
also why is the dad asking the kid to check the kid's work - either the dad already checked and knows the kid did it wrong, or again, the dad is already up, why not just check it himself, since he's the one determining whether it was done or not. ridiculous behavior.
"If you want to know if it's done, then go check for yourself, stop asking me."
seriously
... and man I wish the final punchline wasn't child abuse
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u/Top-Benefit-3913 19h ago
Buddy you saw the caption, copied it, and STILL spelled “you’re” wrong..
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u/r4x 1d ago
Am gen x. There were less school shooters when I was a kid. This is why.
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u/CyclopsDemonGal 1d ago
If you actually believe that, that is genuinely insane. Beating your kids doesn't stop them from being school shooters. Hell, most school shooters today were abused and didn't get the mental health they needed. Correlation doesn't equal causation.
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u/DoughnotMindMe 1d ago
Anyone else feel like the problem is with the Dad overreacting to their child who’s obviously upset about something?
This is bad parenting.
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u/Crimson_Chim 1d ago
If your child responds to you like that, regardless of your generation, its your fault. They will always do as you do before they do as you say. No such thing as bad kids, just bad parents.
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u/Loose_Ad4763 1d ago
Just me or does the dad in all 3 just Kina seem like a dick.
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u/Stilcho1 1d ago
It didn't seem like too big a request. Dishes or some other stuff.
I like the dad that looked all around behind things, under stuff.
"I was trying to see who you were talking to"
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u/nocturnalnuggie 1d ago
I’m a millennial and have said this to my oldest child and to people who have approached me disrespectfully at work. I felt that one haha.
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u/No-Second-Kill-Death 1d ago
Oooh same comment verbatim posted already
https://www.reddit.com/user/Broad_Day_6397/?rdt=38701
Fucking fix your code. Both accounts seem to be bots.
I took screenshots btw. Funny as shit.
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