Alabama's Teacher of the Year Turned Out To Be a Monster. This Is Horrifying.
Commentary on Discipline Following Teacher Child Abuse Arrest
Analyze the viral video of a teacher allegedly beating her son and establish clear boundaries between discipline and emotional abuse based on parental modeling.
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- Discipline rooted in a parent's uncontrolled anger constitutes abuse, regardless of historical justification like "old school" methods.
- Effective parenting requires demonstrating the exact behavioral traits—like self-control and discipline—you expect your children to exhibit.
- If anger reactions mimic the behavior you punish in your child (e.g., yelling, physical striking), you are modeling abuse, not discipline.
This discussion unpacks the societal defense of physical punishment seen after an Alabama teacher was arrested for child abuse. The speaker argues that discipline must always be calm and measured, emphasizing that venting parental frustration physically is universally defined as abuse.
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Top Comments (10)
Discipline is an act of love, abuse is an act of rage.
There is a huge difference between disciplining and punishment & abuse.
There is a difference in spanking a child for the reason of disciplining and beating a child out of a raging anger. My mother always said, never spank a child when you are angry.
End teachers unions
My teacher picked me up by my ears as he screamed in my face as I pissed myself in front of an entire classroom. All for passing a paper back to the wrong kid. That same teacher became the principal a year later. He was about 6ft, 250lbs. It was the 5th grade. All the students laughed. If a teacher abuses your kid, CALL THE POLICE, because the schools do _nothing_ ! Press charges to the fullest extent.
Most actually good teachers just show up to work, do their job and go home. The ones who have a heavy social media presence especially TikTok and getting overfamiliar with the kids are the real red flags. Unfortunately the trash teachers are the loudest and biggest virtue signalers and paint the profession negatively when most likely a huge percentage of teachers are actually decent people's just doing the best they can to stay employed and keep their family provided for like anyone in any career.
very disturbing to watch 😢 she does not need to be anywhere near any child, animal, or plant!
My dad was an alcoholic and took out his self-hatred on me. He always beat me with a belt and screamed all kinds of terrible names at me, (most I didn't even know what they meant until I was older) and generally abused me physically and emotionally. Yes, I turned out fine and raised my own daughter without ever taking my anger and frustrations on her, and I never became the alcoholic people always say you will. But, I didn't come out undamaged. My trust in people was damaged, my ability to let people be nice to me was damaged because I was always ready for the other shoe to drop. I suffered from low self-esteem for a very long time. I worked very hard to leave the past behind and for the most part succeeded. But even though I'm now 70 years old, there are certain triggers that make my stomach do a flip flop before I can push them aside and not let them get to me. So even if you 'came out fine' I bet there are parts of your personality that have been damaged. We're not talking about an occasional measured spanking. We're talking rage induced abuse.
I was thrown against the wall as a kid. My mother would get into rages screaming and yelling. I didn’t turn out fine. I was intelligent but I was broken inside. My mother was also alcoholic and she hated me. I went down substance abuse track to feel better. Now I am working with parents as a behaviour specialist helping them use firm and fair boundaries with also positive parenting techniques.
This organism that is supposed to be nurturing children is a perfect example of how people will disappoint you!
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Top Comments (10)
Discipline is an act of love, abuse is an act of rage.
There is a huge difference between disciplining and punishment & abuse.
There is a difference in spanking a child for the reason of disciplining and beating a child out of a raging anger. My mother always said, never spank a child when you are angry.
End teachers unions
My teacher picked me up by my ears as he screamed in my face as I pissed myself in front of an entire classroom. All for passing a paper back to the wrong kid. That same teacher became the principal a year later. He was about 6ft, 250lbs. It was the 5th grade. All the students laughed. If a teacher abuses your kid, CALL THE POLICE, because the schools do _nothing_ ! Press charges to the fullest extent.
Most actually good teachers just show up to work, do their job and go home. The ones who have a heavy social media presence especially TikTok and getting overfamiliar with the kids are the real red flags. Unfortunately the trash teachers are the loudest and biggest virtue signalers and paint the profession negatively when most likely a huge percentage of teachers are actually decent people's just doing the best they can to stay employed and keep their family provided for like anyone in any career.
very disturbing to watch 😢 she does not need to be anywhere near any child, animal, or plant!
My dad was an alcoholic and took out his self-hatred on me. He always beat me with a belt and screamed all kinds of terrible names at me, (most I didn't even know what they meant until I was older) and generally abused me physically and emotionally. Yes, I turned out fine and raised my own daughter without ever taking my anger and frustrations on her, and I never became the alcoholic people always say you will. But, I didn't come out undamaged. My trust in people was damaged, my ability to let people be nice to me was damaged because I was always ready for the other shoe to drop. I suffered from low self-esteem for a very long time. I worked very hard to leave the past behind and for the most part succeeded. But even though I'm now 70 years old, there are certain triggers that make my stomach do a flip flop before I can push them aside and not let them get to me. So even if you 'came out fine' I bet there are parts of your personality that have been damaged. We're not talking about an occasional measured spanking. We're talking rage induced abuse.
I was thrown against the wall as a kid. My mother would get into rages screaming and yelling. I didn’t turn out fine. I was intelligent but I was broken inside. My mother was also alcoholic and she hated me. I went down substance abuse track to feel better. Now I am working with parents as a behaviour specialist helping them use firm and fair boundaries with also positive parenting techniques.
This organism that is supposed to be nurturing children is a perfect example of how people will disappoint you!