Adrian Peterson Charged w/Child Abuse - Deactivated

I agree... it'd have to be pretty bad for me to agree with the State intervention. I even got paddled in high school.

Part of my punishment was going to the switch tree and stripping off the leaves to three switches.......the whole process was worse than the couple of whacks I would receive, but they would leave a welt. I rarely got punished, but when I did......well I deserved it.

2seaoat wrote:Part of my punishment was going to the switch tree and stripping off the leaves to three switches.......the whole process was worse than the couple of whacks I would receive, but they would leave a welt.  I rarely got punished, but when I did......well I deserved it.

We had to pick our own switch (we were 6 or 7 years old) and take it inside for our switching....we had marks. We were only swatted 3 or 4 times on our legs and like Seaoat said the worst punishment was having to pick which switch would be used.

The pictures shown reveal numerous hits on Peterson's 4 year old son. In my opinion....he hit the child too many times... But the marks are superficial injuries.  He should not have switched him so many times. 

I don't think he should be charged with aggravated child abuse.  He used poor judgement.

My mom wasn't from the South, so she never used switches. We got smacked by wooden spoons and spatulas!

I agree, he did hit the boy too many times, especially for his age. The boy made other allegations too.

I think it's likely that much of the other stuff is coming from the mother. Hopefully he just gets some parenting classes.

Th Dude wrote:I think it's likely that much of the other stuff is coming from the mother. Hopefully he just gets some parenting classes.

I imagine the mom is very vocal. Parenting classes would be appropriate. The marks I saw were just switch marks...again it was too many.

I had blood blisters from being paddled in hs... but that was probably age appropriate... and deserved... lol.

RIP Dr. Lane... you were right.

The boy was bleeding and had bruises on his back and buttocks. I don't think any rational person would think that's ok.

Bleeding?

Vikingwoman wrote:The boy was bleeding and had bruises on his back and buttocks. I don't think any rational person would think that's ok.

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Apparently, Peterson has another young son by a different woman. This one had a head injury.

http://www.alternet.org/adrian-peterson-accused-abusing-another-son

Heard a really unusual story from Colin Cowheard on ESPN yesterday in regards to Adrian Peterson. I don't think the guy is dealing with a full deck.

boards of FL wrote:Heard a really unusual story from Colin Cowheard on ESPN yesterday in regards to Adrian Peterson.  I don't think the guy is dealing with a full deck.

Probably got hit in the head one too many times.

http://www.tmz.com/2014/09/12/adrian-peterson-indicted-for-child-abuse/

Here are the pictures of the injuries.

Vikingwoman wrote:http://www.tmz.com/2014/09/12/adrian-peterson-indicted-for-child-abuse/

Here are the pictures of the injuries.

I saw the pictures......it is typical of switch marks. Superficial marks. Again, he switched him too many times.

How injured does a child have to be before you consider it abusive? Bruises and bleeding is abusive whether they're switch marks or belt marks or hanger marks. Surviving your abusive childhood doesn't count.

Vikingwoman wrote:How injured does a child have to be before you consider it abusive? Bruises and bleeding is abusive whether they're switch marks or belt marks or hanger marks. Surviving your abusive childhood doesn't count.

I didn't have an abusive childhood. 

I said he switched him too many times. The injuries to the child are superficial....you said bleeding. The marks are no more than small abrasions you would receive if tangled in a sticker bush.

You can think whatever.....no big deal. Just one opinion against another.

The article said bleeding and there are scab marks on the child. A pure case of child abuse. The grand jury said child abuse also so that's trumps your "superficial" marks opinion. BTW, marks on a child is child abuse. You can't abuse your child like people did years ago. It ain't right.

I completely agree with Joanie. He did too many blows. He will be found guilty based on the photos, and he should not be playing this Sunday. I know I was disciplined many times with a switch, but what bothers me is the that these were done in the front, and exposed his genitals to an accidental hit. This was not a parent who was in control, and although I have no problem with corporal punishment, I agree with Joanie.....this was too much.....he crossed the line, and I predict with NO hesitation he will be convicted. He screwed up and should not be playing this Sunday, and for that matter if convicted for the rest of the year......unless they trade him to the bears.

I don't believe in corporal punishment in any form on a child. It is outdated and ineffective. We have evolved too much in society in knowing these methods are more destructive than productive. Sorry but I also don't put butter on burns.

I think corporal punishment on a child is appropriate of a certain age under certain circumstances. I only spanked my oldest... but it was only when she had done something she knew was wrong that was dangerous to her or others.

That was only a few times. What I do have is an amazing collection of papers... the first of which were in pictures. She wrote an impressive amount of them... lol. I'll tell you what tho... that girl is cranking out college papers now like a printing press.

She is certainly a well adjusted and very confident young lady. My other daughters are twins... and angels I think.

Little did you know you could have achieved the same thing without physically harming your child.