Post YouTube recently by Hillary Adams, the daughter of a Texas judge William Adams, showing his father defeated the then 16 year-old girl with a belt, disruptive beyond words. According to the description of the video, the judge “taking the belt to his daughter teenager as punishment for using the Internet to get music and games are available for purchase laws. He owns Utah cerebral palsy from birth which took him to a passion for technology. “
As a mother, I’ll tell You right up front that I don’t believe in spanking/punch/t or any other form of corporal punishment for children, and what these guys do for her daughter is way over the line, no matter what your child’s stay in the camp. Not to mention the fact that he has cerebral palsy, or the fact that this monster is the leading judge in a position to influence the well-being of children. In my opinion, this video of her house has a definite bearing on the character to stand as public officials, but it’s not a role or business to my address. Hopefully the proper authorities will take into consideration the Community (and I) anger on things and where appropriate in consequence of the “mother.”
That said, it got me thinking about whether I’ll be doing different things in everyday life as a mother if I know the video camera rolling to the Internet for all to see and judge. Vanity addition (I’ll probably make a little concealer and lip gloss before serving breakfast), I don’t think I’ll make a big change in how my parents my son. I’m not a Saint as a mother, wife, sister or other roles in my life. I’m not always proud of any reaction or lack of patience or answer I blurt out without benefit of “filter” between my brain and my mouth that I should use it more often. There are many times that made me cringe when I think back on how I mishandled the situation, screaming like crazy babbling or using the phrase “you are the” dreaded before character assassination are inflected hard enough. I would like to repeat the bad kid moments.
Thinking back, I will not see me boasts on camera when children who are younger and I have to plop them in front of television (a.k.a. replacement babysitter) while I rushed deadlines for cookbooks, or scrambled to get a job from home. May yell at kids don’t shout not myself best and will not go too well on the small screen, and is not going to yell at them to eat their veges, in contrast to my philosophy as The Sneaky Chef. But overall, I am proud to be a person of integrity and live by my words.
It is a good question to ask ourselves as parents-good exercise to imagine yourself being recorded, and to ask yourself whether You will make a real change to your style.