Ohio Dad Arrested After Paddling Of Son
Published: November 13, 2009
HARRISON, Ohio—An Ohio man has been jailed on domestic violence charges after police say he excessively paddled his 10-year-old son.
Police in the Cincinnati suburb of Harrison say county children’s services workers turned over their investigative findings and photos of alleged abuse. That led to the arrest Thursday night of 35-year-old Robert Gibson, who was being held without bond Friday. Court records do not list an attorney for him.
Police say Gibson used a homemade wooden paddle.
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What Happened to My Country? We can’t correct our kids using our own discretion? This country is policing itself into the hands of the Socialist. Founding Father’s believed we should control the law and government, not the other way around. Remember the fattened cow is led to slaughter. We have become very very fat. It is time for Americans to oppose this abuse of power.
What do they consider excessive did he leave big bruises or cuts. not enough info to make a call. so if it was excessive padding why was the charges domestic violence and not child abuse?
If you were spanked in school, what did the Pricipal/teacher use? Bend over the chair and get a few swats with a “WOODEN PADDLE”. I made sure I didn’t talk out of turn as long as I remained in SWCS. Kids act up at school get suspended or PEAK, go home get on punishment. Can’t wait to go back to school to do the same thing again. There is nothing really happening to these children now days. And we all wonder why our society is so screwed. We need to conduct a study of youth behavior before in school paddling was banned and our youth of today. THE KIDS ARE UNSTOPPABLE no one is allowed to do or say anything to them. . .that’s why so many live their lives in jail.
same of these comments are quite humorous.
Actually, the hand crafting of the weapon could have easily been an exercise in attempted deterence. “I’m making a paddle to use for you when you are particularly out of hand, so do right like we’ve taught you so I don’t have to use this.“ The boy acts out “I told you this would be your punishment, now I have to administer it because you’ve misbehaved.“
I’m sorry but to me, that does not sound barbaric or cold hearted. And actually, using a designated whipping tool psychologically is better than going for whatever is readily available. It exhibits level headed punishment cosequence of a wrong doing. As opposed to an angry violent attack with whatever weapon happens to be lying around.
There are plenty of punishments appropriate for a fifth grader from their parents that would not be appropriate for my boss to punish me with. Tho frankly I’d rather take a blow to my backside with a baseball bat than lose my source of income indefinitely.
Even if you believe in corporal punishment, you have to admit that there’s something seriously wrong with a man who takes the time to hand craft a weapon to use against his own young child. Really, did a grown man think he couldn’t hit a little kid hard enough with just his hands or a belt or some other object readily at hand? He really had to devote his time, creativity, and craftsmanship to custom-making an weapon specifically designed to maximize the pain this little boy experienced? How is that not sick? How is that anything less than torture or aggravated assault?
And if even that doesn’t get it through to you, think about this: You, as a grown adult, can take a lot more punishment than a fifth-grader can. Your physically and emotionally tougher, so whatever he can take, you ought be be able to take that much more. Now, imagine you show up to work late one day, and your supervisor starts screaming that he’s got to teach you a lesson. He reaches for a baseball bat or a bullwhip, tells you to bend over the desk, and says this is going to hurt him more than it hurts you. Tell me you wouldn’t think that supervisor deserves to go to jail—or that you think you deserve the beating!
To Really??
Yes, if you are fimiliar with the term, “Rule of Thumb,“ you know that one used to be able to beat their children AND WIVES with a stick, as long as it wasn’t bigger around than your thumb. Government intervened here too. Beat your kids all you want, but when you leave marks that are photo worthy, and a caseworker hands it to the police, and they deem it necessary to intereve and actually arrest someone for it, then your going to jail and you can preach all you want about how spanking works, your still going to jail and I’m still glad!
Society has gone downhill ever since spanking your child was deemed child abuse.
jenz, Our society has been practicing an approrpiate level of spanking for centuries. What has changed to now make it the government’s job to decide how a child should be punished in their own home?
Wait, this is a 10 year old child, who was “spanked” with a wooden board. And you guys are saying the system that intervened is messed up? You think society would be better off if more people beat their children with wooden boards? That’s what’s being said here? Wow, if that’s the case, NO WONDER THE KIDS ARE SCREWED UP!
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