Used to be that little kids went through a potty mouth stage and would titter and giggle at saying forbidden words. But, all kids repeat what they hear at home and even though 'a family friend says he wasn't raised this way', this sounds a bit more more serious than a child's potty mouth.
OTOH, I disagree with public humiliation of a child or of hitting a child in public, especially in front of his peers. No excuse for doing that to a little kid.
"If you can stand up and talk like a man, you need to take your punishment like a man,” Marcha said.
He's not a man and he's repeating the words he heard from others who were not real men (adults) either.
... Love to see a section here though for such potty-mouths. A "I can't make my point unless I use profanity" section.
Yeah, makes one wonder what their kids hear every day.
When you have children, you can raise them the way you want. I found that I had less problems with mine if his friends knew that he was being punished and why.
My son never had to go to court or be talked to by the police. He was never expelled from school or kicked out of a class after that. A little public humilation prevented a lot of problems later.
Just as another example... I came home from work one night to find one of his friend's truck parked in my spot. They knew I was on my way home as it is my habit to text them that.
I parked my truck right behind his, locked it up, and went inside. A half hour later, I went to bed.
The next morning I got up and found his friend asleep on the couch and a note on the table apologizing for parking in my spot. They never did that again.
