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In reply to the discussion: Adrian Peterson and Parenting [View all]Pisces
(5,599 posts)component where he is concerned. His own father went to jail for drug dealings. Again, nothing excuses the abuse, but maybe
some background on how this person thought what he was doing was ok. This is how he was disciplined. He needs
parenting classes, anger management classes, therapy, supervised visits. Putting him in prison just makes his kids another
statistic with their father gone.
I outlined that African American parents feel they need to be stricter with their children, especially boys, in order to keep them
alive in this racist world. Am I being racist for pointing this out? There are no less than 5 examples recently where young
black men have been shot or tasered by police.
I feel like there is a lynch mob mentality toward Peterson and no one is caring about what this family really needs. We want to
see justice done, but what is justice for the mob, may not be justice for his sons or family. I am glad that you are here to
be judge and jury for this terrible family tragedy.