[Kathy J.]

Do Africa-American parents discipline their children differently than white parents, and if so, how and why?

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Name : Kathy J., Gender : F, City : Baltimore, State : MD, Country : United States, 

[NP]

From my observations, it seems that black parents usually have a stricter discipline method than Caucasians. A majority of black parents usually follow the biblical saying ‘Spare the rod, spoil the child.’ Discipline may come in forms of non-abusive beatings and punishments. On the other hand, Caucasian parents prefer to use verbal discipline or a punishment that may limit their child’s access to something they like, i.e. ‘Time-outs.’

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Name : NP, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : Black/African American, Age : 17, City : New York, State : NY, Country : United States, Occupation : Student, Education level : High School Diploma, Social class : Upper middle class, 

[Brandy]

It is, or was at least, quite common for African-American children to be physically disciplined. I do feel that on average African-American parents are stricter than white parents when dealing with their offspring. One thing that should be considered is that African-American parents in the past had limited material goods, so punishing a child by withholding things, like no TV, phone, etc., wasn’t feasible. Also African-American parents in past times spent a lot of time away from the home, so punishments had to be swift and effective. What child in their right mind would heed a parent’s punishment if that child knew the parent could not enforce it! That brings me to my next point: African-American parents have had to be strict on their children because there was a time when their youth would have been lynched and/or beaten for just the slightest trangression. And finally, parental dealings are also culturally based. Respect of adults and especially elders is very important and not something to be taken lightly. Let me also add that I am the product of a home that incorpated spankings into discipline, and I am not prone to violence, maladjusted or confused about the love that my parents had for me. I do plan to use spankings to discipline my children in the future.

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Name : Brandy, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : Black/African American, Religion : Christian, Age : 25, City : New Orleans, State : LA, Country : United States, Occupation : Teaching Associate, Education level : Over 4 Years of College, Social class : Middle class, 

[Kali26989]

I don’t know about you all but when I did something wrong I got beaten then put on punishment. Witholding things works just as well on black children as it does on white ones and is used in addition to spankings. The only difference I see in the way children are disciplined is that black children get beaten.

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Name : Kali26989, Gender : F, Religion : Baptist, City : Willingboro, State : NJ, Country : United States, Social class : Middle class, 

[Tony–Genaro]

Oh Yea, Try growing up in an Italian household! Do you think only Afro Americans get disciplined in this way? Oh! I almost forgot,I’m not White!

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Name : Tony--Genaro, Gender : M, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : Italian American, Religion : Catholic, Age : 41, City : Bronx, State : NY, Country : United States, Occupation : Self Employed, Education level : High School Diploma, Social class : Lower middle class, 

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