Beating Kids: Bad... or Good???

     Alright, we all know that abuse is a very bad thing. It's inhumane, horrible and it's illegal. But it seems like some of my white or non-asian friends can't separate abuse from discipline. There is a difference!

Russell Peters - Beating Your Kids

     Yeah, I get it. Russell Peters is a comedian. Most of what he says is intended to be funny. They're just jokes!... Right? But there is a sliver of truth in what he says. Asians, Blacks, Indians.... we beat our kids. It's not just for the sake of beating them. We don't enjoy it. But... (I know firsthand cuz I'm asian) we like to teach our children discipline.

     Here's a little story my cousin told me. He was on the phone with his friend who's playing X-Box. Now, his friend is white. We'll call his friend Joe and my cousin Bob. Joe's mom comes down the stairs I guess and says, "Joe, stop playing."

Joe says, "F*** you, mom! I'll play as long as I like!"

And guess what Joe's mom says...

"Alright, Joe, but don't stay up too late."

Joe - "F*** you mom! I'm staying up as late as I want! F*** you, f*** you!"

Mom - "Alright honey. Whatever you say."

     Do you know what happens when any asian says that to their parents? SLAP I wanted to test out whether white people really didn't get beaten by their parents. So at school, I went to my friend... although, she's Peruvian. Let's call her Jane.

I say - "My parents slapped me because I talked back to them."

Jane - "What!? Oh my God!"

Me - "Don't your parents hit you?"

Jane -"....NO. They just yell at me."

Me- "What's wrong with you!?" (Okay, no, not really)

Jane - "Don't you know that it's bad to slap your kids?"

Me - "Don't you know asians slap their kids all the time?"

     I remember this one time, I was driving to Vegas in between my two uncles. They're hilarious and they keep telling all these stories about when they were younger. They had just finished telling me about this huge fight they got in when they were in high school. When I asked where they learnt to fight, guess what they said.

"You're Ah Ma.(grandmother in chinese)"

     Of course I was surprised. My old, fragile grandmother! They must have seen my surprise because they laughed. You see, when they were younger, their mother was very strict. If they disobeyed, talked back or got a really bad grade at school, she hit them with "The Belt." But if you think about it, they all grew up to be... disciplined. They never rebelled or talked back.

     They told me that this one time, my once uncle and his friend were just hanging out. Chilling. Not minding anyone's business. Then some crazy white lady (I'm not saying all caucasian's are crazy, it's just this one) comes up to them.

Lady - "You shouldn't hit your kids. Especially your daughters because when they grow up, they'll marry violent and abusive men."

Uncle - "My mom hit me, but I ended up fine."

Lady - "You're crazy!" Walks away..

     Don't get me wrong. We do not abuse our kids. Abuse means to hit your kids because you want to. Because you enjoy it. We don't even punch our kids. It's a slap on the hand or butt. So what do you think? Leave your opinion in the comments section below.