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Wow. Just wow! I do not understand how anyone can look at this and think it's normal and okay.
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@blackbird: I just had to turn off my notifications for the other discussion after a couple of people said, "He didn't die, it's going to make him stronger." Oh, okay.
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I can't even. It's insane. I can't imagine beating a 4 year old like that, or any child. I've been frustrated to the core with my LO. I've yelled. I've had to walk away and get a breath of fresh air. I'll bet every poster here has had to take a step back and take a deep breath. But that's what you do. You're the adult.
I hope his career is over. He's not a role model. He's a scumbag.
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@mrsjazz: logical argument. Beat a child into submission, that makes him a stand up human being. Um no. Tends to turn him into a dog and wife and child beater.
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@blackbird: This is the kind of stuff I am seeing on Facebook as well.
I am glad I'm not alone in this. It's one thing for this guy to be a dirtbag and abuse his baby. But for people I know - people I thought were normal, decent folks - to think it's okay? It's just blowing my mind and has made me genuinely upset all day.
I keep ranting to DH, but I don't understand how people think their children are their property that they are entitled to do what they wish with. I see being a parent as a privilege, not a right, and you can lose that privilege if you blatantly mess it up. I am not understanding why folks are more about protecting adults and their "rights" than protecting children.
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@daniellemybelle: seriously. I can't help but wonder if this is possibly a racial thing versus a southern thing? The OP is a black guy, as are all the people supporting the situation. But my demographic of friends isn't wide enough for me to really get a good idea of it. It really boggles my mind that anyone thinks that beating a child bloody is acceptable. Ever.
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@blackbird: I have seen it from both black & white folks on my FB news feed, and I am from TN so I think it is a Southern thing.
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@daniellemybelle: @blackbird: I'm in northern Ohio and have not seen one single person on my FB feed defending him so maybe it is a Southern thing?
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I know that this country would never go for it, but a one-Sunday NFL boycott would be an awesome statement. And think of all time saved that people could spend on more productive activities.
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@daniellemybelle: ah. This is so unfathomable to me. That one post is the only one I've seen at all.
@ElbieKay: I feel like the nfl is really getting hit lately and it wod be nice if they did something. Stricter bans, confit requirements, etc. I feel like with all their bad PR lately, it's a good time for a rehaul
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No, I was not spanked. My mom said they could never figure out why treating a child with violence was supposed to make that child into a better person.
I do think spanking is abuse. But this wasn't even that. This was beating his 4 year old son. He should go to jail.
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I feel like anyone who would defend this type of behaviour is not fit to have children and should be sterilized and kids removed from their care.
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@daniellemybelle: @blackbird: Unfortunately, I do think a big part of it may be the south. I had someone on fb make a statement that basically said "If Rice's parents had done what Peterson did, maybe he would have had enough sense not to beat his wife." Pretty much saying that hitting your child teaches them to respect other people and NOT hitting them makes them domestic abusers. What?! Oh, and this is a white female in her mid-20s. I can't even.
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@lilteacherbee: Why would you keep someone like that in your FB feed?
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@ElbieKay: Oh, she isn't. A couple friends commented on it and it showed up on my newsfeed. I tried to find it again (her page isn't private), but it looks like she may have deleted it.
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@lilteacherbee: yes because children learn not to hit by being hit...?
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He should be arrested and charged. Those pictures and his texts to the child's mother are sickening. He beat that boy. It's disgusting. If an adult had left marks like that on another adult, that would consitute assault. Why is this any different and to a 4 year old? I hope he's stripped of his rights to his child. Apparently, he has a whole host of kids by a bunch of different women, some of whom he doesn't even recognize as his children. How active is he in this child's life? It's just not right plain and simple.
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@PointeShoesTutus: I've been thinking the same thing. I haven't seen this on the news at all. Ray Rice is everywhere. If he whipped his girlfriend it would be domestic violence no question. How people can even question this I don't know. So wrong.
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@ladybee: sadly a lot of people are defending Ray Rice, too. I've seen people - men and women - saying things like "she provoked him" or "she attacked first." Which if you've watched the video isn't even accurate! This week has made me sad for humankind, seriously
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@ladybee: I have been very tempted to post on my Facebook, "So just to be clear: Beating a grown woman is wrong. Beating a 4 year old child is discipline. Got it."
@PointeShoesTutus: I agree. Not that it is EVER okay to beat your child like that, but it adds even another layer that he is not the custodial parent. His mother took him to the doctor out of concern about his injuries. She is his primary caregiver and I assume she makes most decisions about her child's care on her own. I would be so infuriated in her position - entrusting your child to spend what should have been a fun weekend with their dad only to be abused - and would never want him to come near my child ever again!
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@daniellemybelle: oh man, if D ever came home from his dad's housewith anything like this, I would be livid.
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@Dandelion: I can only imagine!!!
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um, Adrian has been activated for the game this weekend.
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@autumnlove: I listened to the press conference and the guy kind of stumbled on his words when explaining their decision... It sounded like the team thinks it was discipline, not abuse.
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Ugh, I just heard on the radio this morning that this isn't even the first of his children he's abused. They were talking about how he "disciplined" another child so hard that they hit their head on their car seat and got a cut above the eye.
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This is so aggravating to me. My husband's favorite team is the Vikings so he things Adrian Peterson walks on water. He doesn't see it as abuse. If he ever did that to my baby he wouldn't ever be near her again. But he's like that with all the crap his team pulls. Like if a player gets a dui it's the coaches fault for not disciplining the team. He has responsibility issues. Anyways poor little guy that got beat
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Cute how the Vikings are trying to say "due process" is the reason for re-activating him, not the embarrassing loss they had the day before. I saw someone say "due process" is the new "freedom of speech" in that people invoke it when they're obviously confused about what it means. The NFL is not the government. Peterson will get his due process in court but there is no reason they can't at the very least suspend him with pay in the meantime. Even police do that. Oh, no reason except they need him to win.
Not sure how long it'll last, given this development: http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/09/15/reports-adrian-peterson-investigated-for-another-abuse-case/
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@autumnlove: Ugh!!
@MrsSCB: Did you know he lives in the Woodlands??
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@lawbee11: I saw that, I guess he must be from around here, since it's not where he plays?
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This must be a regional thing? I am in MI and haven't seen anything but disgust and anger towards AP around here...
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@MrsSCB: @Adira: That story is so sad and making me so angry toward this man. Did you see the texts between the mom of the other little boy (also 4 - this guy gets around) and AP? I get panicky just thinking about what it must be like to have to beg for pictures and ask probing questions just to try to find out if your child is safe.
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My husband has been defending A.P. and we've just had to agree to disagree in our house. DH is biased though, because he thinks AP is the best football player of all time (they both went to OU).
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@daniellemybelle: Yikes, I haven't seen the texts and I'm guessing I don't want to! I'm still surprised she didn't press charges. I can't imagine letting anyone get away with hurting my child like that!
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@MrsSCB: the "funny" thing is, the Vikings suck. I am originally from MN, so I follow them, and they really just suck. AP isn't going to win the game for them, and they are just making themselves look really really bad by letting him play.
You'd think with all the hot water the NFL is in they would suspend him, but apparently they don't learn from their mistakes! DH said "well where's the press conference where his son sits there and says he apologizes for his part?!" (like the Rice case). The NFL has f'ed up majorly this year!
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