This guy was a leader of young men at multiple programs

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Amazing how everyone on this thread has taken the comments in the video completely out of context. The senator said back when he was growing up, parents might have used a belt.

But not as an alternative to medicine, which in context of his comments, is what he was referring to.

It was a dumb comment from him, but not that big of a deal.

If a child is struggling and the parents and their doctor feel a medicine will help and they are comfortable with that, great. I hope the child is helped.

I don’t yearn for a time when the parents could just whip the child with a belt and tell them to sit down and stop being so uppity instead.

 

[Shaheton]

Amazing you went from just a threat, to now getting hit and you’re acting like it’s the same thing. Downplaying getting whipped by a belt like it’s perfectly normal parenting just because you thought Tubberville said something else.

I said my thoughts above.
You want to think this guy said use a belt in all circumstances …. Ok, have at it, your prerogative and besides you don’t really have a say in the issue anyhow nor do I

 

[HALL85]

This thread took on a life of its own. If you can’t see the perspective of Tubervilles age and where he grew up, his comments about discipline and comparing it to the overprescribing of medications to children, then you’re missing the boat on this one.

RFK has positioned himself as someone who will question norms. If he can do that from his position with the name recognition that will be a good thing. We need to question the use of food additives, the risks of ultra processed foods, over prescribing medications, understanding childhood diseases that have proliferated.

 

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This thread took on a life of its own. If you can’t see the perspective of Tubervilles age and where he grew up, his comments about discipline and comparing it to the overprescribing of medications to children, then you’re missing the boat on this one.

If he wants to argue todays children are not disciplined enough, that’s fine.

I personally just wouldn’t agree that medicine is being used as the alternative to discipline. About 5% of children are prescribed stimulants and it’s not like that 5% have parents that just gave up on discipline and thought a drug would do the job… though we can just write off his comments as hyperbole, not to be taken literally.

RFK has positioned himself as someone who will question norms. If he can do that from his position with the name recognition that will be a good thing. We need to question the use of food additives, the risks of ultra processed foods, over prescribing medications, understanding childhood diseases that have proliferated.

I agree, it’s just a shame he is so willing to jump into the conspiracy theories. His valid points about foods and pharma would be easier to take seriously.

 

[HALL85]

If he wants to argue todays children are not disciplined enough, that’s fine.

I personally just wouldn’t agree that medicine is being used as the alternative to discipline. About 5% of children are prescribed stimulants and it’s not like that 5% have parents that just gave up on discipline and thought a drug would do the job… though we can just write off his comments as hyperbole, not to be taken literally.

15 million children taking psychiatric drugs and IMO too readily prescribed in many cases. The other issue that RFK keeps bring up is why these childhood diseases (diabetes, ADHD, food allergies, depression, etc.) have proliferated.

I agree, it’s just a shame he is so willing to jump into the conspiracy theories. His valid points about foods and pharma would be easier to take seriously.

He stirs the pot, that’s for sure, but he asks a lot of provocative questions that get dismissed and end up being respected later on. IMO, the net/net is that he is positioned to make a difference.