he was deeply concerned with having a good upbringing for his son, unlike most parents today who don't even give a *beep* He did not deserve voodoo.
sharehe was deeply concerned with having a good upbringing for his son, unlike most parents today who don't even give a *beep* He did not deserve voodoo.
I think the father was just supposed to represent the kind of people who thought horror comics were some kind of scourge.
Just a cathartic jab at people who got the comics banned back in the day.
I get the feeling he was abusive towards his son on more than one occasion.
I also didn't care for his holier than thou attitude with "that's why God made fathers babe".
-Di
The kid was a pain. Reminds of the horrible spoiled kids today.
shareI've been fascinated at the concept of 'cyber-bullying' and today's generation not being able to deal with it. When I hear them say it, I laugh and tell them the truth. In my day, I'd have loved cyber-bullying. Instead I got actual bullying which consisted of getting physically pushed around and/or the crud kicked out of you unless you could outrun them. (I'm talking real bullying where the much larger kid, or kids since they sometimes traveled in packs, pick on those that don't stand a chance of effectively fighting back, not the Hollywood version where you punch them once, they go down and truth and justice prevail). It was always the punch to the solar plexus where you suck wind for the next ten minutes as your body tries to figure out how to breathe again that I remember the most.
It's funny how in my day, we would have given anything to just hit an 'off' switch and make the 'bullying' vanish. But nope, we didn't have that option. We just got punched. I usually ask them if they'd like to experience what real bullying is about with a good slug to the gut so they can get some perspective on what it was like in my day. No one ever takes me up on the offer. A handful have thanked me later saying that while they still don't like 'cyber bullying' it doesn't really bother them anymore.
Cyber bullying? Just, wow.
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That's why God made fathers, babe. That's why God made fathers.
For some reason this line always cracks me up. Such a friggin' tough guy slapping a little kid around.
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I got the feeling he took every opportunity to slap the kid around.
Back in the day, sometimes it was warranted in my opinion - but NOT over simply reading something such as a horror comic.
If we as the audience saw something different, like the kid was turning into little Michael Myers and the dad witnessed a string of events that was truly disturbing - then I get him reacting and enacting this sort of discipline - the smack would have been followed up by removal of said "crap" and then a psychiatric session to say the least
as long as my children's other parts of their life were on par (manners, taking responsibility ((grades, chores))), maintaining healthy social habits ((hobbies / participation in something that they enjoy)) then they can read whatever they want that is age appropriate - horror is a little different in my household - I grew up in a family that was big on Halloween, and my wife and I both enjoyed horror movies from a young age - so we started with Halloween Specials and then moved onto classics like Halloween, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Friday the 13th, etc, etc - the women in our house love slashers, and my boy is big into demonic possession, werewolves, zombies. We all probably come together over slashers and vampire flicks
There are moments that when you start noticing behavior you want to limit certain things - we did that since they were toddlers and started watching cartoons - if there was a lot of physicality going on, we would switch channels to something more soothing - it really is a combination with environment and what is being taught to them. You can't ignore things, or squeeze too tightly - it is somewhere in the middle that harmony exists with parenting.
I got the feeling he took every opportunity to slap the kid around.Well the American public over reacted to say the least about horror comics as they out right banned them back then to bring a swift end to the short popularity comics like Tales From The Crypt, Haunt of Fear, and Eerie enjoyed.
Back in the day, sometimes it was warranted in my opinion - but NOT over simply reading something such as a horror comic.
If we as the audience saw something different, like the kid was turning into little Michael Myers and the dad witnessed a string of events that was truly disturbing - then I get him reacting and enacting this sort of discipline - the smack would have been followed up by removal of said "crap" and then a psychiatric session to say the least
as long as my children's other parts of their life were on par (manners, taking responsibility ((grades, chores))), maintaining healthy social habits ((hobbies / participation in something that they enjoy)) then they can read whatever they want that is age appropriate - horror is a little different in my household - I grew up in a family that was big on Halloween, and my wife and I both enjoyed horror movies from a young age - so we started with Halloween Specials and then moved onto classics like Halloween, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Friday the 13th, etc, etc - the women in our house love slashers, and my boy is big into demonic possession, werewolves, zombies. We all probably come together over slashers and vampire flicks
There are moments that when you start noticing behavior you want to limit certain things - we did that since they were toddlers and started watching cartoons - if there was a lot of physicality going on, we would switch channels to something more soothing - it really is a combination with environment and what is being taught to them. You can't ignore things, or squeeze too tightly - it is somewhere in the middle that harmony exists with parenting.