When my daughter was 7 I told her when we get home I needed her help cleaning up. And she looked me dead ass in the eyes and said "queens don't clean they have peasants for that" and it was on that day I immediately changed how I parented my kids.

Years ago my sister was at a lake swimming and there were several other people there as well. There was a young boy that had a small puppy and he kept holding it under water saying he was teaching it to swim. Not in a so young doesn't know any better way, but in a very cruel way. After repeatedly telling him to stop before he drowned the poor thing, my sister warned him if she seen him do it again she was going to slap him. Well.... He didn't listen. Mind you she didn't know this child, but that didn't stop her. He had been warned. She looked up to see him looking directly at her while completely submerging this poor, poor, puppy. Without a word she stood up walked right to him smacked his face hard while simultaneously taking the dog from him. He cried and screamed "I'm telling my mom"! She replied "Good I'd like to smack her too". Well... Turns out it was the lady that had been sitting right next to where she had. She calmly walked after the child to his mother, looked her right in the face, and said "I know that you could see exactly what I was seeing and it's a shame that a stranger had to keep your heathen from killing this pup. I suggest you put your phone down and act like a mother to this brat before it's more than an animal that he tries to harm". The lady put her head down as my sister handed the dog to her and began scolding the fit throwing child as they left.

Healthy "fear" /reverence of parents and God is what's missing.

I remember when my oldest son told me "if you spank me I'm going to call social services", so I handed him the phone and told him "go ahead and make the call but before you do know that I can either give you a normal spanking for being disobedient or you can choose to call them and I can spank you from now until the time they get here. Your call, what would you like to do?". He opted for the normal spanking because he knew I never bluffed and I never lied to him. He grew up, went to university and became a mechanical engineer. Funny thing about discipline, it builds self discipline and self discipline builds self esteem. If you love your kids, you discipline them.

Never got a spanking I didn’t deserve! I appreciate my parents. As a teacher I couldn’t help but laugh because this skit is SO ACCURATE. Parents, you’ve got to do better. You’ll be ok if you discipline your child, and your kid will grow up to respect you!

My dad came down from the pulpit mid sermon once to spank me. I have sat still in church ever since. 😂😂😂

“Skyler would never! Skyler would never!” The imitation with his movements is gold! I can’t stop watching it! 😂😂😂

So many of those parents found out what their kids were truly like during lockdown…..and if it didn’t bother them then they’re the source of the problem because they are the role models.

So glad someone is talking about this. Comedy is a great way too. Man, the “gentle parents” have literally the worst behaved kids, it’s the worst to be around those unruly kids.

I've been a teacher for 19 years and I can tell you that so many parents don't hold their kids accountable and don't discipline their kids.

Couldn't agree more. "Emotionally sensitive" parenting really doesn't work. I was raised on that shit and ended up with a slew of mental problems that I still struggle in my 40's. I got unlucky to have "progressive" parents during the time when most kids were still getting spanked in public. They all got miles ahead of me and turned out to be successful adults while I was struggling to function as a human being because I'd never been given any direction and had my emotions amplified to a crippling extent.

I'm a teacher. A parent last year told me if his child was misbehaving to throw the book at him. I was tempted at times, but never did. I felt completely supported and his parents continued to support me throughout the year. Parents like this are rare.

I remember when spanking was still allowed in schools...we had a rumor the principal had an electric paddle (whatever that is), but it was enough to keep us out of Mrs. Buckley's office 😂😂

I grew up in a time when kids spanked in public for acting up.

I grew up with the "look" and the "chancla". My mom was a single mother with 3 kids in Mexico. She did the best that she could. It drives me crazy to see kids nowadays, no respect at all even in front of their parents.

This needs to be broadcast nationwide and shown in schools. Starting with the teachers!

I can watch John’s stand up comedy over and over. So hilarious and spot on.😂

In the 80s, I was doing some research, and came across an article against corporal punishment in children. It cited a study published in a medical journal. I went to the study and read through it. What it basically was finding was physical pain creates new neurological pathways in the brain. (The original article was making the case that you DIDN'T want corporal punishment because of these neurological pathways. ) But this is exactly what you do want. You want obedience and discipline to be INSTINCTUAL, not based on logic. If obedience and morality are taught logically, then a child can "reason" their way out of it. On the other hand, if a neurological pathway has been created, they are going to have a bad feeling when they steal, hurt someone, disobey authority, or destroy property, even when they try to logic it away. They will have a moral compass. HOWEVER, if you cannot discipline your child without anger, you should never use corporal punishment. Any kind of discipline, whether it is physical, emotional, or even conversational, if it is done in anger it is abusive. When my daughter was beginning to crawl, I set up a (non toxic) plant, and the lower shelf of a bookshelf with unimportant books and magazines. These were my "training tools." When my daughter discovered the training plant (it had long viney branches that hung down) and would put her hand out to touch, I'd say no, and move her hand away. I did this many times until she started giving me this look (you parents of toddlers know the look I'm talking about) and reaching her hand toward the plant while she glared at me. I'd shake my head and say no, don't touch the plant, always in a regular conversational voice, not yelling, not angry, but if she touched it anyway, I gave her hand a little slap. She would cry, and at first when the cry was "why did you do that" I would pick her up and hold her and say, "Mama said no, you can't touch the plant. You have to obey Mama so I can keep you safe." We would go round and round about that plant (and the training bookshelf) for the next two or three weeks. My mom-in-law was visiting and watched one of our conflicts that ended up being the last one with the plant. I sat on the floor near my daughter and every time she touched the plant, I'd patiently say, "no, don't touch the plant." Then when she would give me that look and touch the plant anyway, I'd give her little hand a slap. She would cry, but it would be anger. My mom-in-law kept giving me suggestions like, "I moved everything up so I didn't have to worry about my babies." (I very much knew this - I was married to her son!) My daughter and I did that (31 times according to my appalled mom-in-law) until she finally crawled off - not crying, btw - and I never had to get after her about the plant again. I would occasionally see her crawl over there and reach her hand out, and I'd think, oh no, here we go again, but she would sit like that a moment - almost touching the plant - then pull her hand away and crawl away to one of her toys. That was the move from discipline to self- discipline. She wasn't yet one year old. I did the majority of my daughter's physical discipline before she was four years old. She was NEVER disciplined for mistakes - like spilling her milk - or when she was frightened. She was ONLY ever disciplined for disobedience - which means I had given her a rule about it, and she understood what I meant, and she purposely disobeyed. You should NEVER discipline when you are angry. When she was old enough to understand reasoning (4,5,6,7 years depending on the child and the depth of the cause and effect reasoning) I would explain that disobedience has consequences. When she is little, I cause little consequences, because when she gets older the natural consequences for breaking rules can be horrible and life changing consequences that I have no control over as much as I would wish I did. You have to explain these things almost every year, because children forget, and their understanding changes too, making it look different. Every child is different. They have different temperaments, different levels of understanding, different motivations. My son, unlike my very stubborn daughter, was easily disciplined. I could just say, "That was naughty." And he would cry like I'd broken his heart. Regardless, my kids were never disciplined physically once they were older than 10. If you haven't instilled an instinct for obedience in them by then, you will have to use reason. Around that time (10 or 12), if it was an issue that wasn't dangerous (like maybe homework or chores), they would say what they wanted to do and I would say, I don't want you to do that, but I'm going to let you decide. They would usually know why I didn't want them to do it and they would try to justify their decision to me anyway. I would say, it isn't going to work out that way, but if you want to try, go ahead, but tomorrow I'm going to say "I told you so, just to remind you that you made a bad decision." I found that whenever I could, natural consequences at this age, were a much better teacher than me grounding them or trying to lecture them. They learned pretty quickly to ask for my advice and reasoning when I would say, that's your decision. Lol By the time my kids were 16 or 17, we had a pretty much adult relationship. I enjoyed their company and was sad in one way, proud of them in another, to see them going out into the world and succeeding. Self-discipline is a gift you give to your kids.

When my kid was like 10, she told me i cant spank her. I asked why. She said the school would call the cops and put me and her dad in jail. I said good luck finding new parents that care about you. Another time she said she was running away because i was so mean. So i took her to her room to pack a bag. She never told the school and she never ran away. And yet, she got spanked when she needed to be.

As a Skyler, I can concur that we would never.

Spare the rod, spoil the child”

I was 21 years old and once talked back to my mom. I ended up on the floor with her giving me just one slap. Good Italian mom!! I certainly learned from that. 😅😊

He has described my childhood spankings to a tee!

*Maybe 🤔 all the **_Switch Bushes_** went extinct?!?* 😂 😂 😂

My family didn't just have spankings. If we talked back to our parents, we'd be given lemon juice. At least, we did, until I made the mistake of telling my mom I LIKED lemon juice. She switched to vinegar.

Man I can relate to this. One time I remember Mommy saying, “go up Mamaw’s and pick ye a switch”. I’m 33 years old now, I’ve never been in jail, I’ve had steady employment since I was 17, and now live in my own house with a wife and three children. Most people would think I’ve got my act together but the Left think I’m part of the problem.

The timing of this video! I watched a 3 year old slap his mom in the face in the grocery store last night. Now I understand how the last 3 years was made possible.

Proud mama of Corporally punished kids. They are the most well behaved kids on the planet. Also homeschool for the win!

I'm thankful my parents disciplined me growing up. All it took was my Dad clearing his throat for me to straighten up.

We gotta start saying NO to kids again.

Looking at the state of society and the work ethic and opinions of the young today, its CLEAR someone dropped the ball on spanking. My Dad would wear us out but he rarely had to do it because when he did, it was not something you wanted to repeat.

Snitches get Switches🤣😂

“Tell us your truth!” 🤣

warnings growing up.." I don't care if we do have company!" and the classic.."I'll give you something to cry about!"

John, YOU ARE TELLIN’ THE TRUTH & DON’T STOP🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂

Me and my brother were in our 40s and we were arguing. My mom quickly told me that she brought us into this world, and she could take us out. We yes mamed very quickly. And we both grew up to be normal, functioning adults.

I've always been against people who think spanking is abuse. Spanking is discipline, full on hitting a kid is abuse. There is a huge difference.

I was at a skating rink and there was a line in front of the concession, some preteen boy was acting a fool with filth streaming from his mouth, a lady in front of him turned around and slapped him, then the lady told off on herself to the owner. No cops were called it was a lesson that needed to be learned. Children don’t need to be allowed to act like criminals lest they become them. There is a line between acceptable discipline and abuse. I will say this lady was more a mom to that boy than his parents.

Mom had a wooden spoon and dad just used his hand. I feared and respected the hand.

Spanking never went extinct in my house😂 so glad my parents loved me!

My mother had the fastest backhand slap. I'd be in front of her, smarting off. Next thing I know, both my cheeks stung being slapped; first forehand, then backhand. Never saw it coming.

If a child has nothing to FEAR, they have nothing to LOSE.

Yes, me and my two brothers were spanked growing up, and look at us now! Married, have kids, jobs, doing great! 🥰😃😊💖

In the words if my dad when us kids and cousins were clowning when we were supposed to be sleeping. “If I have to come up there someone’s gonna get a red hot heinie”! We still laugh about that night, 45 years later. Oh and we went to sleep cause we knew they would do it!

"It was the cold War in my house dude." Yes! I remember that war! Then I learned the art of plugged nose.

At a family funeral veiwing. My cousin sat down to eat a big plate of food, we were all farmers who worked all and do the chores to get to this viewing. The very moment he sat down his babysitter called his wife "Our kids are being bad, we gotta go." His face died, never even got a bite of food. I looked to my brother and said "If I got that call those boys would be getting a serious whopping witha switch when I got them home."

New Gen parents are so non-confrontational that they’ve conditioned themselves to believe they should not instill a sense of authority over their own children, and that parents are supposed to be friends.

“My brother farted in church, I laughed and got spanked” too accurate 😂 I’m so thankful for the discipline too! Someone above said it- look at me, married, with a respectable job and little son.. Didn’t damage me one bit! 3:08

I talked back to my mom exactly ONE time when I was ten. She slapped me across the face immediately. I never even THOUGHT about disrespecting my parents again even as a teenager.

It’s so refreshing to hear him talking about spanking/whooping kids especially in this day & age!! You can definitely tell who got them & who didn’t 👀

Funny and true BUT I have seen the other side of this! For two years I had a chart and every time my son did certain wrong things he would go to time out or get a spanking etc. depending on what he did wrong. I was patient, not harsh, firm. The kid DIDN’T change. I am not kidding I did this 100% for 2 years TWO YEARS and he did not learn from it. Thank God we have a close, loving relationship because at age 10 I still have to put him in his place and give him consequences as well as goals and encouragement every single day. ADHD and other things are real and sometimes a kid who behaves badly doesn’t mean they have a negligent parent.

Too true and too funny! 🤣 Thank you for the great joy/laugh! ❤️

One time my mom (a teacher) got mad at me (“I’m going to count to 3, and you better be over here” kind of mad) for using a lower-case i instead of an upper-case I. Can’t remember which grade, but it was sometime in Elementary School

26, growing flowers out of their trunk, and on unemployment. Couldn't be more true. I ubered countless people from this new generation, who said they choose not to work anywhere they don't want to work, and went straight to unemployment.

The complete and total TRUTH! Experienced every one of those scenarios. Me and my 3 siblings are all GOOD citizens making a contribution to the betterment of society, not a detriment. Kudos to John for telling the TRUTH! 😊

Best Crist bit yet😂😂😂

As someone who works with kids, I 100% agree with you 💯

*Bring it BACK!!!!* 👏👏👏

I was rolling, this is so accurate! On long car rides, if we acted up, either my mom would look over into the back seat with a "death stare" or my dad would ask, "Do I need to stop the car?' Once my mom asked Santa Claus to bring willow switches for Christmas. I was so young and tender...and naïve...and thought, "Santa would never do that, because he loves children." Christmas morning, there was a tall box of switches, but my mother never had to use them. Just having the switches there, in plain site, worked to deter bad behavior. Also, I was spanked with my entire first grade class, because someone misbehaved and the teacher asked who it was and no one snitched. Well, I was looking down, doing my schoolwork, like a good kid and didn't even see the offense happening, so I didn't know who did it! The teacher lined up every student in the hallway and gave us all a butt swat! My face was often slapped for disrespect and I experienced my share of spankings, but guess what, I'm a law abiding citizen and a contributing member of society. I'm grateful my parents loved me enough to discipline me, as needed.

I work with kids. I can always tell which ones get spanked at home and which ones don't.

100% facts! 😂👏 And all the teachers said *AMEN* 🙌

Preach it!

Exactly! A family member of mine is a 2nd grade teacher and tries to address to the parents when a kid is acting up and they're like "no he's just fine, he's our precious baby angel" or something XD

On behalf of teachers, John Crist, I thank you.

THANK YOU JOHN!!!! You have helped me to put my thoughts in perspective when I see a kid acting up in public. I want to say SO bad, "they need a spanking!" 😂😂😂

I was raised the same way. This is funny & true!!!

Just sent this to the family group chat, cause this was our childhood 😅😅😅

Having been a leader in my church youth group, I concur. I got spanked as a kid and I deserved every one of them. Kids these days don’t get any kind of discipline and it shows. They may not end up in jail but they’ll grow up to be the spoiled, entitled brats as adults.

I grew in the 70s and 80s my mum would give me a few whacks with what ever was close at hand wooden spoon, sandal etc. My dad never hit me or my brothers it was always mum . All the teachers at school carried thick leather straps do instill corporal punishment. A few whacks on the palm on a cold day taught you to not screw around any more. It didn't damage me for life.

I can relate to your childhood so much! This video was great lol

Jaw dropping AWESOME! A REAL talented voice!

“Skylar would NEEEVEEEER-“ “Oh he would-he’s terrible.” 🤣

What makes John so funny is truth. Brilliant & talented!

oh my gosh this is so accurate. I so appreciate this!! Snitches get switches! LOL

My 15 year old was in 2nd grade and I was at work, I get a call from the school “Andrea, Taylor put her hood on and said she wasn’t doing anything today.” I had to take my work truck back to the yard, drive to the school missing work… mind you we are in the country with a very small elementary school with at most some years 18 students from TK-5th grade.. ran by older rancher women. I picked her up and whooped her butt infront of them all the way to the car! I knew they were applauding me when I left the school with her that day. I then called a friend and she made her do schoolwork until I was off at work at 6pm.. she didn’t get by with that and surely never refused to do schoolwork.

My wife is crying. Such a good set

same everywhere, I am from Germany and I often do not know who ennoys me most, the spoiled kids or their weird parents who are responsible for this mess

Growing up, my mom's friends were allowed to spank us. One time, i was over a friends house. They got in trouble, i laughed, i got spanked too.

I'm an advocate for whatever works as long and the child knows WHY they're being disciplined/punished. I can't tell you how many times I got "whopped" upside the head and never knew the reason and my mom wasn't a fan of the "why?" question...at all. Now, my kids know EXACTLY why they're being punished...they may not agree (not really looking for an agreement)....but I believe disobedience cannot/should never go unchecked.

Oh my goodness you are a good bit younger than I, but our lives sound almost the same especially where behavior and discipline come in! Gives a good laugh now they way you deliver it. Thank you for being open and sharing! Hilarious 😂

Corporal punishment isn't the enemy, but it also shouldn't be the lazy rule. Good parenting convinces & persuades. Forcing is not ideal .. but sometimes necessary! 😉

It's about teaching consequences. Don't conflate spankings with beatings. We've recently dropped spankings because they've stopped being effective except as the last extreme. We've resorted to making our kids do planks. No matter what anyone says, I will always feel that it's more human and less cruel to take care of the consequence fast, like ripping off a band-aid. Give the kids a spanking (or whatever works best) and get it over with so they can be clean with the house and move on with life.

Grew up with 8 brothers and sisters all homeschooled driven around in the family 15 passenger ford van. And when he talked about the parents smacking behind and a friend catching some ,”family” fire I freaking lost it. Took me back 20 darn years 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣💀😝. And they are all more then welcome and happy to come to any family event to this day !!

Much needed message!!

I remember having to get my own hickory switch. Trying to find the one that might hurt the least gave me time to think about what I had done to deserve it. Of course I’d pick the flimsiest one thinking it would break the fastest but oh no it lasted forever. And if it did break mom would pick up the pieces and go to town with them. Thank you mom because you never whipped me for something I didn’t deserve. And I’m sorry mom for putting you in the position that you had to do that in the first place. ❤️

Honestly, I didn't spank my kids but I also didn't let them do whatever they wanted. They had to sit, or clean, or write me an essay, or they lost tech etc. if they acted up. And if we were in public and someone threw a fit while little, we were out! I've got 3 teens and they are all good kids.

Every single word of it applied to my parents and myself when i had youngins.

Personally knowing John's parents and immediate family for 30 years makes this even funnier to me!! What a hoot John is!!

im a 12 years old and i support this 100%

As a mother of 9, I agree. We took it to easy on our first one (dealing with big issues now as a teenager). The rest have been good old fashioned disciplined and they are much better.

Flash backs!!!! OMG lining up to get spanked....LOL Choosing a switch, I thought I was the only one....LOL

I freaking love this 🤣😂 hysterical and so honest! This took balls

So accurate 🤣 my mom was a pro with swinging that pocketbook and hitting us in the backseat if she couldn't reach us didn't even wait for a red light or stop sign!! Single mom raised three respectful children on her own👍

Kids at Disney are the worst. After our 3rd trip, my husband said he wanted to start a business. He said parents don't want to spank their kids at Disney creating a bad memory. So his job would be to do it for you. 😂

This is so true. My uncle was upset in the car with my cousin and just reached into the back and smacked her, and then realized it was actually me he was hitting 😂 I am not traumatized.

See, this proves we are more alike than we choose to admit. ❤️💕

My 9 younger siblings and I seemed to have grown in different generations. I have 4 older sibling and we grew up with spankings etc. But your very funny in the way you point this out!

Peach tree switches 🤷🏻‍♀️ Yep, my sister and I had to pick our own. If we brought one back that was way too small, our mom would get even madder and go pick another one herself! 😬😅😅😅😆😆😆🤣🤣🤣

Thanks mom and dad for spanking and teaching me respect for others, i stead of staying a selfish, spoiled person. Children today lack love and their hearts wax cold, the world taught them to love themselves, and I remember the two great commandments, and it taught the true way to be happy, love god, and love thy neighbor, and we should love both even more then ourself.

"Wake up! We're getting spanked!" Hahaha! The good ol days. 😂