Tough Love Or Child Abuse?

The Internet has been buzzing with a video showing a father taking what some feel are drastic measures to discipline his young son. The story was featured days ago on worldstarhiphop.com where Devery Michael Broox submitted a video tape of himself and the discipline tactics used on the child for allegedly acting out in school and disrespecting adults. The three steps Broox used are now being considered abuse vs. healthy discipline . He started with shaving the boys head, followed by whipping him with a belt and lastly he made the child run laps and perform push ups. The video was released weeks ago however on September 26, Broox was arrested after Florida Child Services saw the video and alerted the local authorities. Today news broke that Broox as it turns out is not the child's biological father and is merely a "mentor" of sorts. The child's grandmother is said to have asked Broox to step in as the child's mentor assuming she could not get the young boy on the right track. While in the presence of the authorities the child explained to police that Broox whips him all of the time and asked him to lie about the whippings so he wouldn't go to jail.

Click the link below to see the video. Please beware, the language is a little harsh but it's nothing you haven't heard before:
http://www.worldstarhiphop.com/videos/video.php?v=wshhMy34aJhp049y5UAO


Call me a tough lover because I can't find too much I disagree with on this video besides the use of harsh language. My mom never cut my hair but I did get my butt whipped when I acted out which seems to have been everyday of my life. Back then it was like the end of the world for me but today I can appreciate those whippings because I do believe they made me a better person. Things were mild when I was coming up but lets fast forward to current day 2011. Young adults are totally out of control. We see it everyday on the news, the fighting, killing, bullying, disrespect and the list goes on. The first thing we say when we see these kids going down the wrong path is "where are their parents". Well here's a parent/mentor that's taking steps to get and keep this child on the right track and now he's being faced with the scrutiny of child abuse. Clearly in the video Broox explains that this is not the first time discipline has been needed to correct the young boy from acting out in school. It seems there is already a level or repetitiveness and that's a serious problem. In most cases that's the largest part of the problem, children don't fear anything and anyone anymore.

In this case the child is now in the custody of the Florida Child Services and Broox is now in police custody for his actions, but isn't it ironic that this is the same law enforcement that could possibly be putting this young boy- turn teen- turn adult behind bars while questioning all along why the child had no guidance growing up? I think it's a double standard to say the least but hey, I guess in 2011 it's abuse to whip a child. My mom would be under the jail right now had she faced the same scrutiny. Hair grows back, the sting from a whipping doesn't last long and exercise is good for us all. Team tough love!