Gen X Dad "Can't SPANK Son," So He Makes Him Carry WATER as Punishment

Опубликовано: 31 Август 2026
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You ever need to punish your kids, but getting physical with them seems a little...extreme? This Gen X Dad is making his son carry jugs of water like Mulan instead

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A father on TikTok named Derek longstreth is a self-proclaimed gen x-er Raising a Son in a gen Z World these labels are essential to Long stress because they affect how he punishes his son his son Truman was being punished for hitting his mom the punishment carrying all these water jugs across the yard according to longstreth spanking is out of the question due to leftists but large amounts of studies and scientific evidence back up the negative effects of spanking for example this April 2021 study from Harvard links spanking to a higher incidence of anxiety and depression disorders carrying these jugs won't hurt or scar Truman they will just Tire him out it's punishment that's an action he's being made to do rather than punishment that's an action being done to him Derek is even there encouraging his son all along the way even though he has misplaced grievances around spanking it seems that Derek's intentions are in the right place