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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In my neighborhood I see a lot of very little black kids get shoved, hit, and yelled at and yanked by their (I assume) moms.  It's rough rough behavior where kids are getting hurt. Like one and two year old, and up from there.  They are often very upset over what seems to be stuff kids do--like making noise on the bus. I often am so horrified I want to say something, but I have been biting my tongue. Is this an AA thing? I live in a low income neighborhood. I am not trying to get racist here but I don't feel comfortable asking anyone I know who might have insight about these situations. [/quote]

It's a poor people thing.  You said it in your post.  Go to the trailer park and you will see similar behavior.[/quote]I've seen a theory that low-income people are harsher with their kids because they are training the kids to deal with the world their parents see when they go to work.  That is, if you work in a job where you are just supposed to take orders and not think about what you're doing, that's how you raise your kids.  And middle and upper income people teach their kids to think for themselves and speak up because that's what's valued by their parents' employers. Haven't seen the research on it so I can't say whether I think it's verified or not but it's an intriguing idea.[/quote]

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