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Old 01-17-2014, 03:19 PM
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Wow! Fire Chief has a temper and this time it has got him in some real trouble. Teenage kids, especially boys, can make you "lose it"----question, did the chief "cross the line"? From the newspaper account it appears he could have.

The abuse laws are so written that it is almost impossible to discipline your children these days. That said, there are good reasons for them and there is a difference between discipline and "beating" your kids. No matter what the kid said or did----there was a better way to handle the situation.
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