What does it teach the kid to whip him like that for pushing another kid? Why have a special room set aside for punishment and why make the child hold the leaves in his mouth while you whip him? There is believed to be a pattern of abuse by Peterson so I see no problem with what they are doing. If something isn't addressed then that kid grows up to beat his kids or maybe start knocking women out in elevators.

Just because our parents did something to us doesn't make it right. I took a few whippings that left some marks. I dreaded the speech my Dad was going to give me before the whipping more than the whipping. He was a master at Psychological Warfare but sometimes I think the speech was so he could calm down before trying to beat some smarts into my thick skull.