inthe fsirt epsisode kate getscaught shopliftingthen sayssomething badabut her mother o tthechief andthe chif smakcks her but couditn he hd Habdledit idffrentley likesendinherto her romm or grounding her

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when katie made that remark abut her mother couodudint he hadHandledit without smakeing her ?

when katie made that remark abut her mother couodudint he hadHandledit without smakeing her ?

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Can't understand what you're trying to say

Chris struggles with typing and spelling, but he can usually get his question posted. He tries the best he can. He's been a good member for the last 20 years.

If you try really hard to piece it together, you can usually understand him and get the gist of it. What he's asking is if in the pilot episode the Chief could have handled it differently when Katie made that remark about her mother.

To answer the question, yes, he could and should have handled it differently besides smacking her. He could have sent her to her room without dinner or grounded her. Things were different back in the early 1980s.

I didn't know that about Chris.

thank you ofur your Honesty

You're welcome.

In the 70s, it was common for sitcom parents to slap and spank their kids...or threaten to do it, perhaps because shows were aiming to be more realistic. There was slapping all the time on One Day at a Time and belt-brandishing threats on Good Times.

That wouldn't go over too well on sitcoms today. The Chief should have sent Katie to her room, given her a long lecture, and then grounded her.

There was slapping all the time on One Day at a Time

Not all the time. Just twice in nine years. Once Ann slapped Julie, and once she spanked Alex.

Not all the time. Just twice in nine years. Once Ann slapped Julie, and once she spanked Alex.


And that Barbara, she was a bad egg, she should have got smacked ! :D And Max , I'd say he could use a good spanking , I volunteer!! :happyface:heart:

And that Barbara, she was a bad egg, she should have got smacked ! :D And Max , I'd say he could use a good spanking , I volunteer!! :happyface:heart:

Oops, I was wrong up there. It was actually 3 times, not twice. She also slapped Alex when he smashed the plant.

Oops, I was wrong up there. It was actually 3 times, not twice. She also slapped Alex when he smashed the plant.

Ok, 4 times. She slapped Barbara on the butt, causing pain, but I don’t think saving your daughters life counts.

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whyarewe stalkingabut one dayata time ona gimmeabrake message board its not apprroorrisattete

whyarewe stalkingabut one dayata time ona gimmeabrake message board its not apprroorrisattete

A million apologies. Maybe the Chief should smack me :schmack:

A million apologies. Maybe the Chief should smack me :schmack:

That was a very cleaver way of making a joke out of the situation!

Gimme a Break (https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1981/10/29/please-gimme-a-breakand-get-this-travesty-off-the-tube-what-are-they-thinking-of-at-nbc/9b191815-49de-486f-a175-139d3c4d951b/) is one of those shows from the '80s (https://www.amazon.com/Gimme-Break-Season-Nell-Carter/product-reviews/B000CELOW2?pageNumber=6) that I honestly don't think could translate today. Not just because of the worry that Nell Harper was bordering on a being stereotypical (https://www.questia.com/magazine/1G1-13196247/black-women-on-tv-still-stereotyped) character (https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1983/07/06/if-you-ask-me-fat-funny-fictitious/68ed9c71-848c-47cc-9771-0db1371dde03/) of black women (https://time.com/5191637/sassy-black-woman-stereotype/), but because of the way that Carl Kanisky disciplined his daughters. If you never seen the show, TV Tropes (https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/GimmeABreak) has a good little lay out of some of the Chief's actions when dealing (http://popcultureaddictlifeguide.blogspot.com/2011/09/tgif-gimme-break.html) with his misbehaving children.

I think that people didn't really think about it simply because again as TV Tropes laid it out, it was considered "fair for its day" (https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FairForItsDay). We just assumed that the Chief like James Evans on Good Times, came from the "school of hard knocks" (https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=school%20of%20hard%20knocks). They simply didn't have time (or the patience) to reason with a child. The key difference however is that it was much easier to understand James' anger than Carl's. James couldn't find a good job whereas Carl just seemed like a grumpy and miserable old man, just because. Maybe, the excuse in Carl's case is that he has to be tough since he's a cop and his wife is deceased.

A show from a different time. This wouldn't fly today. Especially if the person being hit is an underage actress.