Legendary NBA star and Turner Sports analyst Charles Barkley has admitted to a controversial parenting style - and he's urging parents to do the same.
Barkley, one of the most outspoken analysts in all of sports media, is known for ranting about everything from basketball, to women, to food and more. Now, he's ranting about parenting styles.
The legendary NBA star appeared on "The Dan Patrick Show" this week. He was brought on to discuss the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament, but unsurprisingly, he ended up discussing something else.
Phoenix Suns former player Charles Barkley in attendance at Footprint Center. Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images
Patrick asked Barkley a question about Rick Pitino, which led to a question about Kenny Smith potentially being interested in the UNC job, which led to Barkley ranting about coaches not having enough power, which led to him blaming American parents.
"People talking about you can't yell at your kids. Yes, (expletive) you can yell at your kids," Barkley said. "You'll whoop their (expletive) too."
Patrick disagreed, saying you can't do that anymore. But Barkley insisted.
"I believe in discipline," Barkley continued. "I'm not going around telling people to beat their kids, but I think if you don't spank your kids and discipline them, they turn into some of these brats that we got today. I'm not here for child abuse, but how are kids gonna know they're doing something wrong. First of all, you can't rationalize with kids, they're dumber than rocks. They don't know they doing stuff wrong, but when you spank them, that gets the message across because they don't want that."
Barkley knows he might be criticized, but he doesn't care
Barkley knows he'll get some pushback, but he doesn't care.
"You can blast me on social media," Barkley said, per Awful Announcing. "You guys know I don't do social media. I don't ever read any comments, I don't care what you think, y'all can kiss my big Black (expletive), I'm gonna say what I gotta say. Some of y'all gonna like it and some of y'all not. And y'all will get over it."
Barkley is always honest.
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