Every person is different. Some bullies are indeed just looking for any kind of response and ignoring them could be a potential solution, but that is not going to work for everyone and even if it did, some bullies won't leave you alone without a heavy cost.
Ignoring the bully doesn't always make them stop, if anything they see it as a challenge. Keep pushing buttons until the victims snap; they want a reaction and won't stop until they get one
100%. I was bullied by the majority of my class and ignoring the problem didn't do jack except exacerbate it. In contrast, one time two other kids wanted to start bullying me, even dared me and gave me permission to hit them, so I either punched one of them or slammed him against the wall. Deadass we became amicable after that.
Caleb is the one kid at elementary school who gets punched in the face for pissing off the wrong little boy and the parents wonder why in the world their precious little child would be subjected to such a violent act.
@@princessmarlena1359 lmao one kid at my school was such a little shit and everybody hated him and one day he brought his older brother’s switchblade to school and showed it to everybody and acted like he was tough until one kid took it from him and stabbed him in the arm for being so fucking annoying
My little brother is that kid who got punched, but none of us at home could be sure it was completely unjustified, on account of him being a little crud that starts fights he can’t finish. We don’t let him get away with it, but he still tries people’s nerves anyway.
The difficulty in taxidermy is specifically in making the animals look like they are alive. It's incredibly easy to make the animal look unnatrual and uncanny when stuffing it - you're just working with it's skin and have to construct a skeleton for it. So something the size of that bear, making it look so lifelike... Yeah, that's really impressive.
I'm glad I found a proper response. I'm not at all knowledged or skilled in taxidermy but I've tried my hand at sculpture. I imagine the framework is similar but with a far more difficult and unforgiving medium. To make an animal's body in such a way as to surprise someone should they come around a corner and see it, is really impressive. I've seen displays in museums that are laughably silly and others lifelike they seem frozen in time. There truly is a deeper art to the whole thing.
The question I have is why don't they just do different categories, sure a bear is way more impressive than a squirrel but the size difference probably makes the process and techniques entirely different. Kinda like how the Olympics have a 50-meter dahs and a 100-meter dash?
I'm a school bus driver and my bus is full of Calebs. And of course, the parents do nothing when informed of their child's misbehavior, then they get mad when their child is permanently removed from the bus. My "Calebs" hate how strict I am with the rules, and have tried all year to get me to give up. I've told them all multiple times that if I end the year with every kid kicked off my bus, I will not care.
Ngl that just reminded me of the bus driver that threatened my 6 year old sister to be kicked off the bus and walk home halfway home because she didn’t like my sister trying to talk to her. I just stood up from my seat and walked to the front. She stopped the bus and told me to sit down then threatened to kick both me and her off because I moved her to my seat since she was balling her eyes out from how the driver spoke to her. I called my mom as she was screaming at us over the intercom and mom waited at that bus stop while calling the bus barn and school board. I’m not saying your like that driver but that comment just threw me back to 6th grade
@@LionWithAGun yeeeeah I remember how when kids were being obviously and flat out bullied/harassed/even assaulted in front of the bus driver and when we tried to tell them about it and get them to stop it it was just "Sit down and shut up or you can walk home, I'm not your nanny, go tell the teacher!" (Like the bus driver from South Park stg...) And of course when you told the teacher it was just "Welp we didn't see it happen!"
I think Caleb' s reaction to his dad was accurate. If you notice Caleb didn't immediately listen to his dad, he ignored the first request, but the second request got him because of how mad his dad got. That was probably the most mad he EVER saw his dad and it scares him that it was directed at him.
Yep, I've seen asshole kids suddenly crumble when their parents grow a spine. I'm not a fan of discipline through fear as a primary motivator, but it's a good place to start for Caleb since nothing else works.
It's one of those things, right up there with when a parent uses your full name, that just makes kids kinda factory reset for a minute and rethink their whole damn life up to that moment.
@@LeonLein82 Don't forget Everybody Loves Raymond. It even used the similar plot point of utterly useless parents allowing their brat to go wild because a child therapist told them everything they wanted to hear, that he's "expressive" and "gifted" and all this other bullshit that apparently warrants them never interfering.
As a stand up comic(Steven Hofstetter) once said. "No I don't have kids. I don't know how to fly a helicopter either, But if I see one in a tree I know some one fucked up."
Kids like Caleb almost exclusively come from parents that want to treat the kid solely as a friend and not as a new human who hasn’t learned how the world works. Connection with your kids is important but using your place as the adult to teach them is as well.
BTW Ik Caleb a brat, but I wonder why he went so far, especially putting the water hose through Hank mail slot. I guess if you have zero discipline, you have no empathy. BTW, I wonder if you Caleb would've stopped if Hank didn't come to his front door to get the hose. Let's say he was in the bathroom when Caleb put the hose through his mail slot
Thinking about it further, Dale is being REALLY responsible here. Animals killed by poison can't just be dumped in the woods. Depending on poison they can be just as toxic or MORE SO to any wild creature that eats them. Or any random dog or cat.
If Caleb's parents had practiced gentle discipline, like Hank did, from the start; they wouldn't have needed to shout at him at the end. Discipline isn't screaming and spanking. It's teaching your kids to be mindful of others and to take responsibility for their mistakes.
Agreed: BTW, how do u think Hank Hill would've reacted if Caleb put a lit up through Hank Hill front door mail slot? Because he did rightfully panic with the water hose scene, and that was the final straw:
Something can TRULY be said towards the sheer AMOUNT of patience Hank has in this episode. The extreme calm delivery of when he said "Get off the bike" despite the rage in his expression? Amazing. Also, I don't remember the episode clearly, did Bobby _come up with this idea to Bully the parents_ or was that Hank's doing? Because if Bobby came up with the idea of the old "Taste of your medicine" to the parents on his own? That's some clever thinking right there.
I honestly appreciate how Bobby is resistant to it initially. He knows this is wrong because Hank and Peggy taught him that messing with adults is wrong. I think I recall Hank promising not to punish Bobby for anything he does to Jim and Lilah.
I remember seeing this episode on the WatchMojo list of the worst things Hank has ever done by having Bobby bully the parents and I commented that he had no choice in the matter. Heck better he gets the point across from Bobby harassing the two with mostly harmless and annoying antics then some point down the line their son getting carried away with the wrong person and suffer some serious consequences.
I love hank having his kid be a brat to caleb's parents only cause they needed it done period. They were ignorant and to moronic to realize how much of a brat and abusive their kid was being and needed their rose tinted glasses taken off.
@@aclevername7613 Their kid could've grown up and committed the most vile and inhumane crimes imaginable and spew nonsense like "Oh that's our little Caleb!" or "Boys will be boys!"
@@A-TALKING-TOASTER Would not of solved the issue. Hank would of been charged with assault and nothing done. They needed a taste of their own medicine period.
Yeah and they're more likely to get away with it bc the teachers will just look at it like the kid just having innocent fun instead of actually bothering/harassing someone like they really are, and they know it. Like oh he's just calling you something silly like "Pea Soup" or "Station Wagon" so why are you even taking it seriously? Bc I sure won't! 9_9
I was literally playing a match of ARAM on League the other day where someone was pinging me for not immediately leaving the fountain (Basically they were mad at me for taking my time to decide what I should bring into the match) so I typed a curt and simple "STFU" before going to lane. Nothing more, nothing less. This guy fires back some random IP Address, asks me if I belong to an address on Smith Street, and my immediate response is "Did this guy just try to dox me?". Now, I am 6'1, 240 lb of muscle and an MMA enthusiast with a blackbelt in JKD AND in Kali, a martial art mostly used by police and military around the world as it deals mostly with weapons. You cannot walk 5 feet in my house without having a weapon within arms reach. Someone doxxing my address to begin with wasn't going to scare me; I live for the event of a home invasion scenario. But he didn't even get the right IP or right address, so I am not treating this seriously. I tell the other team about how the guy tried and failed to dox me, treating it with a bit of absurdist humor, and that's when the guy explains that he deliberately MADE UP a random address just to mess with me. .... Which only made things MORE confusing because that meant he tried to scare me with the wrong address. His rationality was that it "Got me talking" and now he was "Living in my head rent free", but it's like, I wasn't even annoyed. I was just confused, REALLY confused by what the goal of any of this was supposed to be other than to confuse me. It was like walking into a room dropping a load in your pants, then mocking people for noticing the stench. People these days don't even know how to bully.
@Kym O this is why kids end up getting into fights. Then they both get punished and the kid who was being bullied realizes they need a more permanent solution...
@@kymo6343 Yeah, like that it could be a silly nickname, which is something that friends are known to do with each other. Hell, in high school, there was a dude people called Douchius for like a year or 2 because of some bit he did that I wasn't there for, something about a mock Roman General Douchius Cooterus or Douchius Maximus or something. In Jr High, when this one dude joined one of the more popular cliches, everyone called him Gym, because that's where formally joined them and they already had someone in the group with his name. Just the dumbest crap, sometimes
I've met so many kids like Caleb and everytime, every single time, their parents have been one of two types of people. The first are exactly the parents in this episode. The second are parents who claim they've tried nothing and are all out of ideas to control their out of control kid.
Dude … is that a Simpsons reference??? Cos that sounds like Ned Flanders’ parents: “Help us Doc!” “Yeah! We’ve tried *nothing* and we’re all out of ideas!” 🤣🤣🤣
This reminds me of school bullies where if you are being bullied, they won't do anything, but the moment you retaliate they are all over you and berate you for your "uncontrollable behavior." This happened to me. Once I knew the school wasn't going to help, I took matters into my own hands. And guess what? The bully cried like a bitch and even though I got detention, he never picked on me again because I just tell people he cried like a little bitch. Sometimes, when all else fails, it is the only remaining option... By the way, as a side note, why are all unhinged kids are named Kaleb or Caleb? Seriously, I know like 5 demented little bastards and they are all named Caleb.
My bully was named Taylor and the One time I retaliated it was because she attacked my much smaller younger sister. I beat the hell out of her after Months of being physically assaulted and belittled. The school tried to get me in trouble but my mom had been documenting Every time she went to the school to stop this girl. So if I was going to be in trouble for beating up a girl who had physically assaulted me multiple times and tried to Stomp on my little Sister's Head then that little witch was Definitely going down with me. The school dropped it once they realized they would be at fault for not stopping the bullying sooner. She never bothered me or my little sister again after that. And I gained a reputation for not taking things lying down. My kindness and patience had a boundary and she waltzed right over that line into fuck around and find out territory.
When I tried that as a kid my bully came back with 3 of his friends. Jumped me to the point I needed to go to the hospital. No charges were pressed because I "started it," even though I was defending myself. 4 kids, 2 parents, and a principle all against me made it impossible for us to press charges. The bullying kept on and I couldn't do anything about it. If I laid one finger on him I was expelled. Sometimes, fighting back isn't possible.
@@theblocksays Good point. He probably learned early on that while other kids will push back on his antics, adults (like his parents) will let him walk all over them. It's a sad commentary on our society when kids gravitate toward adults because they're easier to bully.
@@jculver1674 It’s not that adults are easier to bully, it’s that if they do anything about it beyond informing the kid’s parents, they’re gonna get in hot water with the law (like when Hank took Caleb’s bike), and most parents don’t take adults who say they’ve been bullied by their kids seriously. When I was in fifth grade, there was this kindergartener who liked to hit me for kicks, and there was nothing I could do make him stop except tell the teachers who of course did nothing about it, thereby enabling the kid to go on punching me. And despite his size, his punches actually hurt after he hit the exact same place over and over again. One day I got so fed up with him that I grabbed him by his arm, hoisted him up off the ground and told him that if he didn’t stop it, I’d thrash him. He immediately told the teacher and I got sent to the principals office. I was told to take back what I said. I told the principal that I meant what I said and that I wasn’t going to take it back. I got a detention but the kid never hit me again, so it was worth it.
For taxidermy, generally the value is derived from "Lifelike" recreation, not being mangled, having realistic and appropriate proportions, looking like it's still living. You can find a lot of mangled taxidermy projects. It's then posing, and setting a scene. The bear is just big, as you pointed out, and that does have some more room for mangling, but generally it's not particularly special, beyond being a bear and that's not an easy thing to bag. As far as what the show is trying to convey it's just "The competition is bigger than life" and it's not just a local craft show, but as far as actual like, taxidermy contests, it's not doing anything that'd win the competition. If you check out contest winners, it's always paired with great setting and depictions, and it ranges from big to small, the presentation is way more than just "It's big". You're trying to capture a moment in life, action, environment, etc. It's not just a simple trophy.
@@matthewschmidt3912 In real life? It'd have a good shot. In the show? They were going for the "bigger is better" approach. If you look up taxidermy contests you can find winners with like raccoons in a campground cooking leftovers over a fire pit, just kinda whimsical stuff.
I feel like there's an element here that isn't discussed; We can't properly judge the bear statue due to the limitations of the medium which it's depicted in. Sure, people who don't understand the craft might look at it as a winner and think, "Ah yes, bigger is better!" and that seems to be what the show is going for. That said, if the bear shows exquisite craftsmanship upon close inspection, that could Potentially have earned it high marks. The point of art is, after all, to evoke emotion. If the emotion the artist was going for was the fear and awe that comes about from a realistic depiction of a bear that's about to attack a person, then if properly represented by a very life-like piece I could understand something like that taking first place.
I think this episode is actually needed in today’s system as it shows the importance of disciplining children and setting boundaries. Some parents say they treat their kids like their friends and 8/10 times their children are like Caleb.
It's a really slippery slope for parents who are afraid of their kids "not liking them". Thing is, there were a lot of moments where something my parent did ticked me off as a kid or teen, that looking back as an adult I'm thankful for.
Well the problem with Jim and Lila is that they are the perfect example of what today's society calls "New Age Parenting" parents like that don't and or won't discipline their children all because of the dumb ideology that any form of discipline and punishment is considered abusive and that it'll only psychologically mess up their kids and bs like that.
In a matter of speaking, Jim and Lyla were just as much the antagonists as their son. They clearly spoiled their child in a way that unless Caleb was pulling his stunts on them, they were never going to punish him for anything. They completely enabled Caleb to torment anyone he wanted and still came to his defense out of convenience. But when they were suddenly forced to have a taste of their own medicine with Bobbie they tried to frame Bobbie of being completely different from their son.
"Caleb. Get off the bike." That delivery with that face makes a very convincing case of a man who is _really close_ to crossing a line by reflex with only a sliver of sanity and a good heart holding him back
Honestly, I felt like Caleb was a bit of karma for Hank's past as a bully & the time he tried to tell Bobby that he should always "fight fair" when it's pretty clear that wasn't going to help him.
List of crimes Caleb has committed: - Stealing Hank's hat - Spilling Hank's precious paint - Spilling Hank's precious beer - Ruining his civilized conversation with a mailman - Destroying his precious lawn - Watering his precious house
@Tommy's House of Vlogs Here in the southwest were refer to those crimes as... -What are you doin' here? -That ain't yours. - Running your mouth a bit reckless? 😅
@@kidprime6863 Yes! That's what's wrong with these later seasons. Everybody around hank being a total tard just because oh let's get under this prude's skin that's our gimmick. In early seasons there was subtlety and nuance to it.
@@2212blackstar Probably because, as established earlier, the cops weren't on Hank's side. At that point, I could hardly blame Hank for thinking that, even if the cops had the full context of what was going on, they'd probably assume that, by calling in law enforcement over what they viewed to be a non-issue, HE was harrassing the kid and not the other way around. Hell, we even saw how full retard they (and the entire damn neighborhood) were during the whole Ms. Wakefield incident. Man, whatever happened to that sheriff who could immediately cuff an artist for disrespecting beef? We needed more of him.
The problem is Hank couldn’t prove it was Caleb. Hank and the audience didn’t actually see who snaked the hose through the mail slot, even though we all know it was Caleb.
Actually, Dale might have a good reason not to dump the dead animals in the woods-if they’ve been poisoned (which is what exterminators typically do) they could do serious environmental damage if he just dumped them in nature
As someone who has kids and foster kids, I disagree with the idea that kids don’t know better because they’re new to the world. They act out specifically because they know it’s wrong and gets them attention, makes them feel powerful or because they are just feeling contrary and want other people to feel the same way
2 things come to mind when I remember this kid: 1. Brock Samson saying " Did you ever wanna kick a kids ass but y'know you shouldn't?" 2. Peter Griffin Kicking a kids ass, while in his room, then immediately running out to his treehouse!
The best part was when Peter acts like a scared kid about to be punished when he hides in the treehouse, then just before the cut to commercial he briefly becomes an adult stating, "I'm going to jail, aren't I?"
18:05 I've actually seen a boy whose parents never disciplined him instantly submit when another adult lays down the law. Caleb's reaction wasn't too implausible for me.
Kids have a tendency to act up more around their parents than other people. If a kid has no problem acting up around others (especially strangers), you know they’re a brat.
@@terminallumbago6465Familiarity breeds contempt. They think they know the system and how far they can push it. When that turns out not to be what they thought, they panic. Caleb's panic reaction would seem to be fear and respect, but other kids would certainly be prone to doubling down, throwing a tantrum, or otherwise extending the poor behavior.
I think this episode shows something that doesn't get talked about enough. In the modern world Sometimes strength is the illusion of weakness and weakness is the illusion of strength. Since Caleb is a kid he is perceived of as having less power then Hank meaning Hank can't just tell on him and he can't just hurt him.
In a society like we have here in the West, those who are typically weak have the whole institutional power of the government on their side, and those who are independently strong are left not only to fend for themselves, but are expected to provide more for those who are incapable or unwilling to do so.
@@matthewklahn3204 completely false. People go out of their way and have entire movements and programs to help people who are believed to need it. but when people acknowledge that the help is unconditional they often take advantage of it to make any action taken toward them as a hideous act against the weak. even if they are actually weak they have a tank ready to shoot whoever hurt them.
As a hunter I can say, for a taxidermist to both gut, skin, and recreate a bear of that size, AND make it seem lifelike would be impressive. He got points for both scale and quality. The animation doesn't really do it justice but if it looks convincing enough that definitely shoes the taxidermist's skill. I've seen bad taxidermy jobs. Its hard to make dead things that have been eviscerated seem lifelike again. Doing it to a gigantic bear would definitely be somebody's opus.
There’s definitely a reason some can make a good living from the practice. I shudder to imagine how much money my uncle spent on all the trophies in his house from stuff he’s killed over the years 😅
Good point, didn’t entirely think of it that way still think they could’ve done more with the bear, but it is impressive they got it to even be in that pose
"It is regrettable that the situation has escalated but I am determined to see it through. You have the power to end this. Don't make me squirt you with brown mystery water."
I don't think it's necessarily unbelievable that Caleb would have that reaction to being scolded by his parent. Sometimes a kid doesn't just misbehave because of apathy and entitlement, they've just been in an environment where the adults they respect the most have never reprimanded them. And when they finally do snap, they know they messed up. The only reason he told on Hank for taking his bike was because his parents let him believe he was the victim.
I agree, in like 3rd grade I had this super nice teacher. The day she snapped at us even the bad kids quit acting up. If Caleb was like a teenager I wouldn’t buy it but yeah
I am a hunter with taxidermy and I’d be happy to answer any questions that you might have, I definitely appreciate how respectfully you were when talking about the topic.
Hank sending Bobby not to beat up Caleb, but to harass his parents as Caleb did to Hank and then Hank choosing not to do anything about it was just pure genius. Like that is literally the best poetic justice I think I have ever seen in a show. It’s the perfect way of giving the real criminals (Caleb’s Parents) a taste of their own medicine without resorting to drastic measures like beating up Caleb who is just a kid who was raised improperly by his incompetent parents. That Hank Hill is one smart man I tell you what.
@abrickfullafist Agreed! BTW what part of the episode made u the most pissed? For me, it was the water hose scene! Because after everything Caleb has done, so far, it has been very annoying! Hank has tried to be so patient. When taking his bike backfired, Hank just decided to hide in his own home, but he still couldn't get away from annoying Caleb. And that could've damaged his own home
"we are just following what the book and other people say. we are just being real parents." those people are dumb. they are not your child's parents. you are the parents. I would never let my kids go to far with there miss deeds. a goal of being a parent is to improve the next gen. not let them repeat your mistakes or make a bad prance. yeah I get there bad people that shouldn't have kids. but it's a different story if you are not acting like a true parent and doing others say. if those people don't have kids or even babysit them. than those people don't have a right to say on what's abusive or not. yes getting advice how to clean, feed and cure them from sickness is fine. but the rest is up to you. let your instinct shine in. like really, parents forget how to be a parents.
An interesting thing about Caleb. Lila says, in the scene where she and Jim confront Hank about Bobby, that he goes to a school for gifted children. The fact that she brings it up at this point makes it feel like she's defending Caleb's nature, implying that a gifted child must be a well-behaved child. Does that makes sense to anyone?! Am I crazy for thinking a smart boy can be naughty?
Honestly, I always saw Caleb as a child with some sort of mental or learning disability and as such, Jim and Lila try to let him be as normal as possible. You know, don't try to make my child think they're different than anyone else. The fact that Caleb can take a while to answer also lead me to believe that. A school for "gifted children" could easily mean a school for mentally and learning disabled. As someone who attended one of those schools, I saw kids who could get away with whatever they wanted because their parents were rich enough to send them there while I was on a scholarship program. Again, this is just my interpretation.
Nah you ain't crazy, its absolutely possible for a smart kid to be a mischievous one. Heck, their cleverness might make them be even better at teasing and bullying
Sadly that's happened to me in the past I was bullied when I was a kid when ever I would stand up for myself I was the one who got in trouble not the bullies
I personally believe Caleb's parents know that their son is out of control, and is doing the wrong things....BUT they're actually afraid of disciplining him initially. Some parents fear disciplining their children, mainly due to a desire to avoid looking "abusive", or because they still see their child as their "sweet baby". You can tell this is the case at that last moment when they hesitate when Caleb refuses to get off Hank's lawn, they clearly knew Caleb was in the wrong at that moment.
...or maybe they just don't care. Look, I've met parents in real life who really are only parents by the loosest definition. I'm talking about the kind of parents who just say yes to everything like their 10 year old kid says he doesn't want to go to school anymore, yes who needs education anyway; kid wants to have ice cream and potato chips everyday for breakfast, yes who cares if he weighs 400 pounds and gets diabetes; their 10 year old son has a 30 year old girlfriend, yes who cares if this woman is obviously a pedophile.
I had/have an aunt on my mother's side of my family tell me she bought her son(my cousin) an M rated video game(GTA) because she didn't want my cousin to be out of the, so called, "loop" with his friends! 🤬🤬🤯🤯😭😭 when she and I were younger(she's older than me, because she's my mother's sister) we grew up with a saying "If jimmy(or whatever name) jumps off a bridge would you?!"
@@jescisit really does suck not being able to stay up to date with your peers but I was playing GTA as a child and only recently stopped at the age of twenty four. I know it encouraged me and I shouldn't have been that young participating in game strip clubs and prostitutes. I remember my initial excitement of asking a girl up for coffee and my controller vibrating to smithereens.
@@cleanclean4031 my mom's friend's child played GTA and I was like "looks cool" and she said "he's about to kill a girl he just have sex with" my responds "he's going to do what? 🤨" XD than researched the GTA games and I was like "oh...at lest he knows better." he's actually one of those kids that doesn't copy every little thing he sees and hears. and this happened when I was 13. most people assume ALL kids would copy everything. I mean what do those people think we are monkey? lol
I’ve come to the conclusion that Caleb is probably socially awkward as a result of being spoiled and sheltered. Instead of trying to befriend Bobby; he pesters Hank.
My family had an incident kind of like this. I stopped being friends with this kid because of an argument that we got over during a sleepover and walked home and for the next couple months he decided to start harassing my brother and slashed our RV tires. My parents told his parents that they had footage of him doing it and he confessed in a second. Unfortunately the one day he and his friend were throwing rocks at my brother and my mom didn't let me go outside and beat them into the dirt
Did your family call the cops or take it to small claims court for the trespassing and property damage at least? And one could argue for a case of parental neglect if they did nothing and the child kept doing it
As a man with autism, I found it completely impossible to ignore bullies. I can appreciate this episode for the fact that Hank found a solution to call Jim and Lyla out for their own hypocrisy.
Sometimes bullies are impossible to ignore no matter who you are, you could be deaf and blind and I'm pretty sure there is somebody who could agitate you.
There is a difference between “teasing” and “bullying”. “Teasing” is when you poke fun at someone in a lighthearted manner, and the person is aware of it and approves of it. “Bullying” is when you say/do something hurtful to someone and they tell you to stop and you disregard wat they say and still continue. Regardless if its out of malicious intent or not, if you’re doing/saying something to somebody and they say that they don’t like it ,you’re supposed to do the respectable thing and STOP🛑.
Yep, definitely with shady on this one. Hank did everything by due process. At first, he let it go because he's a child. Then when Caleb persisted, he set firm boundaries and told him to stop that behavior, and why. When Caleb still didn't stop, he confronted his parents firmly but respectfully. His parents couldn't be reasoned with and that that point instead of just taking Caleb's bike away from him, trying to parent a child that isn't his, he should have took his bike away, took it over to Caleb's house, telling the parents directly, your child is not allowed to ride this bike on my property anymore. Respect that, or I will follow a formal complaint with the police. And then doing so when things persisted. (I'm with you that the cops reacted unfairly though)
Caleb is like every spoiled child on reddit rolled into one. And the fact his parents don't see anything wrong with what is he is doing to Hank or anyone isn't raising a child...that is raising a future criminal.
True, those parents really annoyed me more than the kid in that episode. It just showed you don't teach your child discipline at a very early age that kids more likely to walk over his parents when he gets older
I love Bobby’s reaction “you want me to do what.” Cause he knows what Hank is asking him to do goes against everything Hank has raised him to be. It truly shows how good of a kid Bobby truly is he doesn’t want to do it but he’ll do anything for his father.
Adults in general! That is why middle school is the worst. Kids can do anything because there is little consequence. So the kids that are particularly cruel can get away with things that would land an adult in jail. When I was in middle school there was a kid that would sexualie harass girl. The school never kicked him out, the police was never called. It use to drive me nuts, I was bullied as well but I'm a boy, what hopes could I have that the adults would do something if they did nothing for this!
This episode really does a good job of showing how many people seem to believe that children can never be the ones in the wrong, especially if the conflict is between them and an adult. The officers saw a man who took a child's bike and simply assumed Hank was in the wrong without bothering to get his side of what happened.
Yeah, sadly I could TOTALLY see a couple small town police officers doing that. Actually, the only unrealistic thing about this is that in real life: they would probably get the bike back AND have him arrested.
@@UBvtuber Probably. And no one he plead his case to would ever believe that a child was harassing a grown man. Even though such things do happen all too often.
This and the Mrs. Wakefield episode weren't the only times the cops dismissed Hank. There was this one episode called New Cowboy on the block where a former football player moved into the neighborhood and when Hank tried to get the police involved they didn't do anything about the issue even though the former football player committed a felony by starting a fire in the neighborhood ( which the cops had seen by the way).
They were about to do something, but as soon as attention was drawn to the fact that it was a famous football player, they basically sided with him automatically because they liked famous people. It's more accurate to say those particular cops in that situation were just corrupt. Here and in the Mrs. Wakefield episode however, the cops are simply extremely PC, and in their minds an elderly old woman and a young kid are incapable of committing crimes.
@@christianjohnson5379 So true but they also didn't see Caleb or Mrs. Wakefield committing the crimes, in this episode they actually saw the crime with their own eyes and sided with the guy once they found out he was a famous football player. But yes you're right they were actually about to do something about the issue before finding out who he was.
@@yogalover2753dang, my original reply to your comment was deleted. Yeah, I think the writers of the show were heavily against cops if they felt the need to constantly depict them as corrupt or stupid and having them be an obstacle for Hank or the others.
The funny thing is Hank having Bobby fighting his battles for him conflicts with what Hank was trying to teach Bobby in Bobby Goes Nuts. The fact that Hank was able to waive that original mindset and Bobby didn't hold that against him shows that they both grew as characters.
@@garuelx8627 Or the writers forgot, this was season 10 where the quality of each episode was pretty random and the characters would act wildly out of character if it moved the plot forward. Hank was constantly seen as bad guy, but in weird, unrealistic ways. Peggy and Bill would go from wholesome to downright evil and greedy at the flip of a coin. Side chararacters and extras were just brainless NPC's that contributed nothing to most episodes. Plenty of entertaining episodes still, but the characterization of the main cast gets iffy imo.
Honestly, having bobby annoy the parents is a genius move. Hank can't make a move on the parents himself because he already got in trouble with the cops about this issue. However Bobby is a kid, the parents can't call the cops on a kid unless bobby actually does something illegal, now I could be argued that the poppers could be assault, and the trash can was an act of vandalism. However, making charges like those stick on a minor with no previous record is hard, and them charging bobby, would likely give Hank the okay to charge celib for trespassing and property damaged. The damage to his lawn could be proven if the tracks match with celb's bike tires. Not to mention getting bobby in trouble with the law would probably turn the neighborhood against them, lord knows they'd make an enemy out of peggy.
Something i personally liked is that the point at which Hank finally snapped was when Kaleb started directly attacking his lawn. I finally watched the show because of you and there were a lot of moments dedicated to how much hank values his lawn. He cares for it 24/7, got worried that Peggy's garden gnome would ruin its appearance, and his skills with taking care of the lawn even applied when him and the boys secretely started taking care of the football field during football season. Its basically Bobby's half-brother.
It reminds me of Francine from arthur. Whenever there's a problem in the episode even if the episode isn't about her as long as th e problem gets in the way of her sports then there's heck to pay
Omg this episode triggered me so much because Caleb reminds me so much of my nephew. He’s out of control, the parents do nothing about it, and laugh it off as “oh that’s just how he is!” 😭 it’s terrible!! On a side note, I think Peggy and Dale together make for some great episodes! 😂
How long can one get away with the line "that's just how he is"? Sooner or later, you're going to run into someone who has no patience and will teach a lesson the hard way Learning the importance of boundaries and empathy can go a long way.
@@DragonGoddess18 My mom always told me to be careful with how I act around people. She specifically said that all it takes is meeting one person who's unhinged who takes even mundane behavior the wrong way and they will gladly destroy their own life to ruin yours. That lesson always stuck with me. And I have a good personal example to illustrate my point. In 6th grade, I met this kid named Tysean in band class. We both played trombone, so we were seated right next to one another. Tysean had one of the shortest fuses of anyone I've ever seen. He was one of those kids who was constantly in trouble for starting fights, and he would start them over minor stuff. I couldn't avoid being around him at the time and he would talk to me a lot. I was afraid that if I was too blatant in keeping my distance, he'd use that as an excuse to make me his next target, so I tried my best to tread lightly with him around. I had a couple close calls, but I was able to diffuse the situation both times. I had one class with him after that, but I was able to put more distance between us, so he was no longer an issue for me. That being said, I still heard about the fights he started. After I graduated middle school, I never saw him again. I graduated middle school in 2011. I forgot about him until 2020, when I started a part time job to pass time during covid. One of my coworkers lived in the neighborhood I went to middle school in and was about the same age, so he asked me if we knew any of the same people. Tysean's name came up, and I mentioned that I did know him, but not well enough to keep in contact. My coworker was his friend at some point and was close with his family. He told me that about a year or 2 prior, Tysean was renting a room from this guy near him, they got into a heated argument, and he strangled his landlord to death. He's doing 20 years for homicide and knowing his temper, he's almost guaranteed to rack up additional charges inside prison. He even showed me the correctional record to prove it. When I heard that, I just remember being glad I took my mom's advice to heart.
I'd say same, but growing up, my older sister was ALWAYS pissing my dad off to the point he'd start shouting, and immediately afterward, would walk by my room and give me this look that I always took as 'say one thing that gets me mad and you're getting your ass beat' and my dad was a Bodybuilder that won medals/contests when he was younger, so he had the muscles to make that image absolute nightmare fuel. Granted he never did anything physically to me or my sister, but having that fear put in you every single day for years made me a mess when it comes to people raising their voices
@@wakkaseta8351 Brute force is unnecessary when the one causing trouble is weak willed. In my experience a single death glare is enough no need to threaten force because in the end the ones causing the issue are cowards.
Taxidermy is 99% about skin. You're putting a pelt on a frame so you can easily hunt an animal, eat all the meat, then take the pelt and taxidermy it. No waste!
I caught a massive catfish and took it to my taxidermist to get it mounted. He got all of the measurements for it and ended up eating it for dinner with his family
I actually liked this episode as it showed what parents are like today. So Hank's frustration is relatable and that makes the revenge all-more satisfying
Legit question. If someone was in Hank's situation, and didn't have a kid to bully their bully's parents, what could they even do? I always wondered that. You obviously cannot beat the shit out of the kid as an adult, without getting arrested. lol And no, I don't have a child bully, lol. I'm just curious.
@@mrbisshie As Shady said, just calmy and non-violently take matters in your own hands. You are being harassed, as long as you don't hurt the child, realistically the police can't do anything to you
I don’t know much about competitive taxidermy, but like you pointed out the bear is larger therefore more difficult. It is also a full body mount that is standing on its hind legs. Last but not least, its mouth is open. It is very difficult to get a good open- mouth mount. It ends up looking goofy if it isn’t done right.
@@alphawolfgang173 This episode aired in the 2000s. And while the show wasn't as loud about it as the Simpsons, it did have a similar inconsistent timeline (Season 13 had a Myspace episode). So I think Hank could've afforded a camera, if not borrowed one that Peggy likely already had. If he was so inclined.
lady bird wasn't in this episode but we've seen an ep where she got aggressive because of how hank was feeling, if Caleb wasn't careful he could have been attacked by a dog
Honestly ladybird’s absence was probably for the best, It would have been a real downer if the dog bit the kid and they had to put ladybird down as a result.
You're referring to the Bernie Mac guest star episode, right? Hank hates handymen, but because Bernie is black, and Ladybird attacks him, all of a sudden they think He's racist. I hate that episode, poor Hank.
The bear winning the Taxidermy contest is just a 'biggest thing wins' device which is relatable in these sorts of subjective competitions - like Hank assuming the biggest rose would win the rose growing comp Though a bear like that in a local taxidermy comp seems like pretty worthy winner
Kids like Caleb are the main reason why I'm a bit stricter with my daughter than I'm really comfortable with. I'd love to be the fun dad and just let her have the run of the place, I mean she's 3 years old, but if I don't start her off early understanding good vs bad behavior then things are only going to get worse. When she acts out, throws a tantrum or misbehaves, I try to do what my parents did with me: she gets one warning, and if it happens again then there's a consequence. For example, if I say it's bedtime and she decides she's going to keep playing with her toy, she gets one chance to listen and go quietly to bed. And if she doesn't listen then that toy gets taken away for the night and she'll get it back the next morning IF she apologizes for misbehaving.
There’s no such thing as too early to start disciplining, assuming they’re old enough to understand what’s happening. And there’s this misunderstanding that discipline always means spanking. It doesn’t. It could be something like: They throw a tantrum in a store (and another adult is with you), then they get nothing and take them to the car. They can’t play properly with a toy, it gets taken away. Stuff like that.
@@terminallumbago6465I like that, and that’s what I do with my ESL students (kindergarten teacher). I’ll give them multiple opportunities to listen, and if they don’t then there are consequences and I’m going to raise my voice at them. I don’t like raising my voice but sometimes i have to in order to get them to listen, especially if they’re being loud and talking over my indoor voice.
@@kelleygreengrass you would be correct, if that was what I'm doing. I don't make her apologize for feeling an emotion, I make her apologize for her actions and misbehavior, which I think I'm justified in doing. If a child doesn't learn to respect and obey their parents at a young age, they will not respect and obey any authority later on in life, and that leads to the formation of very dangerous and unstable people.
17:45 I think Caleb listened because he didn't know how to react otherwise to his parents actually putting their foot down and actually raising their voice at him. Parent's anger alone is enough sometimes to get a child to listen. My dad was like that, he was sweet, funny, and friendly, someone you would love to be around. But when he got angry, he was scary. 😂 When I was around my dad he didn't even need to physically punish us for doing anything wrong, his anger alone would deter us from misbehaving further.
Sounds like my dad. It's basically setting boundaries and telling kids that their behavior is unacceptable. You know u crossed a line if that switch flips. Meanwhile the ones who always yell end up having kids who learn to tune it out.
I get that being too strict can hurt kids but so can being the child's friend Doing that will teach the child that they're the boss and THAT doesn't help them in the slightest. In fact,most of the time, they become Karen's. P.S. When it comes to bullying, record everything. Period.
It's a balancing act. Discipline is good, but being too strict causes problems of it's own. That being said, Jim and Lila are firmly on the extreme of too little discipline.
@@SkylineFTW97 Yeah, I learned a lot about discipline from Supernanny (more specifically,Jo Frost) When disciplining a child, it may suck that the kid is sad for a bit but in the long run, it teaches them the importance of boundaries and good behavior.
My brother's wife has a nephew like that and it infuriated me to see this kids parents sit back and let him do whatever he wanted. I would have gotten in so much trouble if I had acted like that. Like I wouldn't have been able to sit for a week or grounded from TV and video games for 2 weeks.
Hi, I have five years of teaching experience. I would love to comment on the awesome, accurate stuff Shady said in his video. I have had many “Calebs” in my classroom. I have also interacted with many parents who were just like Jim and Lila. These kids are HUGE bullies in the classroom, in secret, shamelessly, publicly horrible and…when they become adults, usually, they are still bullies. Bullies grow up and raise bully-kids, unless they wake up and manage to change their ways. In school, your children have to put up with these “Calebs”, and it’s only gotten worse since we were young’uns. Caleb is the cause for most problems in public schools. Teachers can only do so much to keep that kind of kid under control while they’re doing their best to teach 30+ other students at the same time. If bully adults and bully kids seem to run your kid’s school…it’s time to change schools and get the “f” out of that situation. Thanks for reading ❤ Love your videos, Shady! Keep ‘em coming!
As someone who is into taxidermy most taxidermists do not kill just as a trophy, most do it for meat or for population control of simply do just find animals already dead (vulture culture) and go from there, every collector is different so I’ll speak for myself, I love the art, I have skulls because they’re pretty and I love that every part of an animal is used rather than tossed aside.
That’s not always the case though. Sometimes, people are just born bad. A kid can have the most loving home and parents who try to teach them discipline, give them an education and correct bad behavior as much as they possibly can, and the kid still turn into a monster. I’ve seen it happen. It’s not unheard of.
My adopted father was a taxidermist. He would take commissions from other hunters and he worked very close with fish and wildlife (what my mom worked for) he would often send skulls and taxidermied animals to them to be shown for education. The part of the animal used in taxidermy is the fur, and he would spend more time making the mold and hardening it and using a special glue to put the skin on it. He took weeks and even months to make amazing works and would even sleep in his workshop regularly. Stuffed animals are part of the local culture. Showing what can be hunted in the area and the skill of the hunter. And seeing a huge bison head on the wall in a bar makes me feel like I'm in a proper establishment.
Hank really has the patience of a saint. So many people would 1000% have gone to jail for obliterating that child after the hose in the mail slot thing
IKR! BTW I wonder what Donna from Family Guy would've done in this situation? Donna Brown, the wife of Cleveland Brown. Imagine if Caleb was doing this to her, especially the water hose through the mail slot scene
I honestly was thinking the same thing about Shady possibly reviewing every episode. That would be great. Even the ones without these lessons about life and morals, would probably warrant about an 8-10 minute video.
I'd have fancy red stripes all over my back from being slashed with a belt. No wonder today's kids are such entitled, weak losers, running from therapist to therapist. The never knew the blessing of boundaries.
A big thing with taxidermy is making them appear lifelike. Creativity is important, but I'd argue it's more important to effectively preserve them and make them appear still-alive. A taxidermy that still looks alive, rather than uncanny and clearly just a skin stretched over a model incorrectly, is a mark of very high quality.
As someone who works in security, I have the displeasure of dealing with some pretty shitty adults from time to time. The types of adults who seem to lack any empathy or responsibility. I honestly believe that many of these adults probably act this way because they had parents like the ones seen in this episode who just let them get away with their bad behavior without any discipline whatsoever. With the way they act I can’t say that I believe they had good parents who taught them how to have personal responsibility or show empathy for others. Like, I’ve honestly never really understood why someone would go out of there way to intentionally antagonize someone else. I just never saw the appeal in intentionally ruining some else’s day. What makes it worse is when they even try to defend their shitty behavior. “No, it’s not MY fault that I’m intentionally being a nuisance to you for no reason whatsoever, it’s your fault for not sucking it up and dealing with it. Now stop acting like a hall monitor and let me get on your nerve with no consequences for my actions.”
It is said that police get tazzed and pepper sprayed to know what it feel likes so they won’t do it for craps and grins, I’d say that’s what Jim and Lyla needed was a taste of their own medicine. I also like to think Caleb’s reaction was some parts realistic. Sure a kid who’s never been scolded may have an adjustment period, but his reaction feels more like a kid who’s parents never raised their voice so he knows this is serious. But that’s just my opinion.
Tone conveys a lot in verbal communication, and the tone Jim used gets attention even from animals. I'm sure on some level Caleb knew listening was the only option.
My brother was an MP in the army can confirm that's 100% true. He said pepper spray in the U.S. is much weaker than pepper spray in places like Brazil or Israel. But yeah those "parents" really needed that dose of their own medicine
My name is Caleb and I think watching this episode as a child is the reason why I despise my own name. Even as a shithead kid I thought that character and his parents were awful.
The thing I love about this episode is it's so much more nuanced than most unruly kid episodes on other shows. Nine times out of ten the episodes whole point in that physical violence is the one true answer to an annoying/bratty kid. But Hank and Peggy are vehemently anti spanking and make it known in several episodes. It's why everyone was so rightfully disgusted with Peggy in "Paddlin' Peggy". Hank did the best thing he could and all the parents had to do was show proper authority instead of yanking him up and hitting him. Of course you need to discipline their kids but you also need to TEACH them why the action is wrong not just use physical pain and scare them into blind submission.
I think that's why my dad never hit me and never needed to. They say spanking lowers IQ, but I think it's more the fact that stupid ppl take longer to learn and arent always able to think things through. Unfortunately, plenty of ppl in prison are those low iq kids who got their asses beat. My dad always said " You know who uses violence as discipline? Gangs." Some kids learn, and others just hit the weights so they can beat up their parents if it comes to that.
Might be because Arland is highly liberal in it's local government, an d consider the possibility that it's within the same jurisdiction as Austin, Texas, which is the most politically Left-wing city in Texas.
Can we all agree that "oh just ignore him" is the worst advice ever for dealing with bullies?
Every person is different. Some bullies are indeed just looking for any kind of response and ignoring them could be a potential solution, but that is not going to work for everyone and even if it did, some bullies won't leave you alone without a heavy cost.
Ignoring the bully doesn't always make them stop, if anything they see it as a challenge. Keep pushing buttons until the victims snap; they want a reaction and won't stop until they get one
100%. I was bullied by the majority of my class and ignoring the problem didn't do jack except exacerbate it. In contrast, one time two other kids wanted to start bullying me, even dared me and gave me permission to hit them, so I either punched one of them or slammed him against the wall. Deadass we became amicable after that.
@@floricel_112 *You got spunk kid, I like you*
@@BlueAngel7 You sir, took the words straight out of my mouth.
“It’s just his way of testing you”
If I tried that kind of behavior around any the adults I knew, they would’ve tested how far I could fly
Same
My record was about 10 ft
The correct answer to that test is firm discipline. Unfortunately Jim and Lila knew about the test but not the answer sheet.
Only thing I'll test is the size of the splatter on the pavement
Testing what? If he's testing people's patience he's going to learn new definitions of pain!
Caleb is the one kid at elementary school who gets punched in the face for pissing off the wrong little boy and the parents wonder why in the world their precious little child would be subjected to such a violent act.
My brother did that to a kid such as Caleb in middle school.
@@princessmarlena1359 lmao one kid at my school was such a little shit and everybody hated him and one day he brought his older brother’s switchblade to school and showed it to everybody and acted like he was tough until one kid took it from him and stabbed him in the arm for being so fucking annoying
My little brother is that kid who got punched, but none of us at home could be sure it was completely unjustified, on account of him being a little crud that starts fights he can’t finish. We don’t let him get away with it, but he still tries people’s nerves anyway.
I was totally that other little boy!
I vividly remember being confused as to why brats like Caleb would start crying after trying to throw down!
@@princessmarlena1359 Your brother was a good kid. An upstanding citizen even.
The difficulty in taxidermy is specifically in making the animals look like they are alive. It's incredibly easy to make the animal look unnatrual and uncanny when stuffing it - you're just working with it's skin and have to construct a skeleton for it. So something the size of that bear, making it look so lifelike... Yeah, that's really impressive.
I'm glad I found a proper response. I'm not at all knowledged or skilled in taxidermy but I've tried my hand at sculpture. I imagine the framework is similar but with a far more difficult and unforgiving medium.
To make an animal's body in such a way as to surprise someone should they come around a corner and see it, is really impressive. I've seen displays in museums that are laughably silly and others lifelike they seem frozen in time.
There truly is a deeper art to the whole thing.
The question I have is why don't they just do different categories, sure a bear is way more impressive than a squirrel but the size difference probably makes the process and techniques entirely different. Kinda like how the Olympics have a 50-meter dahs and a 100-meter dash?
@@austinschwartz7424it's probably just because it's a local taxidermy competition and not an officially sanctioned sport.
Thanks for the explanation.
Tho tbh I still don't get why that Bear won the contest, doesn't look more alive than a Statue to me.
@@pkmntrainerred4247 This is a cartoon dude, obviously it just looks like a statue. Peggy and Dale's did too
"Peggy demands that Dale get her bigger game."
[smash cut to Caleb]
*...OH NO*
*OH YES*
The most dangerous game
@@anactualalpaca7016okay
Beautiful.
👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
I'm a school bus driver and my bus is full of Calebs. And of course, the parents do nothing when informed of their child's misbehavior, then they get mad when their child is permanently removed from the bus. My "Calebs" hate how strict I am with the rules, and have tried all year to get me to give up. I've told them all multiple times that if I end the year with every kid kicked off my bus, I will not care.
Ngl that just reminded me of the bus driver that threatened my 6 year old sister to be kicked off the bus and walk home halfway home because she didn’t like my sister trying to talk to her. I just stood up from my seat and walked to the front. She stopped the bus and told me to sit down then threatened to kick both me and her off because I moved her to my seat since she was balling her eyes out from how the driver spoke to her. I called my mom as she was screaming at us over the intercom and mom waited at that bus stop while calling the bus barn and school board. I’m not saying your like that driver but that comment just threw me back to 6th grade
Good for you
@@LionWithAGun yeeeeah I remember how when kids were being obviously and flat out bullied/harassed/even assaulted in front of the bus driver and when we tried to tell them about it and get them to stop it it was just "Sit down and shut up or you can walk home, I'm not your nanny, go tell the teacher!" (Like the bus driver from South Park stg...) And of course when you told the teacher it was just "Welp we didn't see it happen!"
@@LionWithAGun Isn't kicking a child off a school bus before reaching their home against the law?
@@MASTEROFEVIL yes
Bobby was way more creative in his insults against Jim and Lila than Caleb was towards Hank.
Probably because Bobby is an aspiring comedian.
Bobby's a smart one
@@ShadyDoorags and a damn good one
@Shady Doorags he's already successful in that regard due to his appearance on the beloved TV show King of the Hill
@@ShadyDoorags dude, you have to do the bill gets buff episode.
I think Caleb' s reaction to his dad was accurate. If you notice Caleb didn't immediately listen to his dad, he ignored the first request, but the second request got him because of how mad his dad got. That was probably the most mad he EVER saw his dad and it scares him that it was directed at him.
Yep, I've seen asshole kids suddenly crumble when their parents grow a spine. I'm not a fan of discipline through fear as a primary motivator, but it's a good place to start for Caleb since nothing else works.
Thank You, Gustavo Fring
@@ChargeQMi was an asshole kid when i was 8 first time i ever heard my Dad shouting at me. I was scared yeah but also ashamed funnyly.
It's one of those things, right up there with when a parent uses your full name, that just makes kids kinda factory reset for a minute and rethink their whole damn life up to that moment.
@TheSimpleMan454 Yep, when I hear my mother utter my first, middle and last name I instantly freeze up wondering juat how badly I've fucked up. 😅😅
Jim and Lila are definitely the type of parents that tried to be Caleb's friend before being his parents. The results speak for themselves.
I'm lucky that I managed to raise a kid Caleb's age, being her parent first and friend third. I'm her teacher second (though no home schooling)
My dad's late mom and his step dad literally have the SAME first names
i have a different idea of being a friend
@@masterofinfinity479 В этом случае, у вас, вероятно, должно быть другое о том представление, чтобы быть другом, чем этого.
Well said. I became friends with my folks when I grew up. But as a kid I was parented.
'adult male being bullied by a child' is a plot point that's been used in a surprising amount of sitcoms
Got any examples? I'd love to see how they tackle this.
@@Takejiro24 off the top of my head: Peepshow, My parents are aliens, Malcolm in the middle and Family Guy. I'm sure there's more, I just can't think
@@LeonLein82 Don't forget Everybody Loves Raymond. It even used the similar plot point of utterly useless parents allowing their brat to go wild because a child therapist told them everything they wanted to hear, that he's "expressive" and "gifted" and all this other bullshit that apparently warrants them never interfering.
I mean, it kinda sucks cuz you can't punch somebody else kid y'know.
@@enclaveherewhyisntyourvide3089 I saw a TH-cam Poop where Hank actually does punch Caleb. It ends with him in a jail cell. Quite depressing stuff.
As a stand up comic(Steven Hofstetter) once said. "No I don't have kids. I don't know how to fly a helicopter either, But if I see one in a tree I know some one fucked up."
I love Steve Hofstetter's material.
@@ravager48 i honestly forgot his name. Thanks for the reminder.
“No one chooses to drink Budweiser you were born that way”
I feel personally attacked, we had lots of cool trees in Mississippi that were perfect for climbing
@@CorundumDevil I know right as a kid one of my neighbors had a tree that screamed climb me
Kids like Caleb almost exclusively come from parents that want to treat the kid solely as a friend and not as a new human who hasn’t learned how the world works. Connection with your kids is important but using your place as the adult to teach them is as well.
The best way I've heard it termed is 'wanting to be liked, rather than to be a parent.'
And sadly, some teachers with more Liberal backgrounds today are trying to do this, too.
BTW Ik Caleb a brat, but I wonder why he went so far, especially putting the water hose through Hank mail slot. I guess if you have zero discipline, you have no empathy. BTW, I wonder if you Caleb would've stopped if Hank didn't come to his front door to get the hose. Let's say he was in the bathroom when Caleb put the hose through his mail slot
They need to be the parent, teacher, and friend
Thinking about it further, Dale is being REALLY responsible here. Animals killed by poison can't just be dumped in the woods. Depending on poison they can be just as toxic or MORE SO to any wild creature that eats them. Or any random dog or cat.
knowing dale id expect him to hunt them down with honor no poison
@@romanmay2867he used to use poison and stopped at one point
Then why is he putting them with the food he eats?!
I didn't even think about that until you brought it up.
@@nintendoman12111 now that is just rule of funny.
If Caleb's parents had practiced gentle discipline, like Hank did, from the start; they wouldn't have needed to shout at him at the end.
Discipline isn't screaming and spanking. It's teaching your kids to be mindful of others and to take responsibility for their mistakes.
Agreed: BTW, how do u think Hank Hill would've reacted if Caleb put a lit up through Hank Hill front door mail slot? Because he did rightfully panic with the water hose scene, and that was the final straw:
Something can TRULY be said towards the sheer AMOUNT of patience Hank has in this episode.
The extreme calm delivery of when he said "Get off the bike" despite the rage in his expression? Amazing.
Also, I don't remember the episode clearly, did Bobby _come up with this idea to Bully the parents_ or was that Hank's doing? Because if Bobby came up with the idea of the old "Taste of your medicine" to the parents on his own? That's some clever thinking right there.
It was Hank's idea, he asked Bobby to annoy Caleb's parents. Though I think it was up to Bobby how he went about doing it at least.
I honestly appreciate how Bobby is resistant to it initially. He knows this is wrong because Hank and Peggy taught him that messing with adults is wrong.
I think I recall Hank promising not to punish Bobby for anything he does to Jim and Lilah.
Hank’s “get off the bike” delivery was pretty hot ngl 🥵
I remember seeing this episode on the WatchMojo list of the worst things Hank has ever done by having Bobby bully the parents and I commented that he had no choice in the matter. Heck better he gets the point across from Bobby harassing the two with mostly harmless and annoying antics then some point down the line their son getting carried away with the wrong person and suffer some serious consequences.
I love hank having his kid be a brat to caleb's parents only cause they needed it done period. They were ignorant and to moronic to realize how much of a brat and abusive their kid was being and needed their rose tinted glasses taken off.
@@aclevername7613 Their kid could've grown up and committed the most vile and inhumane crimes imaginable and spew nonsense like "Oh that's our little Caleb!" or "Boys will be boys!"
Hank should have just kicked that dads ass
@@BlueAngel7 he would have grown up and became a redditor
@@A-TALKING-TOASTER Would not of solved the issue. Hank would of been charged with assault and nothing done. They needed a taste of their own medicine period.
Actually the majority of bullying I see these days is closer to this. The insult doesn't have to make sense to the victim so long as you enjoy it.
Yeah and they're more likely to get away with it bc the teachers will just look at it like the kid just having innocent fun instead of actually bothering/harassing someone like they really are, and they know it. Like oh he's just calling you something silly like "Pea Soup" or "Station Wagon" so why are you even taking it seriously? Bc I sure won't! 9_9
I was literally playing a match of ARAM on League the other day where someone was pinging me for not immediately leaving the fountain (Basically they were mad at me for taking my time to decide what I should bring into the match) so I typed a curt and simple "STFU" before going to lane. Nothing more, nothing less.
This guy fires back some random IP Address, asks me if I belong to an address on Smith Street, and my immediate response is "Did this guy just try to dox me?". Now, I am 6'1, 240 lb of muscle and an MMA enthusiast with a blackbelt in JKD AND in Kali, a martial art mostly used by police and military around the world as it deals mostly with weapons. You cannot walk 5 feet in my house without having a weapon within arms reach. Someone doxxing my address to begin with wasn't going to scare me; I live for the event of a home invasion scenario. But he didn't even get the right IP or right address, so I am not treating this seriously. I tell the other team about how the guy tried and failed to dox me, treating it with a bit of absurdist humor, and that's when the guy explains that he deliberately MADE UP a random address just to mess with me.
.... Which only made things MORE confusing because that meant he tried to scare me with the wrong address. His rationality was that it "Got me talking" and now he was "Living in my head rent free", but it's like, I wasn't even annoyed. I was just confused, REALLY confused by what the goal of any of this was supposed to be other than to confuse me.
It was like walking into a room dropping a load in your pants, then mocking people for noticing the stench. People these days don't even know how to bully.
Yeah well you're just a banana muncher
@Kym O this is why kids end up getting into fights. Then they both get punished and the kid who was being bullied realizes they need a more permanent solution...
@@kymo6343 Yeah, like that it could be a silly nickname, which is something that friends are known to do with each other.
Hell, in high school, there was a dude people called Douchius for like a year or 2 because of some bit he did that I wasn't there for, something about a mock Roman General Douchius Cooterus or Douchius Maximus or something.
In Jr High, when this one dude joined one of the more popular cliches, everyone called him Gym, because that's where formally joined them and they already had someone in the group with his name. Just the dumbest crap, sometimes
I've met so many kids like Caleb and everytime, every single time, their parents have been one of two types of people. The first are exactly the parents in this episode. The second are parents who claim they've tried nothing and are all out of ideas to control their out of control kid.
Likes Ned’s parents from the Simpsons “We’ve tried nothing doc, and we’re all out of ideas.”
Dude … is that a Simpsons reference??? Cos that sounds like Ned Flanders’ parents:
“Help us Doc!”
“Yeah! We’ve tried *nothing* and we’re all out of ideas!” 🤣🤣🤣
@@LadyLeomon yeah it is but it's a darn good one.
"Ever try beatin his ass?"
- Robert Freeman
@@mogster3g I love that show
This reminds me of school bullies where if you are being bullied, they won't do anything, but the moment you retaliate they are all over you and berate you for your "uncontrollable behavior."
This happened to me. Once I knew the school wasn't going to help, I took matters into my own hands. And guess what? The bully cried like a bitch and even though I got detention, he never picked on me again because I just tell people he cried like a little bitch.
Sometimes, when all else fails, it is the only remaining option...
By the way, as a side note, why are all unhinged kids are named Kaleb or Caleb? Seriously, I know like 5 demented little bastards and they are all named Caleb.
The ones that always were a pain in the ass to me in school were Brock, Zach, and Tim
It’s called Zero Tolerance and it exists to punish victims
My bully was named Taylor and the One time I retaliated it was because she attacked my much smaller younger sister. I beat the hell out of her after Months of being physically assaulted and belittled. The school tried to get me in trouble but my mom had been documenting Every time she went to the school to stop this girl. So if I was going to be in trouble for beating up a girl who had physically assaulted me multiple times and tried to Stomp on my little Sister's Head then that little witch was Definitely going down with me. The school dropped it once they realized they would be at fault for not stopping the bullying sooner.
She never bothered me or my little sister again after that. And I gained a reputation for not taking things lying down. My kindness and patience had a boundary and she waltzed right over that line into fuck around and find out territory.
When I tried that as a kid my bully came back with 3 of his friends. Jumped me to the point I needed to go to the hospital. No charges were pressed because I "started it," even though I was defending myself. 4 kids, 2 parents, and a principle all against me made it impossible for us to press charges. The bullying kept on and I couldn't do anything about it. If I laid one finger on him I was expelled.
Sometimes, fighting back isn't possible.
Because Caleb is a stupid name. Any parent that names their child Caleb does not love their child. It’s no wonder these people turn out to be evil.
Gotta say. Props to the writers for making Hank extremely patient
I remember I always wanted Bobby to have a "that's my purse" moment with Caleb 😂
You're right, Caleb makes no attempt to wanna play with someone closer to his age, just hovers around adults...that's weird.
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@@theblocksays Good point. He probably learned early on that while other kids will push back on his antics, adults (like his parents) will let him walk all over them. It's a sad commentary on our society when kids gravitate toward adults because they're easier to bully.
@@jculver1674
It’s not that adults are easier to bully, it’s that if they do anything about it beyond informing the kid’s parents, they’re gonna get in hot water with the law (like when Hank took Caleb’s bike), and most parents don’t take adults who say they’ve been bullied by their kids seriously.
When I was in fifth grade, there was this kindergartener who liked to hit me for kicks, and there was nothing I could do make him stop except tell the teachers who of course did nothing about it, thereby enabling the kid to go on punching me. And despite his size, his punches actually hurt after he hit the exact same place over and over again. One day I got so fed up with him that I grabbed him by his arm, hoisted him up off the ground and told him that if he didn’t stop it, I’d thrash him. He immediately told the teacher and I got sent to the principals office. I was told to take back what I said. I told the principal that I meant what I said and that I wasn’t going to take it back. I got a detention but the kid never hit me again, so it was worth it.
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For taxidermy, generally the value is derived from "Lifelike" recreation, not being mangled, having realistic and appropriate proportions, looking like it's still living. You can find a lot of mangled taxidermy projects.
It's then posing, and setting a scene.
The bear is just big, as you pointed out, and that does have some more room for mangling, but generally it's not particularly special, beyond being a bear and that's not an easy thing to bag.
As far as what the show is trying to convey it's just "The competition is bigger than life" and it's not just a local craft show, but as far as actual like, taxidermy contests, it's not doing anything that'd win the competition. If you check out contest winners, it's always paired with great setting and depictions, and it ranges from big to small, the presentation is way more than just "It's big".
You're trying to capture a moment in life, action, environment, etc. It's not just a simple trophy.
So, the squirrel and crow isn't as good?
The way the scene plays out, it sounds like they don't have a shot,
If anything, Peggy and Dale's first entry would be a decent runner-up given the mix of animals and its setting.
@@matthewschmidt3912 In real life? It'd have a good shot.
In the show? They were going for the "bigger is better" approach.
If you look up taxidermy contests you can find winners with like raccoons in a campground cooking leftovers over a fire pit, just kinda whimsical stuff.
@@matthewschmidt3912 small town stuff the one they we’re entering, no. Literally anywhere else, yes
I feel like there's an element here that isn't discussed; We can't properly judge the bear statue due to the limitations of the medium which it's depicted in.
Sure, people who don't understand the craft might look at it as a winner and think, "Ah yes, bigger is better!" and that seems to be what the show is going for.
That said, if the bear shows exquisite craftsmanship upon close inspection, that could Potentially have earned it high marks. The point of art is, after all, to evoke emotion. If the emotion the artist was going for was the fear and awe that comes about from a realistic depiction of a bear that's about to attack a person, then if properly represented by a very life-like piece I could understand something like that taking first place.
I think this episode is actually needed in today’s system as it shows the importance of disciplining children and setting boundaries. Some parents say they treat their kids like their friends and 8/10 times their children are like Caleb.
Yeah
Even American Dad tackled that issue in "Gorillas in the Mist"
That's great idea.
It's a really slippery slope for parents who are afraid of their kids "not liking them". Thing is, there were a lot of moments where something my parent did ticked me off as a kid or teen, that looking back as an adult I'm thankful for.
I wish Dooly was in this episode and beat up this kid.
Well the problem with Jim and Lila is that they are the perfect example of what today's society calls "New Age Parenting" parents like that don't and or won't discipline their children all because of the dumb ideology that any form of discipline and punishment is considered abusive and that it'll only psychologically mess up their kids and bs like that.
In a matter of speaking, Jim and Lyla were just as much the antagonists as their son. They clearly spoiled their child in a way that unless Caleb was pulling his stunts on them, they were never going to punish him for anything. They completely enabled Caleb to torment anyone he wanted and still came to his defense out of convenience. But when they were suddenly forced to have a taste of their own medicine with Bobbie they tried to frame Bobbie of being completely different from their son.
Yep caleb's parents truly failed him they spoiled there son
"Caleb. Get off the bike."
That delivery with that face makes a very convincing case of a man who is _really close_ to crossing a line by reflex with only a sliver of sanity and a good heart holding him back
"This feels like the origin of a serial killer. Whether that killer turns out to be Caleb or Hank remains to be seen."
Shady, your writing is poetry.
Gonna be bad when he discovers FIRE
and seen will be remains
That, my friend, is a beautiful summation of how many fans feel about this episode.
Honestly, I felt like Caleb was a bit of karma for Hank's past as a bully & the time he tried to tell Bobby that he should always "fight fair" when it's pretty clear that wasn't going to help him.
List of crimes Caleb has committed:
- Stealing Hank's hat
- Spilling Hank's precious paint
- Spilling Hank's precious beer
- Ruining his civilized conversation with a mailman
- Destroying his precious lawn
- Watering his precious house
made hank dance with the fire crackers
For these crimes against our precious boy Hank, we sentence Caleb to the vortex.
Brendaniel reference yes?
@Tommy's House of Vlogs Here in the southwest were refer to those crimes as...
-What are you doin' here?
-That ain't yours.
- Running your mouth a bit reckless?
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Ayyyy, Brendaniel!
Pretty sure spraying Hank with a hose in his house could also be counted as assault. But yeah, this episode was infuriating.
Wouldn't it also be vandalism because he did spray the hose in Hank's house?
I’ve never thought about that until now how hasn’t hank not done something about that?
@@kidprime6863 Yes! That's what's wrong with these later seasons. Everybody around hank being a total tard just because oh let's get under this prude's skin that's our gimmick. In early seasons there was subtlety and nuance to it.
@@2212blackstar Probably because, as established earlier, the cops weren't on Hank's side. At that point, I could hardly blame Hank for thinking that, even if the cops had the full context of what was going on, they'd probably assume that, by calling in law enforcement over what they viewed to be a non-issue, HE was harrassing the kid and not the other way around. Hell, we even saw how full retard they (and the entire damn neighborhood) were during the whole Ms. Wakefield incident. Man, whatever happened to that sheriff who could immediately cuff an artist for disrespecting beef? We needed more of him.
The problem is Hank couldn’t prove it was Caleb. Hank and the audience didn’t actually see who snaked the hose through the mail slot, even though we all know it was Caleb.
Actually, Dale might have a good reason not to dump the dead animals in the woods-if they’ve been poisoned (which is what exterminators typically do) they could do serious environmental damage if he just dumped them in nature
As someone who has kids and foster kids, I disagree with the idea that kids don’t know better because they’re new to the world. They act out specifically because they know it’s wrong and gets them attention, makes them feel powerful or because they are just feeling contrary and want other people to feel the same way
2 things come to mind when I remember this kid:
1. Brock Samson saying " Did you ever wanna kick a kids ass but y'know you shouldn't?"
2. Peter Griffin Kicking a kids ass, while in his room, then immediately running out to his treehouse!
The trick is to get another kid to kick that kid's ass.
@@koatam good point....DEAN VENTURE!!! GET OVER HERE!!!
For me, I think of Always Sunny when Mac and Charlie were beating up a bunch of kids.
The best part was when Peter acts like a scared kid about to be punished when he hides in the treehouse, then just before the cut to commercial he briefly becomes an adult stating, "I'm going to jail, aren't I?"
That was the funniest thing ever 💀
18:05 I've actually seen a boy whose parents never disciplined him instantly submit when another adult lays down the law. Caleb's reaction wasn't too implausible for me.
Oftentimes you listen to other people not your own parents lol
Kids have a tendency to act up more around their parents than other people. If a kid has no problem acting up around others (especially strangers), you know they’re a brat.
@@terminallumbago6465Familiarity breeds contempt. They think they know the system and how far they can push it. When that turns out not to be what they thought, they panic. Caleb's panic reaction would seem to be fear and respect, but other kids would certainly be prone to doubling down, throwing a tantrum, or otherwise extending the poor behavior.
to me its the same reaction when a dog thats been friendly suddenly growls- your like whoah... ima do what you say
I think this episode shows something that doesn't get talked about enough. In the modern world Sometimes strength is the illusion of weakness and weakness is the illusion of strength.
Since Caleb is a kid he is perceived of as having less power then Hank meaning Hank can't just tell on him and he can't just hurt him.
Terrible take. You are showing you don't understand power Dynamics.
In a society like we have here in the West, those who are typically weak have the whole institutional power of the government on their side, and those who are independently strong are left not only to fend for themselves, but are expected to provide more for those who are incapable or unwilling to do so.
@@matthewklahn3204 completely false. People go out of their way and have entire movements and programs to help people who are believed to need it. but when people acknowledge that the help is unconditional they often take advantage of it to make any action taken toward them as a hideous act against the weak. even if they are actually weak they have a tank ready to shoot whoever hurt them.
@@matthewklahn3204 something tells me you don’t believe women can be abusers
@@matthewklahn3204 great take actually. People abuse perceived weakness as a cover for shitty behavior all the time.
As a hunter I can say, for a taxidermist to both gut, skin, and recreate a bear of that size, AND make it seem lifelike would be impressive. He got points for both scale and quality. The animation doesn't really do it justice but if it looks convincing enough that definitely shoes the taxidermist's skill. I've seen bad taxidermy jobs. Its hard to make dead things that have been eviscerated seem lifelike again. Doing it to a gigantic bear would definitely be somebody's opus.
There’s definitely a reason some can make a good living from the practice. I shudder to imagine how much money my uncle spent on all the trophies in his house from stuff he’s killed over the years 😅
Good point, didn’t entirely think of it that way
still think they could’ve done more with the bear, but it is impressive they got it to even be in that pose
"You know how kids are" is probably the worst excuse for a lack of discipline I've ever heard or at the very least the most over used.
Also, That’s his way of saying he likes you!
Its true though kids are shits its how they are so cry looser
17:40 Bobby's face just screams "You don't wanna know what's in the squirt bottle..."
It's probably soda and you don't want to get that sticky sugar on your clothes...
Jankem
I thought that was coffee
"It is regrettable that the situation has escalated but I am determined to see it through. You have the power to end this. Don't make me squirt you with brown mystery water."
@@mattgieslerrocks so did I.
Honestly, Bobby’s use saved the Ep for me. A good dose of catharsis can save many episodes for me
If anything it was just a tongue in cheek way of getting the point across.
Agreed. It was genius
I don't think it's necessarily unbelievable that Caleb would have that reaction to being scolded by his parent. Sometimes a kid doesn't just misbehave because of apathy and entitlement, they've just been in an environment where the adults they respect the most have never reprimanded them. And when they finally do snap, they know they messed up. The only reason he told on Hank for taking his bike was because his parents let him believe he was the victim.
I agree, in like 3rd grade I had this super nice teacher. The day she snapped at us even the bad kids quit acting up. If Caleb was like a teenager I wouldn’t buy it but yeah
I am a hunter with taxidermy and I’d be happy to answer any questions that you might have, I definitely appreciate how respectfully you were when talking about the topic.
9 months and no answer is born
He asked the question in the video
Hank sending Bobby not to beat up Caleb, but to harass his parents as Caleb did to Hank and then Hank choosing not to do anything about it was just pure genius. Like that is literally the best poetic justice I think I have ever seen in a show. It’s the perfect way of giving the real criminals (Caleb’s Parents) a taste of their own medicine without resorting to drastic measures like beating up Caleb who is just a kid who was raised improperly by his incompetent parents. That Hank Hill is one smart man I tell you what.
The writers did very well in making us want to punch Caleb.
It's been YEARS since I first saw this episode and I STILL wanna punch Caleb.
@@abrickfullafist I wanna hit a grown up calab just for his younger self much like I would my younger self for some of the shit I did
only punch?! I wanted to pull a homer
i wanted to throw him in a very, VERY bad household, then i realized thats an awful idea, so i now just wanna punch him.
@abrickfullafist Agreed! BTW what part of the episode made u the most pissed? For me, it was the water hose scene! Because after everything Caleb has done, so far, it has been very annoying! Hank has tried to be so patient. When taking his bike backfired, Hank just decided to hide in his own home, but he still couldn't get away from annoying Caleb. And that could've damaged his own home
There is no greater adult to fear than the one who made it through childhood never being told "NO!"
That’s how they grow up to be entitled adults.
Sounds like Apollo from Lore Olympus...
Not really because those people are just internet lol cows. Like DSP, LTG, Quantum TV, etc.
I really hate parents who don’t discipline their kids.
"we are just following what the book and other people say. we are just being real parents." those people are dumb. they are not your child's parents. you are the parents. I would never let my kids go to far with there miss deeds. a goal of being a parent is to improve the next gen. not let them repeat your mistakes or make a bad prance. yeah I get there bad people that shouldn't have kids. but it's a different story if you are not acting like a true parent and doing others say. if those people don't have kids or even babysit them. than those people don't have a right to say on what's abusive or not. yes getting advice how to clean, feed and cure them from sickness is fine. but the rest is up to you. let your instinct shine in.
like really, parents forget how to be a parents.
An interesting thing about Caleb. Lila says, in the scene where she and Jim confront Hank about Bobby, that he goes to a school for gifted children. The fact that she brings it up at this point makes it feel like she's defending Caleb's nature, implying that a gifted child must be a well-behaved child. Does that makes sense to anyone?! Am I crazy for thinking a smart boy can be naughty?
Honestly, I always saw Caleb as a child with some sort of mental or learning disability and as such, Jim and Lila try to let him be as normal as possible. You know, don't try to make my child think they're different than anyone else.
The fact that Caleb can take a while to answer also lead me to believe that. A school for "gifted children" could easily mean a school for mentally and learning disabled. As someone who attended one of those schools, I saw kids who could get away with whatever they wanted because their parents were rich enough to send them there while I was on a scholarship program.
Again, this is just my interpretation.
@@MelonTartVA It's funny you should say that. The KotH wiki actually mentions that Caleb's behavior and his mother's words imply he may have ADHD
@@Hero_of_Comedy interesting. I did not realize that.
Nah you ain't crazy, its absolutely possible for a smart kid to be a mischievous one. Heck, their cleverness might make them be even better at teasing and bullying
Intelligence =/= wisdom/maturity
In a lot of realistic conditions it's so sad when the victim finally snaps and at the wrong timing they are portrayed as the problem
Sadly that's happened to me in the past I was bullied when I was a kid when ever I would stand up for myself I was the one who got in trouble not the bullies
I personally believe Caleb's parents know that their son is out of control, and is doing the wrong things....BUT they're actually afraid of disciplining him initially. Some parents fear disciplining their children, mainly due to a desire to avoid looking "abusive", or because they still see their child as their "sweet baby". You can tell this is the case at that last moment when they hesitate when Caleb refuses to get off Hank's lawn, they clearly knew Caleb was in the wrong at that moment.
...or maybe they just don't care.
Look, I've met parents in real life who really are only parents by the loosest definition.
I'm talking about the kind of parents who just say yes to everything like their 10 year old kid says he doesn't want to go to school anymore, yes who needs education anyway; kid wants to have ice cream and potato chips everyday for breakfast, yes who cares if he weighs 400 pounds and gets diabetes; their 10 year old son has a 30 year old girlfriend, yes who cares if this woman is obviously a pedophile.
Hit the nail on the head
I had/have an aunt on my mother's side of my family tell me she bought her son(my cousin) an M rated video game(GTA) because she didn't want my cousin to be out of the, so called, "loop" with his friends! 🤬🤬🤯🤯😭😭 when she and I were younger(she's older than me, because she's my mother's sister) we grew up with a saying "If jimmy(or whatever name) jumps off a bridge would you?!"
@@jescisit really does suck not being able to stay up to date with your peers but I was playing GTA as a child and only recently stopped at the age of twenty four. I know it encouraged me and I shouldn't have been that young participating in game strip clubs and prostitutes. I remember my initial excitement of asking a girl up for coffee and my controller vibrating to smithereens.
@@cleanclean4031 my mom's friend's child played GTA and I was like "looks cool" and she said "he's about to kill a girl he just have sex with" my responds "he's going to do what? 🤨" XD than researched the GTA games and I was like "oh...at lest he knows better." he's actually one of those kids that doesn't copy every little thing he sees and hears. and this happened when I was 13. most people assume ALL kids would copy everything. I mean what do those people think we are monkey? lol
I’ve come to the conclusion that Caleb is probably socially awkward as a result of being spoiled and sheltered. Instead of trying to befriend Bobby; he pesters Hank.
I've come to that conclusion as well
Since reading this, I have also come to this conclusion.
Nah. He's just a brat that enjoys hurting others
And that is 100% the parents fault. It always at the end of the day comes down to the parents not the child.
@@applepie1911e Brats are cultivated.
My family had an incident kind of like this. I stopped being friends with this kid because of an argument that we got over during a sleepover and walked home and for the next couple months he decided to start harassing my brother and slashed our RV tires. My parents told his parents that they had footage of him doing it and he confessed in a second. Unfortunately the one day he and his friend were throwing rocks at my brother and my mom didn't let me go outside and beat them into the dirt
Did your family call the cops or take it to small claims court for the trespassing and property damage at least? And one could argue for a case of parental neglect if they did nothing and the child kept doing it
As a man with autism, I found it completely impossible to ignore bullies. I can appreciate this episode for the fact that Hank found a solution to call Jim and Lyla out for their own hypocrisy.
Sometimes bullies are impossible to ignore no matter who you are, you could be deaf and blind and I'm pretty sure there is somebody who could agitate you.
There is a difference between “teasing” and “bullying”. “Teasing” is when you poke fun at someone in a lighthearted manner, and the person is aware of it and approves of it. “Bullying” is when you say/do something hurtful to someone and they tell you to stop and you disregard wat they say and still continue.
Regardless if its out of malicious intent or not, if you’re doing/saying something to somebody and they say that they don’t like it ,you’re supposed to do the respectable thing and STOP🛑.
17:01 Hearing Bobby's evil cackle is so good, it almost makes me want to watch King of The Hill.
Amazing hilarious vocal performance by Pam Adlon lol
a shady doorags KOTH episode? 'tis a blessed day indeed
A blessing from the Lord
Splendid indeed
He's entertaining but his cringe politics show a lot. Especially his pull your self up by your bootstraps flavor of capitalism he likes.
@@Geminisparkles say you're a socialist nutjob without saying you're a socialist nutjob....🙄🤦🏻
@@mrhotdog468 God be praised.
Love how those teenagers were acting like getting approached with deals to “put the scare into a 10 year old” is an everyday occurrence
One of my brothers is always ready to strike fear into children. Even his own friends. 😅 They are 30 years old.
"Peggy, that was very...creative...and competent. Are you feeling ok?"
For some reason, that got me rolling. XD
Yep, definitely with shady on this one. Hank did everything by due process. At first, he let it go because he's a child. Then when Caleb persisted, he set firm boundaries and told him to stop that behavior, and why. When Caleb still didn't stop, he confronted his parents firmly but respectfully. His parents couldn't be reasoned with and that that point instead of just taking Caleb's bike away from him, trying to parent a child that isn't his, he should have took his bike away, took it over to Caleb's house, telling the parents directly, your child is not allowed to ride this bike on my property anymore. Respect that, or I will follow a formal complaint with the police. And then doing so when things persisted. (I'm with you that the cops reacted unfairly though)
I forgot about Hank's actual solution and how truly brilliant it is.
Caleb is like every spoiled child on reddit rolled into one. And the fact his parents don't see anything wrong with what is he is doing to Hank or anyone isn't raising a child...that is raising a future criminal.
True, those parents really annoyed me more than the kid in that episode. It just showed you don't teach your child discipline at a very early age that kids more likely to walk over his parents when he gets older
I do love the idea of pitting Hank against someone who's ass he couldn't kick, and the ending was so satisfying.
I love Bobby’s reaction “you want me to do what.” Cause he knows what Hank is asking him to do goes against everything Hank has raised him to be. It truly shows how good of a kid Bobby truly is he doesn’t want to do it but he’ll do anything for his father.
This episode was ahead of it’s time. Parents usually don’t think that their kids do anything wrong but when conflict arises then they want to act
Adults in general! That is why middle school is the worst. Kids can do anything because there is little consequence. So the kids that are particularly cruel can get away with things that would land an adult in jail.
When I was in middle school there was a kid that would sexualie harass girl. The school never kicked him out, the police was never called. It use to drive me nuts, I was bullied as well but I'm a boy, what hopes could I have that the adults would do something if they did nothing for this!
This episode really does a good job of showing how many people seem to believe that children can never be the ones in the wrong, especially if the conflict is between them and an adult. The officers saw a man who took a child's bike and simply assumed Hank was in the wrong without bothering to get his side of what happened.
Which is horrible!
@@oooh19 I agree entirely. People should get both sides of the story.
Yeah, sadly I could TOTALLY see a couple small town police officers doing that. Actually, the only unrealistic thing about this is that in real life: they would probably get the bike back AND have him arrested.
@@UBvtuber Probably. And no one he plead his case to would ever believe that a child was harassing a grown man. Even though such things do happen all too often.
This and the Mrs. Wakefield episode weren't the only times the cops dismissed Hank. There was this one episode called New Cowboy on the block where a former football player moved into the neighborhood and when Hank tried to get the police involved they didn't do anything about the issue even though the former football player committed a felony by starting a fire in the neighborhood ( which the cops had seen by the way).
They were about to do something, but as soon as attention was drawn to the fact that it was a famous football player, they basically sided with him automatically because they liked famous people. It's more accurate to say those particular cops in that situation were just corrupt. Here and in the Mrs. Wakefield episode however, the cops are simply extremely PC, and in their minds an elderly old woman and a young kid are incapable of committing crimes.
@@christianjohnson5379 So true but they also didn't see Caleb or Mrs. Wakefield committing the crimes, in this episode they actually saw the crime with their own eyes and sided with the guy once they found out he was a famous football player. But yes you're right they were actually about to do something about the issue before finding out who he was.
I loved New Cowboy on the Block! Especially how Willie got enough rope where he “hung himself”.
@@yogalover2753dang, my original reply to your comment was deleted.
Yeah, I think the writers of the show were heavily against cops if they felt the need to constantly depict them as corrupt or stupid and having them be an obstacle for Hank or the others.
I love this episode! The ending is perfect and really shows just how good of a kid Hank has
The funny thing is Hank having Bobby fighting his battles for him conflicts with what Hank was trying to teach Bobby in Bobby Goes Nuts.
The fact that Hank was able to waive that original mindset and Bobby didn't hold that against him shows that they both grew as characters.
@@garuelx8627shady should do bobby goes nuts
Which I find hilarious as Hank himself was a Caleb when he was young.
@@garuelx8627 Or the writers forgot, this was season 10 where the quality of each episode was pretty random and the characters would act wildly out of character if it moved the plot forward. Hank was constantly seen as bad guy, but in weird, unrealistic ways. Peggy and Bill would go from wholesome to downright evil and greedy at the flip of a coin. Side chararacters and extras were just brainless NPC's that contributed nothing to most episodes.
Plenty of entertaining episodes still, but the characterization of the main cast gets iffy imo.
@@DevDreCW The show went downhill after 2007 imo
Honestly, having bobby annoy the parents is a genius move. Hank can't make a move on the parents himself because he already got in trouble with the cops about this issue. However Bobby is a kid, the parents can't call the cops on a kid unless bobby actually does something illegal, now I could be argued that the poppers could be assault, and the trash can was an act of vandalism. However, making charges like those stick on a minor with no previous record is hard, and them charging bobby, would likely give Hank the okay to charge celib for trespassing and property damaged. The damage to his lawn could be proven if the tracks match with celb's bike tires. Not to mention getting bobby in trouble with the law would probably turn the neighborhood against them, lord knows they'd make an enemy out of peggy.
Life is hard, time is cruel, and in the end, we're all just dusty old bones, full of green dust.
Something i personally liked is that the point at which Hank finally snapped was when Kaleb started directly attacking his lawn.
I finally watched the show because of you and there were a lot of moments dedicated to how much hank values his lawn. He cares for it 24/7, got worried that Peggy's garden gnome would ruin its appearance, and his skills with taking care of the lawn even applied when him and the boys secretely started taking care of the football field during football season.
Its basically Bobby's half-brother.
It reminds me of Francine from arthur. Whenever there's a problem in the episode even if the episode isn't about her as long as th e problem gets in the way of her sports then there's heck to pay
And propane is also Hank's mistress
Omg this episode triggered me so much because Caleb reminds me so much of my nephew. He’s out of control, the parents do nothing about it, and laugh it off as “oh that’s just how he is!” 😭 it’s terrible!! On a side note, I think Peggy and Dale together make for some great episodes! 😂
How long can one get away with the line "that's just how he is"?
Sooner or later, you're going to run into someone who has no patience and will teach a lesson the hard way
Learning the importance of boundaries and empathy can go a long way.
Your nephew sounds like a real piece of shit
I applaud you for not ending up on the 6 o'clock news
You should wait until he does something horrible and violent when he grows up just to laugh at his parents in their faces
"That's just how he is" is code for we can't bother to parent and this is how he turned out
@@DragonGoddess18 My mom always told me to be careful with how I act around people. She specifically said that all it takes is meeting one person who's unhinged who takes even mundane behavior the wrong way and they will gladly destroy their own life to ruin yours.
That lesson always stuck with me. And I have a good personal example to illustrate my point.
In 6th grade, I met this kid named Tysean in band class. We both played trombone, so we were seated right next to one another. Tysean had one of the shortest fuses of anyone I've ever seen. He was one of those kids who was constantly in trouble for starting fights, and he would start them over minor stuff. I couldn't avoid being around him at the time and he would talk to me a lot. I was afraid that if I was too blatant in keeping my distance, he'd use that as an excuse to make me his next target, so I tried my best to tread lightly with him around. I had a couple close calls, but I was able to diffuse the situation both times. I had one class with him after that, but I was able to put more distance between us, so he was no longer an issue for me. That being said, I still heard about the fights he started.
After I graduated middle school, I never saw him again. I graduated middle school in 2011. I forgot about him until 2020, when I started a part time job to pass time during covid. One of my coworkers lived in the neighborhood I went to middle school in and was about the same age, so he asked me if we knew any of the same people. Tysean's name came up, and I mentioned that I did know him, but not well enough to keep in contact. My coworker was his friend at some point and was close with his family. He told me that about a year or 2 prior, Tysean was renting a room from this guy near him, they got into a heated argument, and he strangled his landlord to death. He's doing 20 years for homicide and knowing his temper, he's almost guaranteed to rack up additional charges inside prison. He even showed me the correctional record to prove it.
When I heard that, I just remember being glad I took my mom's advice to heart.
10:27 To me, an angry man who's calm will always and forever be scarier than an angry man who's yelling.
Same
I'd say same, but growing up, my older sister was ALWAYS pissing my dad off to the point he'd start shouting, and immediately afterward, would walk by my room and give me this look that I always took as 'say one thing that gets me mad and you're getting your ass beat' and my dad was a Bodybuilder that won medals/contests when he was younger, so he had the muscles to make that image absolute nightmare fuel. Granted he never did anything physically to me or my sister, but having that fear put in you every single day for years made me a mess when it comes to people raising their voices
Neither is remotely scary if they can't back it up with force.
@@wakkaseta8351 Brute force is unnecessary when the one causing trouble is weak willed. In my experience a single death glare is enough no need to threaten force because in the end the ones causing the issue are cowards.
"There are three things all wise men fear: the sea in storm, a night with no moon, and the anger of a gentle man." Patrick Rothfuss
Taxidermy is 99% about skin. You're putting a pelt on a frame so you can easily hunt an animal, eat all the meat, then take the pelt and taxidermy it. No waste!
I caught a massive catfish and took it to my taxidermist to get it mounted. He got all of the measurements for it and ended up eating it for dinner with his family
Im surprised Hank didn't confront his parrents with a dialogue "either you start controlling your kid or i will kick your ass"
I actually liked this episode as it showed what parents are like today. So Hank's frustration is relatable and that makes the revenge all-more satisfying
There’ve always been parents like this it’s nothing new.
@@alexdurain3753 yeah, but it shows it and a lot of people don't realize what those parents are doing is wrong
@@ScintillatingSusie Fair point.
Legit question. If someone was in Hank's situation, and didn't have a kid to bully their bully's parents, what could they even do? I always wondered that. You obviously cannot beat the shit out of the kid as an adult, without getting arrested. lol
And no, I don't have a child bully, lol. I'm just curious.
@@mrbisshie As Shady said, just calmy and non-violently take matters in your own hands. You are being harassed, as long as you don't hurt the child, realistically the police can't do anything to you
I don’t know much about competitive taxidermy, but like you pointed out the bear is larger therefore more difficult. It is also a full body mount that is standing on its hind legs.
Last but not least, its mouth is open. It is very difficult to get a good open- mouth mount. It ends up looking goofy if it isn’t done right.
Honestly Hank should set up a video camera and just use that when Caleb is pulling his stunts and press charges period. I would.
The problem is that wouldn’t guarantee his parents would do anything about his behavior in the future
it was the 90s, cameras were kinda spendy back then.
@@alphawolfgang173 This episode aired in the 2000s. And while the show wasn't as loud about it as the Simpsons, it did have a similar inconsistent timeline (Season 13 had a Myspace episode). So I think Hank could've afforded a camera, if not borrowed one that Peggy likely already had. If he was so inclined.
When this episode came out, security cameras were expensive and low quality.
"Just ignore them" is the same as "let them think they got away with it and hope they will learn better judgement from it".
You want the bully to fear you. Not anyone else when he is your bully.
"HOLY CHICKEN FILLED TACOS" I'm stealing that, Shady.
lady bird wasn't in this episode but we've seen an ep where she got aggressive because of how hank was feeling, if Caleb wasn't careful he could have been attacked by a dog
Honestly ladybird’s absence was probably for the best, It would have been a real downer if the dog bit the kid and they had to put ladybird down as a result.
@@themecoptera9258 if Ladybird bit the little shit I'd fight the state to protect her
Hell if she tore his throat I'd make her a ribeye
Or what if Caleb was a real monster and bullied Ladybird?
You're referring to the Bernie Mac guest star episode, right?
Hank hates handymen, but because Bernie is black, and Ladybird attacks him, all of a sudden they think He's racist.
I hate that episode, poor Hank.
@@theswapmeetflea not just that one, he chased someone out of his house and lady bird barked at them
The bear winning the Taxidermy contest is just a 'biggest thing wins' device which is relatable in these sorts of subjective competitions - like Hank assuming the biggest rose would win the rose growing comp
Though a bear like that in a local taxidermy comp seems like pretty worthy winner
Sadly my bully was an old man at work like Caleb. I had to tell my supervisors musical times on him. Finally my boss switched us to different days.
What did the old man do to you?
@@matthewfeliu791 he was just always complaining about I'm the worst person to work with
You gave a musical number every time you complained to your supervisors? 😂🤣😂
You performed a musical number every time you complain to your supervisors about him? 😂🤣😂
Kids like Caleb are the main reason why I'm a bit stricter with my daughter than I'm really comfortable with.
I'd love to be the fun dad and just let her have the run of the place, I mean she's 3 years old, but if I don't start her off early understanding good vs bad behavior then things are only going to get worse.
When she acts out, throws a tantrum or misbehaves, I try to do what my parents did with me: she gets one warning, and if it happens again then there's a consequence.
For example, if I say it's bedtime and she decides she's going to keep playing with her toy, she gets one chance to listen and go quietly to bed. And if she doesn't listen then that toy gets taken away for the night and she'll get it back the next morning IF she apologizes for misbehaving.
There’s no such thing as too early to start disciplining, assuming they’re old enough to understand what’s happening.
And there’s this misunderstanding that discipline always means spanking. It doesn’t. It could be something like: They throw a tantrum in a store (and another adult is with you), then they get nothing and take them to the car. They can’t play properly with a toy, it gets taken away. Stuff like that.
you're doing the work up front.
by the time she's ten, you'll hardly have to do anything.
@@terminallumbago6465I like that, and that’s what I do with my ESL students (kindergarten teacher). I’ll give them multiple opportunities to listen, and if they don’t then there are consequences and I’m going to raise my voice at them. I don’t like raising my voice but sometimes i have to in order to get them to listen, especially if they’re being loud and talking over my indoor voice.
She's 3. Of course she doesn't want to go to bed. Making her apologize for a normal emotion is just teaching her that her emotions are bad.
@@kelleygreengrass you would be correct, if that was what I'm doing. I don't make her apologize for feeling an emotion, I make her apologize for her actions and misbehavior, which I think I'm justified in doing. If a child doesn't learn to respect and obey their parents at a young age, they will not respect and obey any authority later on in life, and that leads to the formation of very dangerous and unstable people.
17:45 I think Caleb listened because he didn't know how to react otherwise to his parents actually putting their foot down and actually raising their voice at him. Parent's anger alone is enough sometimes to get a child to listen. My dad was like that, he was sweet, funny, and friendly, someone you would love to be around. But when he got angry, he was scary. 😂 When I was around my dad he didn't even need to physically punish us for doing anything wrong, his anger alone would deter us from misbehaving further.
Sounds like my dad. It's basically setting boundaries and telling kids that their behavior is unacceptable. You know u crossed a line if that switch flips. Meanwhile the ones who always yell end up having kids who learn to tune it out.
I get that being too strict can hurt kids but so can being the child's friend
Doing that will teach the child that they're the boss and THAT doesn't help them in the slightest. In fact,most of the time, they become Karen's.
P.S. When it comes to bullying, record everything. Period.
It's a balancing act. Discipline is good, but being too strict causes problems of it's own. That being said, Jim and Lila are firmly on the extreme of too little discipline.
@@SkylineFTW97 Yeah, I learned a lot about discipline from Supernanny (more specifically,Jo Frost)
When disciplining a child, it may suck that the kid is sad for a bit but in the long run, it teaches them the importance of boundaries and good behavior.
In the words of Austin Powers, "I didn't need a friend, I needed a father!"
there’s ways of parenting that don’t involve physically harming your kid nor basically letting them do what they want.
@@ohno7153 That's the balancing act I referenced.
My brother's wife has a nephew like that and it infuriated me to see this kids parents sit back and let him do whatever he wanted. I would have gotten in so much trouble if I had acted like that. Like I wouldn't have been able to sit for a week or grounded from TV and video games for 2 weeks.
Hi, I have five years of teaching experience. I would love to comment on the awesome, accurate stuff Shady said in his video. I have had many “Calebs” in my classroom. I have also interacted with many parents who were just like Jim and Lila. These kids are HUGE bullies in the classroom, in secret, shamelessly, publicly horrible and…when they become adults, usually, they are still bullies. Bullies grow up and raise bully-kids, unless they wake up and manage to change their ways. In school, your children have to put up with these “Calebs”, and it’s only gotten worse since we were young’uns. Caleb is the cause for most problems in public schools. Teachers can only do so much to keep that kind of kid under control while they’re doing their best to teach 30+ other students at the same time. If bully adults and bully kids seem to run your kid’s school…it’s time to change schools and get the “f” out of that situation. Thanks for reading ❤ Love your videos, Shady! Keep ‘em coming!
As someone who is into taxidermy most taxidermists do not kill just as a trophy, most do it for meat or for population control of simply do just find animals already dead (vulture culture) and go from there, every collector is different so I’ll speak for myself, I love the art, I have skulls because they’re pretty and I love that every part of an animal is used rather than tossed aside.
I always say: "When someones misbehaving, blame the parents"
That’s not always the case though. Sometimes, people are just born bad. A kid can have the most loving home and parents who try to teach them discipline, give them an education and correct bad behavior as much as they possibly can, and the kid still turn into a monster. I’ve seen it happen. It’s not unheard of.
@@miteihiro3283 Very true. Kinda hard to believe for some, but the fact is some people were just born evil.
@@miteihiro3283 then blame the parents for not having good enough genetics to give birth to kids that have normal heads
@@A-TALKING-TOASTER I have a really morbid and logical way of looking at things, but that was just horrible
@@Twilightiger96 that's why Disney has an inane habit of sympathetic villains these days.
Just when things seemed their darkest, Shady comes out of the woods, clutching his righteous rage over King of the Hill injustices
16:59 That is the most agile thing Bobby has ever done.
My adopted father was a taxidermist. He would take commissions from other hunters and he worked very close with fish and wildlife (what my mom worked for) he would often send skulls and taxidermied animals to them to be shown for education.
The part of the animal used in taxidermy is the fur, and he would spend more time making the mold and hardening it and using a special glue to put the skin on it. He took weeks and even months to make amazing works and would even sleep in his workshop regularly.
Stuffed animals are part of the local culture. Showing what can be hunted in the area and the skill of the hunter. And seeing a huge bison head on the wall in a bar makes me feel like I'm in a proper establishment.
Hank really has the patience of a saint. So many people would 1000% have gone to jail for obliterating that child after the hose in the mail slot thing
IKR! BTW I wonder what Donna from Family Guy would've done in this situation? Donna Brown, the wife of Cleveland Brown. Imagine if Caleb was doing this to her, especially the water hose through the mail slot scene
One day Shady will do every single King of the Hill episode...and then King of the Hill will get a reboot so he can do more.
Isn’t it getting one on Hulu ?
I honestly was thinking the same thing about Shady possibly reviewing every episode. That would be great. Even the ones without these lessons about life and morals, would probably warrant about an 8-10 minute video.
@@theghosttm8245 Hulu has recently requested episodes, so I believe that counts! Maybe it airs sometime next year
I love how Hank got revenge by making Bobby misbehave lol
And hank didn't want to use Bobby either, but it was the only way
Makes sense: Have your kid misbehave towards me and I'll have mine misbehave towards you!"
Honestly suprised that he didn't have Bobby cut their brake cables
I think cutting brake cables is taking it too far
@@anancapcat4221 that's an example giving them a taste of their own medicine.
If I acted like Caleb did when I was kid, my parents would have taken my computer away for a week.
I'd have fancy red stripes all over my back from being slashed with a belt. No wonder today's kids are such entitled, weak losers, running from therapist to therapist. The never knew the blessing of boundaries.
My mom would have been screaming in my face untill I was deaf
My parents would have verbally eviscerated my siblings and me for that sort of behavior (picture BoJack Horseman’s parents but even more brutal).
@@beabea5985 I get wym my mum used get me with her rings bro 💀 if I didn't listen to her type of thing
@@beabea5985 you’d think you’d be going to therapy if you’ve been beaten as well
A big thing with taxidermy is making them appear lifelike. Creativity is important, but I'd argue it's more important to effectively preserve them and make them appear still-alive. A taxidermy that still looks alive, rather than uncanny and clearly just a skin stretched over a model incorrectly, is a mark of very high quality.
17:23
Why do I have a feeling that these two would be so popular on r/entitledparents?
As someone who works in security, I have the displeasure of dealing with some pretty shitty adults from time to time. The types of adults who seem to lack any empathy or responsibility. I honestly believe that many of these adults probably act this way because they had parents like the ones seen in this episode who just let them get away with their bad behavior without any discipline whatsoever. With the way they act I can’t say that I believe they had good parents who taught them how to have personal responsibility or show empathy for others.
Like, I’ve honestly never really understood why someone would go out of there way to intentionally antagonize someone else. I just never saw the appeal in intentionally ruining some else’s day. What makes it worse is when they even try to defend their shitty behavior. “No, it’s not MY fault that I’m intentionally being a nuisance to you for no reason whatsoever, it’s your fault for not sucking it up and dealing with it. Now stop acting like a hall monitor and let me get on your nerve with no consequences for my actions.”
It is said that police get tazzed and pepper sprayed to know what it feel likes so they won’t do it for craps and grins,
I’d say that’s what Jim and Lyla needed was a taste of their own medicine. I also like to think Caleb’s reaction was some parts realistic. Sure a kid who’s never been scolded may have an adjustment period, but his reaction feels more like a kid who’s parents never raised their voice so he knows this is serious. But that’s just my opinion.
Tone conveys a lot in verbal communication, and the tone Jim used gets attention even from animals. I'm sure on some level Caleb knew listening was the only option.
My brother was an MP in the army can confirm that's 100% true. He said pepper spray in the U.S. is much weaker than pepper spray in places like Brazil or Israel. But yeah those "parents" really needed that dose of their own medicine
No it's more like so they know how much pain they can inflict on their future victims so they are more eager to do it.
@@MrDj232 that makes sense
@@alexandru5369 agreed
My name is Caleb and I think watching this episode as a child is the reason why I despise my own name. Even as a shithead kid I thought that character and his parents were awful.
The thing I love about this episode is it's so much more nuanced than most unruly kid episodes on other shows. Nine times out of ten the episodes whole point in that physical violence is the one true answer to an annoying/bratty kid. But Hank and Peggy are vehemently anti spanking and make it known in several episodes. It's why everyone was so rightfully disgusted with Peggy in "Paddlin' Peggy". Hank did the best thing he could and all the parents had to do was show proper authority instead of yanking him up and hitting him.
Of course you need to discipline their kids but you also need to TEACH them why the action is wrong not just use physical pain and scare them into blind submission.
I think that's why my dad never hit me and never needed to. They say spanking lowers IQ, but I think it's more the fact that stupid ppl take longer to learn and arent always able to think things through. Unfortunately, plenty of ppl in prison are those low iq kids who got their asses beat. My dad always said " You know who uses violence as discipline? Gangs." Some kids learn, and others just hit the weights so they can beat up their parents if it comes to that.
It's Texas. Realistically, Hank coulda hwooped his ass in the street. Cops would nod in approval, Choirs would sing, and Priests would say "amen".
Might be because Arland is highly liberal in it's local government, an d consider the possibility that it's within the same jurisdiction as Austin, Texas, which is the most politically Left-wing city in Texas.