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PokeMom / Bean Dad 2 / Liz Mair Pokemon Card Burning

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PokeMom refers to the controversy over tweets made by Liz Mair on Oct 15, 2021. The first tweet remarked her method of parenting where she would Burn Pokémon cards as a punishment when her kid doesn’t do basic stuff he has to do. 11 minutes following the initial tweet, Liz Mair went on to clarify that "The basic stuff is eating. He comes home without having eaten any of his lunch? Card burnt. He doesn’t eat enough dinner? Card burnt. Bear in mind my kid is about 4’6” tall at age 7 and yet weighs less than 55 pounds. He needs to put some weight on, specifically muscle". The tweets received heavy backlash, accusing Liz Mair of child abuse.

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On October 14th, Liz Mair tweeted that "This website is getting to be really boring. I’m starting to consider tweeting deliberately crazy and offensive stuff just to try to spice it up again." (shown below) leading some to speculate that the situation was fabricated after she retweeted it, and insisted that it was fake after the backlash. On the other hand, users such as @Rddesjardin and @CrimeGabJenna; also speculated that the story wasnt fabricated due to the lengths the author went to insist it was a joke

Precursor

Perhaps the most popular reaction was the comparison of Liz Mair's supposed parenting to that of John Roderick; "AKA "Bean Dad"":https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/events/bean-dad. The American musician faced a similar controversy earlier that same year; John had tweeted about how his 9-year-old daughter approached him on how to open a can of beans, and seeing this as an "Teaching moment" to teach her self-reliance, Roderick forced her to try to open the can herself over a 6-hour period.

Developments

The tweets were met with immediate backlash. Many Twitter users condemned Liz Mair's action, including actor Seth Rogan. While most user's stated that Liz's supposed actions were child abuse like @WFKARS, others; such as @HazelMonforton pointed out that Liz Mair is the "Twitter Main Character ":https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/twitters-main-character.

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PokeMom / Bean Dad 2 / Liz Mair Pokemon Card Burning

PokeMom / Bean Dad 2 / Liz Mair Pokemon Card Burning

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Overview

PokeMom refers to the controversy over tweets made by Liz Mair on Oct 15, 2021. The first tweet remarked her method of parenting where she would Burn Pokémon cards as a punishment when her kid doesn’t do basic stuff he has to do. 11 minutes following the initial tweet, Liz Mair went on to clarify that "The basic stuff is eating. He comes home without having eaten any of his lunch? Card burnt. He doesn’t eat enough dinner? Card burnt. Bear in mind my kid is about 4’6” tall at age 7 and yet weighs less than 55 pounds. He needs to put some weight on, specifically muscle". The tweets received heavy backlash, accusing Liz Mair of child abuse.

Background

On October 14th, Liz Mair tweeted that "This website is getting to be really boring. I’m starting to consider tweeting deliberately crazy and offensive stuff just to try to spice it up again." (shown below) leading some to speculate that the situation was fabricated after she retweeted it, and insisted that it was fake after the backlash. On the other hand, users such as @Rddesjardin and @CrimeGabJenna; also speculated that the story wasnt fabricated due to the lengths the author went to insist it was a joke

Precursor

Perhaps the most popular reaction was the comparison of Liz Mair's supposed parenting to that of John Roderick; "AKA "Bean Dad"":https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/events/bean-dad. The American musician faced a similar controversy earlier that same year; John had tweeted about how his 9-year-old daughter approached him on how to open a can of beans, and seeing this as an "Teaching moment" to teach her self-reliance, Roderick forced her to try to open the can herself over a 6-hour period.

Developments

The tweets were met with immediate backlash. Many Twitter users condemned Liz Mair's action, including actor Seth Rogan. While most user's stated that Liz's supposed actions were child abuse like @WFKARS, others; such as @HazelMonforton pointed out that Liz Mair is the "Twitter Main Character ":https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/twitters-main-character.

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As someone who had questionable parents themselves allow me to say

This is one of the worst ways you can parent. No shit your kid isn't eating! You know what's a common cause of appetite loss in children? Stress and anxiety. You know what causes those? Raising them with cruelty and fear. Taking something away is leagues different from getting rid of it, and destroying things the kid holds dear in a way as traumatic as burning cards of cute pokemon? I have no words.

Your kid had something that made them happy and allowed them to healthily socialize with other children their age. They have what I suspect to be a very real psychological or physical dietery problem (my little cousin has dealt with one for most of her life, it's not fun for her), and instead of taking them to a doctor, you're giving them childhood trauma on top of it. This will not "correct" the kid's behavior. This will cause them to despise you for arbitrarily destroying a part of their childhood. Imagine what it'd be like to explain to your friends that you can't play cards with them anymore because your mom's insane. This kid's not going to have a fun social life and you'll be lucky if anxiety is the only developmental issue they walk away from your parenting with.

This bitch 100% deserves to lose custody.

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