Based on this story, it seems Dr Phil’s producers more or less said “You’re not abusing your child enough. We can’t put you on the show unless you abuse him more.” Then she did. Then she got on the show. Then Dr Phil beat her up on the show because she abused her child so badly.
How do you figure Dr Phil, a psychologist who is supposed to be all about helping people, rationalizes this? How could anyone ever take that guy seriously?
I think you’re missing the point. It’s not about the person ‘deserving everything they get’. It’s about someone who is supposedly bound to an ethical and professional standard skirting those standards and causing innocents (in this case, children) to suffer more harshly than they would have from a lack of that person’s interference.
Wait… Dr. Phil (and I assume others of his ilk) actually has people who videotape themselves abusing children so they can get on his show? And his (or the producers) first response isn’t to send the tape to the local authorities, along with name and contact info?
My mother washed my mouth out with soap one. I wonder if that would qaulify as chld abuse today. But as an adult I can say, I really did deserve it for cussing her out.