10 Times You Got a Beat Down From Your Jamaican Parents

Jamaican parents are notorious for strict discipline and though there’s hot debate about whether spanking used be used as a method of discipline, that doesn’t stop many kids from getting their whooped. Here are 10 times you’re sure to get a beating from your Jamaican parents.

  1.  You decided to talk back. “Me neva spen 12 hours inna labour fi yuh a come feisty wid me!”
  2.  You get suspended from school. “Yuh tink me a sen yuh go a school fi warm bench?”
  3.  You didn’t do your chores. “Watch me an yuh in yah tideh!”
  4.  You forgot where you were and threw an embarrassing tantrum on the street. “Same place yah so me a knock out yuh teet dem!”
  5.  You were caught cursing. “Wait deh! Yuh neva say wah me tink yuh jus say?”
  6.  You were involved in a fight. “So yuh tink yuh bad?”
  7.  You were seen talking to a boy/girl. “Yuh feel say yuh a big ooman now?” or “Yuh seed dem a get too heavy een yah!”
  8.  You went partying with your friends without permission. “A wan big smaddy live eena dis house!”
  9.  You took something without permission. “Who tell yuh fi touch me tings? Me nah grow nuh bad breed pickney!”
  10.  You ‘accidentally’ took house business public. “Mek me give yuh suppn fi talk bout since yuh a look work a TVJ!”
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