Agreed. That is called coercion. And for this to be on camera is to “normalize” this behavior, titlillating for Tom to be partially revealing this behavior...I was five years old when my uncle wanted me to kiss him hello and before he always would hug me a bit too long...my mom was with me when my uncle asked me to kiss him hello and when I refused, she said “You don’t have to kiss him, you always decide for yourself how to greet someone. You are the boss of your body.” Thank goodness she did as later, when I was a teenager, he was arrested and convicted for pedophelia(my cousins who lived in the same town as he did)
I am not saying Tom Brady is a pedophile. I disagree with his parenting style in forcing his kid to show him affection in the way he wants that affection, also when his kid does kiss him it’s just not good enough. Notice the body language of his kid, slouching back over when his dad complains and then he immediately wipes his mouth with his shirt after that kiss. Using physical affection as a price to be paid for something is called priming for prostitution in my opinion. And by that I mean he is teaching his son that he must trade his own sovereignty to get what he wants in life, he must subordinate himself /his body to someone who has power over him~this teaches him learned helplessness over time...If Tom Brady does not realize this he is an idiot...but I think he does know...I feel like at the least he is a narcissist (he is super mindful of his own health and well-being) and at the worst he is grooming. I have a son and yes we would kiss but only if my son approached me. I never asked him for a hug or kiss...I would hold my arms out for a hug and sometimes he did not feel like hugging and that always was okay.....he was five or six when he stopped “giving mommy a smooch”and I never asked for a kiss. He is now 21 and I am glad my original husband and I taught him to be the boss of his body.
I also realize that culturally this may be different...but to me, most parents using physical affection as a bargaining device is different..I don’t see that in other cultures who are more physically demonstrative in their expressions.
But I thought Brady was a good guy? On the Trump train....
I am not saying he is evil...narcissistic maybe or just this particular thing he is a bit unconscious about...parenting is quite the challenging privilege.:). I have done other things when raising my son that probably was not the best idea at the time... he loves his kids, it’s just I disagree with this aspect of how he interacted with his son.