Adrian Peterson’s parenting skills have come under fire following his indictment on a felony charge of injury to a child. But in 2012, the Minnesota Vikings running back had all the confidence in the world in his abilities as a father.
During a 2012 interview with Yahoo’s Graham Bensinger, Peterson gave himself an “A+” when he was asked to grade himself as a parent. The NFL star also opened up about his upbringing and how that influenced how he raises and disciplines his children.
“I feel like I just have to teach (my kids) the ropes along the way and stay on them and really be disciplined. … Not to the point where they’re hating you when they’re older, like my dad did and my mom did growing up,” Peterson said. “There were times I would look at them with the evil eye and was like ‘I hate you,’ ‘You get on my nerves.’ I never said that to them personally, but those thoughts went through my head.”
The Vikings placed Peterson on the exempt/commissioner’s permission list Wednesday. His future in the NFL is uncertain, though, with ESPN’s Chris Mortenson reporting the Vikings “don’t foresee a future” with Peterson and the league planning to “severely” discipline him regardless of how his legal case plays out.
Check out more of Peterson’s interview in the video below, courtesy of TMZ. The full clip can be found here.
