Vikings fullback Jerome Felton was among the many players in the locker room that came out in support of running back Adrian Peterson's reinstatement on Monday, but he was also asked about Peterson's choice of discipline.

Peterson has been charged with one count of injury to a child, allegedly using a switch to whip his child as a form of punishment.

"I'm from the South, so I probably got it a little worse than that," Felton said. "I guess people have different opinions, and you'll have to judge for yourself. But yes, I've probably had it a couple times. I'm from the South so maybe it's a little more common down there than up here."

The Madisonville, Tenn. native was then asked what impact it had on his life.

"I feel like I'm a better person for it," Felton said. "I had direction under my family. My mother cared about me a lot, and I know people that didn't have parents that cared and didn't discipline them that turned out a lot different than I did. It's a personal judgment; some people will like it, some people won't, but that's on them."

Felton said he found out about Peterson's return on Twitter, but he hasn't spent much time on the social media site. Felton posted this tweet this morning.

"I haven't been on Twitter that much lately, because I know with social media how it is these days," Felton said. "It gets pretty rough out there.

"It's a lot different world than what it was 10 years ago or for when I even got in the league seven years ago. It's contributed a lot, but at the same time, we need to focus on us."