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[QUOTE="ad1x2"]I'm willing to bet money most of the nos are from people under 25 who grew up in the 90s and 2000s. I'm not saying that beating kids is the answer but working with high schools for the past three years has shown me it is ridiculous how many people already have felony convictions on their record nowadays before they're even old enough to legally drink a beer.ad1x2
You think that but that's not the case. From my experience with my parents, punishments that involve physical contact work only in the short term. It never works because instead of respecting authority, they're treated with resentment and malcontent from the person who received it. I'm not suggesting that children are angels nor should we do anything about them but there are better alternatives than actually using physical punishment.
Just like any other punishment it varies based on the person. I wouldn't cross my uncle because I knew what would happen if I did. When I was in the second grade I ran out of school and went home and he drove across town just to give me the spanking of a lifetime. On the other hand, not everybody takes a spanking and learns from it.
The main thing that is taught to parents who do spank their children is to not do it while angry. That's so you don't take your anger out on the kid and hurt them more than necessary or even go into the relm of child abuse. For children who it doesn't work on another method has to be made, just letting them get away with it is the wrong answer and why some people have a sense of entitlement.
Perhaps you're right. When my parents (mainly my mother) gave me a spanking, they were angry even at the tiniest of things or even when I didn't do anything at all. Also, it wasn't on the buttocks but rather the face. I wasn't the best behaving child with but my parents's parenting were awful. They did provide a lot on a material level but getting emotional support from them was impossible. In fact, they always assumed the worst from me and my brothers.
Perhaps there's more to than just giving a spanking but I still wouldn't support it, advise it, or even use it. There are better ways.
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