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| Topic | Is disciplinary spanking of children "abuse"??? (In your OWN OPINION) |
| ParanoidObsessive 12/03/18 11:57:56 AM #28: | shipwreckers posted... You can explain intellectually to an adult that they shouldn't run into a busy street. You can't explain that intellectually to a 2 year old (and even if you could, they'd forget everything you said in 5 minutes). It's psychologically proven that children's brains don't work the same way adult brains do. Most children are literally incapable of abstract thinking until around 12 or so, most younger children lack the capacity for direct empathy (ie, seeing the world through someone else's eyes), and so on. The entire point of developmental psychology as a field is breaking down exactly how the brain functions at any given time and reacting to it appropriately as opposed to assuming "one size fits all" rules for psycho-social behavior. --- "Wall of Text'D!" --- oldskoolplayr76 "POwned again." --- blight family ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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