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Topic	Is disciplinary spanking of children "abuse"??? (In your OWN OPINION)
shipwreckers 12/03/18 2:43:23 PM #39:	Jen0125 posted... shipwreckers posted... Jen0125 posted... Yes, it's abuse. And it's also assault. If you can get arrested for hitting an adult why would it be appropriate to hit a child? 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). Conflating hitting adults with "spanking" children is absurd. How does hitting a 2 year old explain they shouldn't run into a street? It's not just "running into a street." You can deter ANY potentially hazardous behavior by spanking, because the discomfort of the spank outweighs the potential thrill of whatever the heck the kid wants to do (running with a sharpened pencil, climbing onto a wobbly table, etc.) Pain is a very effective motivator and useful for course-correction (especially when spoken word is going to be ultimately ineffective; as PO explained). I feel genuinely sad that this needed to be explained. --- Money is overrated... <cite>shipwreckers posted [p:913476312] in Is discipl... [t:77263477]...</cite> <quote><cite>Jen0125 posted...</cite> <quote><cite>shipwreckers posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Jen0125 posted...</cite> <quote>Yes, it's abuse. And it's also assault. If you can get arrested for hitting an adult why would it be appropriate to hit a child?</quote> 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). Conflating hitting adults with "spanking" children is absurd.</quote> How does hitting a 2 year old explain they shouldn't run into a street?</quote> It's not just "running into a street." You can deter ANY potentially hazardous behavior by spanking, because the discomfort of the spank outweighs the potential thrill of whatever the heck the kid wants to do (running with a sharpened pencil, climbing onto a wobbly table, etc.) Pain is a very effective motivator and useful for course-correction (especially when spoken word is going to be ultimately ineffective; as PO explained). I feel genuinely sad that this needed to be explained. --- Money is overrated...</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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