@BitPaine Haha, I am simply saying that murder is abortion, therefore it is not wrong to criticize people who have murdered. You'll notice that you're the only person who has made any insults in this thread. Extremely ironic
Most people who spank are hitting their kids for no reason at all actually. And the people who talk about doing it "without anger" and "rarely when necessary" are lying most of the time
This is such a bad argument. "Properly administered" spanking will have a neutral or slightly positive impact
And then give carte blanche violent power to the aggressive and low impulse control parents who produce similar children, as cited in the same post
As the boring debate about spanking children is back. Here is an excellent review of the data.
Occasional, properly administered spanking as punishment for misbehavior is likely neutral or even beneficial for children, rather than inherently harmful.
Physical discipline is common in the animal kingdom, for example mother dogs/cats growling, snapping, or lightly biting pups/kittens to correct behavior.
Humans have used corporal punishment for millennia and modern bans are a very recent development.
Most studies linking spanking to worse outcomes i.e. aggression, mental health issues, etc. fail to account for shared genetics between parents and children. "Bad" child behavior (partly genetic) leads parents to punish more and punishment doesn’t necessarily cause the problems.
Behavioral genetics studies suggest 60–80% of the spanking outcome link is genetic.
Horrific abuse cases don’t prove that mild spanking is damaging. Claims of long term trauma are often based on retrospective self reports from neurotic adults.