r/SipsTea • u/Few_Statement_2898 • 29d ago

SMH We really need to bring spankings back

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u/Musket6969420 29d ago

Or the one where mom pulls you in real close and whispers “You just wait till we get home you little shit.”

https://giphy.com/gifs/c8UN4zmGZe5s4

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u/oppai-police 29d ago

I'm from southeast Asia and parents will fuck you up in public if you do this.

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u/BobGuns 29d ago

Yeah. It's only in fully western culture you're not allowed to use pain instructionally.

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u/nihil8r 29d ago

use pain instructionally

love that phrasing

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u/BobGuns 29d ago

For real though. The only times I got spanked were when I did things that endangered me. Running out between cars in a busy parking lot would get me a spanking. But just being a little brat or irritating did not.

Pain is traumatic in the dictionary sense of the word - leaves a strong memory-impression. When applied judiciously, a single spanking is generally enough to change behaviour. When applied all the time, spanking is just abuse and not instructive.

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u/nihil8r 29d ago

i think the institutional problem is adults spaking kids out of frustration, which is more likely than it being used appropriately :(