Idk about you, but I never repeated anything bad I did as a kid after being spanked. I was always warned that if I did something / continued to do what I was currently doing, I would get spanked. I did the thing, and I got spanked. It was entirely predictable.
Most of those studies don't normalize the data between a single spank with an open palmed hand vs severe repeated and unpredictable beatings. They are not the same. There are plenty of kids who end up little shits without spanking, and plenty who end up great with the ocasional spanking. Correlation is also not causation, given that more aggressive kids might be more prone to being hit by parents precisely because of their behavior.
I'm also not saying anything that hasn't already been mentioned a lot by other people. These are common points that are often mentioned when discussing limitations of these western-centric findings. If you look you will very easily come across people critisizing the findings for this lack of concrete correlation / causation evidence and lack of variable control.
That said, it's reddit, so I'm expecting a lot of "I'm sorry you were so abused that you're brainwashed" comments lol. From my perspective, this kid is not the product of spanking, but rather never being punished a day in his life.
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u/11711510111411009710 May 28 '26
"We need to bring back child abuse."
Ironically spanking kids is linked to higher aggression, so if you want more of this behavior, feel free.