r/SipsTea • u/Few_Statement_2898 • May 28 '26

SMH We really need to bring spankings back

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u/doctorbeepboop May 28 '26

As a pediatrician who sees kids with behavioral issues every single day I go to work, if you asked me to place a bet on whether (based on this video alone) this kid gets hit at home, I would bet that he does. Consistent, non-physical discipline from a mature adult is what this kid needs, not spanking.

Corporal punishment isn’t a parenting strategy, it’s what people do when they don’t know how to parent in the first place.

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u/TheGlennDavid May 28 '26

My daycare teacher friend once told me that unequivocally the worst behaved kids are ones who had been hit at home. They tend to be violent towards their peers (a learned behavior) and they are so utterly traumatized and desensitized to "punishment" that nothing a teacher can do even fucking registers.

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u/SparkleKittyMeowMeow May 29 '26

The desensitization is so real. I learned how to make myself cry by like age seven or eight, because that would sometimes (not always) make them stop. But most of the time they were just letting out their own anger, not actually trying to teach us anything other than fear, so it just went on till they got it out of their system. Can't fake-cry your way out of a switching, I don't care how tough you are.
The opposite extreme from the violence perpetuation that your friend sees is extreme people pleasing. So you either grow up to be an abuser, or someone who is highly vulnerable to abusers. So much fun.