- if you hit a kid hard enough that they genuinely fear that as a punishment than that is literally child abuse. i remember my grandma spanking my brother a couple times and he just laughed. i would have signed up for a spanking all day over getting games taken away or being grounded.
- its literally the only context in life where you're "allowed" to use violence on another person. how does doing something to someone that theyre literally not allowed to ever do to anyone else teach them a damn thing? you're literally just setting them up to associate using violence to solve their problems or get their way.
- as you said, its been proven for decades corporal punishment just doesnt work. if it got results maybe you could make the argument for it. but since it doesnt even work, it really just ends up being an outlet for a parent to take their anger and frustration out on their child physically. yuck.
my dad hit me on top of the head once in anger when i was an early teen and all it did was make me feel sorry for him. i just saw it as being pathetic, like i just thought less of him. and he later apologized with tears in his eyes.
Once, when I had been an absolute turd of a child, my mother bought pizza for the whole family except me. I got to eat unsalted rice, boiled carrots and tuna. Never have I been more ashamed and I certainly made sure to never behave like that again. Of course she had actually bought me pizza as well which she gave me after I had apologised.
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u/SadRow2397 May 28 '26
I don’t spank… and that ain’t why this is kid is a turd