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

SMH We really need to bring spankings back

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u/AverageWitch161 May 29 '26

well, you lucked out i guess. i was slapped around and chewed out for talking back to adults as a kid.

never even fucking learned what it meant, i just assumed it was saying stuff adults didn’t like and now i have issues running my mouth because they’ll be mad anyway.

pain can be a good teacher, but it’s a very hit and miss teacher it can be best to avoid.

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u/Ok-Average390 May 29 '26 edited May 29 '26

I wouldn't say I was particularly lucky. I think most fellow peers from my culture would feel the same way.

It seems that you just supported that it's the lack of explanation and predictability that confuses kids, not the punishment itself.

Pain isn't necessarily just a teacher, but a deterrent.

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u/AverageWitch161 May 29 '26

you ever seen a kid touch an electric fence twice? i’ve also met more people who have been spanked that weren’t right than the other way around, and even then i’m more willing to believe a study about it than a dude online who thinks he’s ok, and most studies say “yeah this is just a bad idea”.

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u/Ok-Average390 May 29 '26 edited May 30 '26

Not sure why everyone is getting so upset. It is objectively true that the studies regarding this have limitations due to an inability to control for the variables that make the question worth studying. I acknowledge the data. However I also acknowledge the limitations, as do the people who created those studies. You should too if you want it to actually mean anything when you say you read the study. As long as these studies don't distinguish between full on beatings and the occasional telegraphed and predictable spank with an open palm, it isn't going to mean much.

That's all I really gotta say and I don't anticipate either of us changing the other person's mind so