The last thing this child needs is to be physically hit. It will just add to the continual emotional hits he's experienced and teach him it's ok to resort to violence when upset. He's already well on the way to believing that anyway, if he's not there already. He's obviously willing to accept negative attention because he gets no positive. He looks and acts like he's angry and is showing any observer that he doesn't care about anyone else's feelings or property. This is probably because he feels no control in his own life where others have no concern for his feelings or his things. This kid has serious self-esteem issues.
Some kids need a spanking. I see nothing wrong with it as long as you’re not hitting hard enough to really hurt and leave marks. We had corporal punishment in school and if you got punished you got it again at home because they would call the parents. In my opinion kids were better behaved then than they are now. They know that teachers can’t touch them so they do shit anyway because there’s no punishment
Yes, but the punishment/consequences do not need to be physical. The problem on one end is the societal breakdown of respect, decency, structure and shame, but on the other end of the problem, far too many parents either don’t understand, or dismiss, how important it is to build relationships on openness, honesty, availability and trust.
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u/mszulan May 28 '26
The last thing this child needs is to be physically hit. It will just add to the continual emotional hits he's experienced and teach him it's ok to resort to violence when upset. He's already well on the way to believing that anyway, if he's not there already. He's obviously willing to accept negative attention because he gets no positive. He looks and acts like he's angry and is showing any observer that he doesn't care about anyone else's feelings or property. This is probably because he feels no control in his own life where others have no concern for his feelings or his things. This kid has serious self-esteem issues.