....no, they literally don't. like. studies have been saying this for many years and they haven't changed since. i guess maybe a few studies will say differently, but for almost every conclusion in almost any scientific field there's always at least a couple studies that say it's wrong, and usually those are caused by the researcher making a mistake or simple random chance. please don't talk about my field (psychology) when you don't know anything about it. you'll give me a headache.

i don't understand how ppl can just ignore these scientific studies with hundreds of thousands of participants spanning decades because "my parents hit my and i turned out fine!!" talk about anecdotal evidence

you didn't turn out fine because of spanking, you turned out fine IN SPITE of spanking.

i don't want want my child's respect only as a result of abuse and fear. besides, that's only "teaching" them to fear you, not other adults or their peers. and what happens when that fear of you goes away?

spanking is even illegal in more developed countries than ours, like sweden.

Nup still totally gonna do it. Only like if they do ******* crazy stuff but yeah

I'll find other ways of punishment that does not involve violence

There's too many adults who don't control there kids today because they are too scared to hit them (not legit punch lol) you all know what I mean.. control your kids or don't have any.


Anyone who disagrees clearly have parents or siblings who can't control their kids loool

Where's the methodology? Data? How often were those parents hitting their kids? How hard? Was it just spanking or were you correcting the behavior? What was the environment like?

wow this is a true shocker!

poor ART and POP

Beyonce and Rihanna stans actually accepting this, why im not surprised...

why do yall want to hit your kids that don't even exist yet so badly

it's maddening to me

Doesn't affect me cus I don't ever want a brat, but if you really want to educate someone you usually shouldn't adopt a 'better-than-thou' attitude and look down on them. Acting like a **** and being rude just makes them less likely to adopt your view.

IJS, I'm just sayin'.

People that act like science proves everything

you might want to rephrase this

This reminds me of an article I was reading the other day. This one is similar:

https://www.psychotherapynetworker.o...ntal-authority

There is definitely a shift towards parents lacking authority over their children. I think it's more to do with everyone thinking their child is #1, mustn't come to any psychological harm ever, must have everything they want. Actually choosing to hit a child, a small person, is at odds with my rationale tbh, but then I can understand why some parents lose their **** and smack. Kids are extremely entitled and hard work these days. They are also more serious. I got the odd (sometimes hard) smack, and it did teach me to fear rather than respect. Going the long way, raising a child who is respectful of authority but still individual >>>

Here's what I seriously think on that matter:

Spanking is not abuse. It's a way of maintaining discipline - by pain, the child understands that they are not allowed to do as they wish. The parent is supposed to think for the child and ensure others of its proper behavior. Therefore, a disciplinary spank in case of misbehavior is something I totally agree with and approve of. The current "no-stress" approach on the upbringing of children is disastrous - leaves the society with an army of awful brats with lots of demands and extremely irritating behavior and stupid parents approving of this. It makes me fear what the society will become when those people grow up thinking they're entitled to everything and can do whatever they want.

Of course, beating the child to the point of them having bruises, using objects which increase the pain or hit them harder or doing even worse stuff is unacceptable and such parents belong in jail.

Right. I'm like lol

Yes because we threaten countries with military action if they don't bend to our will....