@Leon Said
And this is on top of numerous studies already linking corporal punishment to unempathetic behavior in adulthood. This new one published by the Journal of Pediatrics studied over 30,000 cases and found a much greater instance of mental disorders and illnesses in adulthood.
There are better ways to discipline your child that are more effective. It just requires more work, effort, and patience is all, something many seem to not want to do. If that's the case, don't have a child. Spanking gets the immediate job done, yes, but look at the long term effects here when teaching your children to look after their hide rather than the real merits of virtuous behavior.
Its funny how these studies work, spanking has only been a hot button issue for what maybe 35yrs? and in the last 35yrs(give or take) since the start of this weak minded you should address your child's bad behavior with words and positive reinforcement bulls*** started how much worse has children and society got?? how many mass school shootings happend between 1850-1950?what was the childhood obesity rate? what was the childhood suicide rate? how many children thought it was ok to live on welfare, or on someone elses dime without contributing?
I don't remember seeing anything about school shootings, or a childhood obesity epidemic before this new age s*** started in my history class how about yours?
Children for the most part in this modern age of discipline free parenting are unmotivated self adsorbed personal-responsibility free leeches.
I am not saying that it is OK to slap your kids a** for all infractions they may cause but their is defiantly behavior that warrants it, I.E my daughter when she was younger thought she would show me who was boss at the dinner table when she was told to eat her veggies, she intern turned in her seat, looked at me and spit a mouth full or her veggies in my face, that was by far a good reason to pink her ass, since that night my daughter eats everything on her plate with no b****ing or protest, case in point my daughter learned some discipline at the dinner table and when regarding her reactions to authority figures.
A normal punishment for minor things in my house is standing in a corner on one foot for a determined length of time or going to their room with all toys removed so all they have is a bed and a empty room.
I am in the army and have dealt with thousands of recruits and new soldiers in the ten years I have been in and I tell you what, the ones who got their a** whooped as a kid when they f***ed up are far more disciplined, motivated responsible and self reliant.they are more often then not the ones who make a good career or do their time in service and get out with a good future ahead of them. the ones who didn't tend to be the more whining, weak and pathetic, the ones who think that the army and society owes them.
they are often the ones that just tend to cause a drain on the service and everyone around them and get chaptered out for misbehavior or other reasons.
As far as you telling me not to have a children because you don't like the way I am raising them you can go f**k yourself because my kids, both of them are top of their classes, the best behaved in class and every time we are at a mass social event. they are by far the most disciplined and polite children I have yet to encounter in this area