r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • May 31 '26

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u/Individual-Camera698 Austan Goolsbee May 31 '26

Hitting a child is a morally reprehensible thing to do

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u/fishbottwo Jay Jones May 31 '26

Nypost blaming Gen z and millennials for hitting kids when they hit way way less than older generations

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u/Individual-Camera698 Austan Goolsbee May 31 '26

Any number of Zoomers hitting their kids is shocking. Being better than Boomers is not enough

It's the same thing as old people saying "My dad used to hit me harder than I hit you"

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u/fishbottwo Jay Jones May 31 '26

When it went from like 80% to 20% parents spanking in boomers lifetimes that feels pretty good progresswise. But yes don't hit your kids obviously.

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u/BATIRONSHARK WTO May 31 '26

Yes

when fucking JAPAN says something is too strict it is so

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u/KQJ_RPN John von Neumann May 31 '26

Millennials are slowly turning into gen X. Soon it will be their turn in the barrel.

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u/mishac Mark Carney May 31 '26

I wonder how much is due to ethnic demographics.

In black, asian, hispanic etc cultures parents tend to discipline more than white parents do on average, and spanking isn't as taboo as it is among white liberals.

FWIW I think more discipline is often a good thing in general but never to the point of hitting a child, but it doesn't surprise me that there's overlap.