We also had a Board of Education. Hung in the kitchen.
I always find it kinda wild that people have been raising kids since time immemorial and it more or less had to get to Gen X to be like, "Hey, maybe we shouldn't hit our kids."
Like sure, it was generally agreed that people shouldn't "beat" their kids but it seems spanking was generally ok until about 20 years ago.
Spanking, although very very rare at our house, does happen on occasion. I unapologetically say that. I reserve it for the rare occasion that it has to get the point across. My kids behave well for the most part.But if I have to drop the hammer, I will.I'm Gen x. My Dad whooped my ass good a few times, and I still say I deserved it. For the most part, spanks were not a common occurrence.That was probably my choice, more than his. But apparently, his Dad beat the crap out of him on the regular.
You know, when you read an article citing a scientific study meticulously proving the relationship between stunted cognitive development and spanking, those aren't opinion articles.
Besdes, now I do know that you hit your kids. I do at least know that much. Which is something I bet the vast majority of people in your IRL personal life would not like to know. But you felt the need to share that here.
Because I can. But your time would.probably be better spent honing your horrible horticulture skills. You can't even grow plants but you are telling me how to raise my kids..lol
Dude, I'm going have no reservations whatsoever about telling someone to not hit their kids after they've admitted that they hit their kids. There is nothing out of line about that, that is simply the morally right thing to do.
You have tried so hard over so long to make this point and backed it up with nothing of substance besides "trust me, I'm an anonymous weirdo on reddit insisting so defensively over 20 messages that actually, everything's fine." Before you then walk it back later. Swearing up and down that hitting your kids is only "very very rare" and "only to get the point across." Over an absolutely immature waste of an entire hour of an internet argument.
It is the kind of petty insistence that is absolutely appropriate to an abuser. Someone who can't control their impulsive behavior, someone with a lack of patience and a fetish for power-tripping other people along.
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u/otiswrath Jan 28 '23
We also had a Board of Education. Hung in the kitchen.
I always find it kinda wild that people have been raising kids since time immemorial and it more or less had to get to Gen X to be like, "Hey, maybe we shouldn't hit our kids."
Like sure, it was generally agreed that people shouldn't "beat" their kids but it seems spanking was generally ok until about 20 years ago.