I cannot believe there are still people out there spanking their children...

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:if i ever feel like i'm being a bad parent i think - at least i dont hit my kids. I dont know how you could hit a kid and sleep well at night. nuts.

I was spanked a handful of times growing up and that bothered me not one bit growing up. It was the emotional neglect and passive aggression in my household that effed me up. Don't be so smug.

how can you tell the difference?
also spanking is emotional neglect.

Ah, do you know what emotional neglect is? I don't think you do. Stop playing obtuse.

what?

NP. She’s saying that you don’t know what emotional neglect is. You have mischaracterized it in this instance.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My PhD-educated, UMC dad spanked me, so let’s just go ahead and put that nonsensical anecdote to bed.

right but what was that 1970?

My MD sister-in-law, a pediatrician, will spank her kids sometimes.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My PhD-educated, UMC dad spanked me, so let’s just go ahead and put that nonsensical anecdote to bed.

When DCUM has run out of arguments, they resort to “well, I can’t argue on merit or logic, so I’ll just say it’s uneducated and trashy.”

This is when you know you’ve won.

'I should be allowed to hit children!'
truly a battle worth winning. you will sleep well tonight sir.

That’s not remotely what PP was saying.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My PhD-educated, UMC dad spanked me, so let’s just go ahead and put that nonsensical anecdote to bed.

right but what was that 1970?

Nah, 1989-ish.

[Anonymous]

Nobody I know is bothered they were spanked. Hitting, slapping, shoving, punching, on the other hand, is a different ballgame. Spanking a 4 year old when they run into the street is not always a terrible thing to do.

[Anonymous]

I spank my child.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I spank my child.

Are you educated? MC? UMC?

Did you and partner discuss discipline beforehand? Did you discuss how you would spank? What do you spank for? Is it always done the same way? What is the age range you think it’s appropriate and useful?

[Anonymous]

I am in my fifties and was never spanked. My parents made this decision because both felt their parents had used corporal punishment on them out of anger and frustration, unrelated to their behavior. They resented it their whole lives. My siblings and I did not spank our children. My siblings, and our children, are all well-behaved, educated and successful adults. We are a very close family. Certainly no one in our UMC neighborhood has ever indicated/admitted/or visibly used corporal punishment.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:94 percent.

“ Even as several western European countries have outlawed spanking, surveys suggest 94 percent of American parents spank their children by the time they are three or four years old, although that number hides great variability in the regularity and severity of the punishment, as well as the context in which the punishment is delivered.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/2002/06/26/study-harm-outweighs-benefits-of-spanking/0f72fe3e-d49e-4a04-993c-d0934a1df286/

This article is from 2002, are you an idiot?

Figure largely unchanged in 2022

https://nabtahealth.com/articles/does-spanking-do-more-harm-than-good/

Is that the article you meant to link? Because it’s certainly not pro-spanking. It in fact talks about how research shows spanking increases risk of mood disorders and lowers IQ in children

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Spanking is so trashy. The only parents I know who talk about giving their kids a “good seat to the behind” cite the Bible in their parenting and are conservative. I don’t know anyone well educated and financially comfortable who resorts to this. We have other ways of instilling values in our children that don’t involve violence.

+1 absolutely trashy and low class. Associated with shitty parents who are poor and desperate and not yet mature adults themselves.

+2, spanking is a low class, low education, low SES thing.

+3 definitely a low educated, low SES thing

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Spanking is so trashy. The only parents I know who talk about giving their kids a “good seat to the behind” cite the Bible in their parenting and are conservative. I don’t know anyone well educated and financially comfortable who resorts to this. We have other ways of instilling values in our children that don’t involve violence.

Most people, including UC, UMC, and everyone else, spanks their kids. You may think that everyone is trashy but that's a different post.

Uh, no, not at all. I am 100% clear that me, my sibling, my cousins and my friends do not hit our kids. I am positive of this.

No you are not 100 positive. Have you actually had conversations with all your friends and cousins about spanking. Are they all open to having a real conversation with you without having to delve into conversations that may leave hurt feelings. For some, maybe many, childrearing is like religion and politics, "don't engage and divert the conversation".

Lol this reminds me of "I'm 100% sure no one in my extended family / no one I know has cheated on their spouse." How could you possibly know, and what makes you think they would tell you??

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My PhD-educated, UMC dad spanked me, so let’s just go ahead and put that nonsensical anecdote to bed.

right but what was that 1970?

My MD sister-in-law, a pediatrician, will spank her kids sometimes.

can you link her practice so some of us can make sure to never go there?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My PhD-educated, UMC dad spanked me, so let’s just go ahead and put that nonsensical anecdote to bed.

right but what was that 1970?

My MD sister-in-law, a pediatrician, will spank her kids sometimes.

can you link her practice so some of us can make sure to never go there?

Lol yes I am sure the PP will ruin the reputation of her SIL since an anonymous poster asked her to.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My PhD-educated, UMC dad spanked me, so let’s just go ahead and put that nonsensical anecdote to bed.

right but what was that 1970?

My MD sister-in-law, a pediatrician, will spank her kids sometimes.

can you link her practice so some of us can make sure to never go there?

Lol yes I am sure the PP will ruin the reputation of her SIL since an anonymous poster asked her to.

seems like pp does not find it to be a reputation ruining thing...

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My PhD-educated, UMC dad spanked me, so let’s just go ahead and put that nonsensical anecdote to bed.

right but what was that 1970?

My MD sister-in-law, a pediatrician, will spank her kids sometimes.

can you link her practice so some of us can make sure to never go there?

Lol yes I am sure the PP will ruin the reputation of her SIL since an anonymous poster asked her to.

seems like pp does not find it to be a reputation ruining thing...

Post your personal email and I’ll let you know.