study that says spanking is great - rebuttals, anyone? - Page 3

[EdnaMarie]

It had to be Fox News.

[DevaMajka]

DP's response was basically:
Who cares if a study says it's good? It's still hitting kids, and that's not right.

[Collinsky]

Originally Posted by DevaMajka

Does the study say anything about how the non-spanked kids were disciplined? Or the other ways the spanked kids were disciplined?

That could definitely skew the results. It might be that the spanked kids had otherwise decent discipline, and were ok in spite of being spanked. And the non-spanked kids got no discipline, which could be a problem.

There are just SO many other factors that don't get considered. It can't be a spanking = healthy kids equation, because that doesn't explain almost all the inmates my Dh deals with every day.

I'm not saying there's a "right way" to administer corporal punishment, but I do think that in spanking homes there can be other parts of the parenting and family dynamic that mitigate the damage of spanking, beliefs that allow children to grow up healthy in spite of it, etc. And in non-spanking homes -- well, that can cover homes that are permissive to the point of neglect, where the parents are absent, non-responsive, or to wrapped up in their own needs to bother with their children's needs. Or the parents may be abusive in other ways, or overbearing, or smothering... all without striking their children in any way. There can be aspects of life in a nonspanking home that are just as damaging as spanking can be.

Gentle discipline has to be part of a larger philosophy of responsively meeting children where they're at, respecting their journey and their individuality, and helping them get to where they're going with guidance and patience.

[Lilyoftheincas13]

Originally Posted by eclipse

I hear that wives who are whipped are less likely to cheat on their husbands. . .

Whatever keeps 'em in submission.

In fact, I'm a proponent of a good beat-down whenever one feels irritated. Would have calmed me a great deal yesterday when I had to wait for a stranger to come out of the coffeehouse and move her car from blocking my driveway so I could park.

No? That doesn't work?

[Freud]

Here's another rebuttal article.

http://www.medicinenet.com/script/ma...iclekey=105579