Honestly I’m convinced @setheverman isn’t even a real person. I feel like if I saw him irl I’d black out instantly and wake up three days later in an abandoned Ikea
Now a new study looking at 400,000 youths from 88 countries around the world suggests such bans are making a difference in reducing youth violence. It marks the first systematic assessment of whether an association exists between a ban on corporal punishment and the frequency in which adolescents get into fights.
[F]or both boys and girls, [prof. Elizabeth Gershoff] said, “We found [spanking] linked to more aggression, more delinquent behavior, more mental health problems, worse relationships with parents, and putting the children at higher risk for physical abuse from their parents.”
“People often ask: Why didn’t you look for positive aspects?” she continued. “My answer is: We did, and there were none. We see consistently that the more children are spanked, the more behavioral problems they have in the years ahead.”
Sure just let your kids do whatever they want lmao
You know there are ways to address misbehavior with children that doesnt involve hitting them.
Im sorry that I have to be the one to break this to you but if you cannot get your kids to behave without beating them then you are not a good parent.
Now a new study looking at 400,000 youths from 88 countries around the world suggests such bans are making a difference in reducing youth violence. It marks the first systematic assessment of whether an association exists between a ban on corporal punishment and the frequency in which adolescents get into fights.
[F]or both boys and girls, [prof. Elizabeth Gershoff] said, “We found [spanking] linked to more aggression, more delinquent behavior, more mental health problems, worse relationships with parents, and putting the children at higher risk for physical abuse from their parents.”
“People often ask: Why didn’t you look for positive aspects?” she continued. “My answer is: We did, and there were none. We see consistently that the more children are spanked, the more behavioral problems they have in the years ahead.”
Sure just let your kids do whatever they want lmao
You know there are ways to address misbehavior with children that doesnt involve hitting them.
You can just talk to your kids, you dont have to violently attack them.
When I was little I used to hit my little sister when she didn’t do as I wanted. She would cry, I would get spanked, and this cycle pretty much continued for YEARS until my sister got older and learned to defend herself. But in all that time, not one goddamn adult asked me why I hit her. No one tried to help me understand my feelings. My violence was met with more violence. No one tried to teach me to express my feelings of frustration or lack of control in other non violent ways. I was a child. When I was upset with my sister, I didn’t know what else to do but hit her. And the answer to end it all was simply “Why did you do that? How come you dont do this instead?”
I know my parents did the best they could with what they had, they were poor with five kids. They didnt have all the time in the world, and they didnt have the internet to offer them advice, and their own parents would have probably done far worse in the same situation.
For y'all who Do have these resources to still argue you Must strike a misbehaving child or lose control is so fucking disgusting to me. You should be THRILLLED to have this information. If you care about the safety and wellbeing of children, you should be happy there are alternatives to violence.
My parents literally did not have any other way to deal with misbehaving children. Now, we have every resource in the world to teach us to communicate, control our tempers, and raise healthy, happy, respectful people. We are so lucky that we dont have to repeat the mistakes of our parents, but some of y'all are just ugly inside and cant wait to abuse someone who relies on your for EVERYTHING
I beg yall, please get therapy before having children if you think you need to resort to violence to maintain control. Its just barbaric when you have alternatives right there. You are carrying a wound from the abuse you endured and you need to face it and unpack it before you bring it into raising your own children. All children deserve to feel safe with the adults in their life. You are no better than my four year old self, striking my sister for not playing how I want her to, if you raise your hand to a child to control them
