Controversial opinion, apparently: Don’t hit children.
- It teaches them to obey out of fear, instead of for good behavior’s sake.
- Even then, it has mixed results and often makes defiant children.
- It causes long-lasting psychological issues that follow them to adulthood.
- It ruins your relationship with that child because they will not trust you.
A handy chart:
hot take: spanking counts as hitting your child
“and I turned out fine” isn’t an excuse nor reasoning. If you think it’s cool to hit kids, you didn’t turn out fine.
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