Originally Posted by
hawkesnightmare
As I've said before, it's worked for the last five generations at least. If something ain't broke, don't fix it. Or in this sort of case, if the method of fixing it works, why change it?
Except it doesn't work. It generally brings up adults who have anger management problems, loose tempers, no judgement, over-reactions and it just goes on and on. Beatings induce fear, that fear will probably one day lead to one of two outcomes:
1. Built-up anger that will eventually and most probably lead to some sort of anger management problems.
2. Wusses who don't take charge of anything because they're afraid if they do anything they'll get beaten.
Naturally there are exceptions, but soooooo many people I know born pre-1980 have so many anger management problems or they don't take charge, won't try new things, won't do anything they aren't sure they can't do 100% right. To sum it up; they're a big blubbering mess of people, they're p miserable, and it's sad. Again, it's not everyone, but it's a damn large number of them.
Have you not noticed that a lot of kids now a days aren't being beaten as they're raised up, but rather they're told that something is wrong to do or something reasonable, and they're treated more like actual human beings and less like animals. They have way less problems and shit to worry about then the other kids whose parents still just beat them if they do anything wrong.
If you can actually sit there and say that you still believe the BEST POSSIBLE solution to disciplining a child is to beat them and make them fearful and not give a single shit about the outcomes that will have on that child's health or mental state, then that's pretty fucking inhuman. That's like kicking an untrained dog to deathfor peeing on your carpet.
Hatter has it right, it's sad that his post went ignored, there's some downright gold in there on how to raise kids.