It's a response to the original post in the thread.And your point is????
So then for every kid who is 'paddled' and learns from it there is another kid who is 'abused' and traumatised by it.#1. 99% of the abuse of kids out there comes from someone they know. Most of that time, it's an immediate family member. Yes there are kids who are abused, but there are more who need a paddle on the ass. And thankfully, a good chunk of social workers are starting to see that it does work.
Yeah, in case you need to tag in your partner.#2. CYA is common sense. Going to paddle a kid's ass? Get another adult to supervise.
For such bad parenting these kids are pretty clever.#3. Kids are being told EVERYTHING is child abuse. Send a kid to bed without eating dinner because they would not eat what was on their plate? All it takes is a paranoid teacher to take interest and the police are ringing your doorbell. And kids know this. And they use it.
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I'm not a parent so I have no clue how difficult it is to raise a child. However, when I was a kid I was smacked around more then once under the 'guise' of me being a problem child; the real problem was my alcohol fueled father.
When I see parents disiplining (aka swatting) their kids it freaks me out. I see it as weak. I trained my dog without hitting him why not a kid?