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Were you hit / spanked as a child and would you recommend doing it?
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Anonymous 13w

idk if its a healthy practice, not qualified to speak on that, but i was spanked as a kid both by my parents and my friends parents who helped raise me a lil, and i'll say i both still very much love and respect those who did it and it most certainly put a short stop to those behaviors 🤷🏽‍♂️

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Anonymous 13w

child = under 18

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Anonymous 13w

I think the kids who don’t have a solid punishment turn out bad. So when I got too old for spankings my parents simple took my phone or some sort of punishment. But I don’t have ptsd or whatever small thing they did, I just learned from it

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Anonymous 13w

Was spanked and just hit in general, would not recommend because there were way better ways to get me to stop talking at naptime

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Anonymous 13w

It’s proven that spanking and corporal punishment doesn’t work. It’s completely fucks up a child’s way of viewing authority, it promotes violence and it doesn’t even promote discipline but instead makes kids better at hiding mistakes from their parents instead of teaching kids how to learn from their mistakes which will make you a better person. If your parents did this than Ik it sucks but you have to be the one who stops the cycle

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Anonymous replying to -> seeya_space_cowboy 13w

Same. I dunno if I’d do it myself but I’d be lying if I said that I wouldn’t be more of a menace had I not been spanked…

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Anonymous replying to -> #4 13w

Ngl i see nothing wrong with spanking to a degree. Fine line between abuse and corrective force. Pain is a good enforcer. I was spanked as a kid. Parents stopped when i hit either 8 or 9 and i started getting grounded. Ngl grounding did nothing to me. Idk each kid needs something different. You cant just remove a parenting method just cause its execution isnt ideal. If it works it works.

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Anonymous replying to -> #5 13w

Yeah my parents always told me they punished my bad behavior cause they loved me. They wanted me to know that hey maybe lying and stealing isnt good and there are real world consequences for it. Id say its effective.

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