Anonymous _orangutan 3w

delays or outright prevents emotional development

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Anonymous _orangutan 3w

like, i’m sorry. if you think beating a child is somehow beneficial to their development, you should not have children!

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Anonymous _orangutan 3w

Would you ever swat a kid’s hand

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Anonymous #10 3w

i don’t plan on having children, and no, i wouldn’t

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Anonymous #10 3w

do teachers ?

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Anonymous #10 3w

or doctors ?

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Anonymous #10 3w

or any other trusted adult ?

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Anonymous #10 3w

My mom would swat my hand so hard that I cried.

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Anonymous _orangutan 3w

Not even if the child was reaching for something dangerous?

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Anonymous #10 3w

You can come up with hypotheticals all you want lol, yeah you might smack the hand away or just grab it but we aren’t talking about that, this is about punishment in context

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Anonymous #10 3w

you don’t swat at them when they reach for something dangerous, you put your body between them & the dangerous thing. block their reach with your hand, arm, leg, torso, knee, or whatever is closest or most logical. knife set? arm to restrain. hot pan? palm to deflect their reach, where back of your hand is facing hot pan to avoid palmside burns. lots of ways to do better when you have proactive thought!

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Anonymous #8 3w

its more likely neglectful parenting and not gentle parenting. how do you propose spanking, a form of hurtfulness and a cause of fear, teaches gratefulness and kindness? and whether or not you can find a reason, why cant one be gentle when teaching these important skills, as to avoid the scientifically proven negative long-term outcomes that corporal punishment causes?

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Anonymous #6 3w

i think some of it could be people confusing “legal” for “illegal”

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