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[–] Hey_Sunshine 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

My parents would swat my ass whenever I needed it. Their reasons were theirs but I always knew why I had gotten my ass whooped.

When I was 17-18 years old and learning how to drive, my father would backhand me from the passenger seat if I forgot to use my turn signal or didn't turn my head and check my blind spot. If I didn't check my mirrors every 3-5 seconds, he'd reach right up and slap me again. To this day, I unconsciously jerk my head, as if to duck another backhand if I go longer than 10 seconds without checking my mirrors. I even feel a slap coming every time I drive onto the freeway, so I turn my head all the way when I merge onto interstate highways. I've never had a moving violation nor have I ever been involved in a collision when I was driving.

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[–] TheDude2 0 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago 

A dead gorilla wishes a parent would have spanked her kid.

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[–] Rottcodd 0 points 5 points (+5|-0) ago 

Yes and yes.

I was spanked exactly twice when I was a kid - once for going up on the canal bank behind our house and once for playing with matches. With both, my parents decided, and rightly in my estimation, that those were things regarding which they could not simply try to reason with me and hope for the best - they had to make it crystal clear that I was NEVER to do those things again. They deliberately went to a form of punishment that they didn't normally use just so it would make a huge impression on me, and it did.

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[–] FlowersByIrene 0 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago 

My mother slapped me in the face, spanked me and beat the shit out of me with a leather belt. I also had two abusive older brothers, who I can only assume were following her example.

Her reasoning was not valid. It was always over the top because my mom didn't know how to handle stress or embarrassment. Upset a neighbor's daughter? Better beat the shit out of you and make you sleep in the closet.

It changed me into being fearful of anger and confrontation, and I have zero self-esteem.

Bonus answer: I think parents can lightly smack or spank a kid when nothing else gets through. And this is a rare occurrence, not used frequently.

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[–] Hey_Sunshine ago 

Mom must have been very frustrated, was Dad around? Just trying to get a frame of reference on your situation, feel free to ignore.

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[–] FlowersByIrene 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

He worked a lot. I'm not sure if he ignored it or really didn't realize how bad it was. She had/has poorly treated mental illness.

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[–] Lag-wagon 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

Yea

No

No

Yes

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[–] RedLeader 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Back when there was a bar and ethical moral standards in America, hell yeah my parents beat my ass when I stepped out of line. I'm happy they did, too. What I'm not happy about is how that same standard was quietly removed from young girls. So I got to watch an entire generation of women grow up around me only to get mixed up in drugs and sex, until the present year, where most of them are ending up completely alone living on welfare or with drug dealers that obviously don't love them, looking like repugnant sloths and almost always having a kid or two.

A lot of older men I know are starting to pipe up about what a crock a shit it is they can't beat their children now, or that nobody beats their kids because everything is so permissive these days. Not beating children is exactly what created the SJW menace in America.

America, if you have any respect left for yourselves, if you want to do the right thing and end this descent into chaos, I implore you, beat the fuck out of intolerable children until they learn to respect your authority. AND IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE YOU HAVE THE AUTHORITY BECAUSE YOU KNOW YOU'RE PART OF THE PROBLEM, GET YOUR ASS TO CHURCH AND START PRAYING TO GOD ALMIGHTY FIRST.

Be the example you want to see in the world. Then whip your kids, dammit. Make them mind, and be involved in their education. If you aint got money and think you don't have the time because you need to work, go find other parents and adults who feel the same as you and form fucking villages away from the endlessly soul-destroying life-wasting technology Americans are being warped by more and more with every passing day. Go be human beings again, and restore order to society. Get it done.

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[–] Hey_Sunshine 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Man, see I was right there agreeing with you until you brought Jesus into the mix.

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[–] RedLeader 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

I don't give a shit if you are religious or not as long as you're not part of the SJW problem. It is 100% entirely your choice whether or not you want to burn in hell in the afterlife. My point was that if you personally don't believe you have the authority to back up your moral convictions because you know you don't really stand for anything and your kids see that, then church is a damn good answer. But if you're hot to trot and you know what you're doing on your own, more power to ya.

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[–] Chiefpacman 0 points 8 points (+8|-0) ago 

When I was younger I was spanked with a board. All fine and good.

That said, family shouldn't raise a hand on one another as adults. Craziness insues. Should be avoided until last effort.

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[–] Hey_Sunshine ago 

Fist fighting' with yer brother? That's a paddlin'

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[–] JJNova 2 points 11 points (+13|-2) ago 

Smacking/spanking teaches that there are repercussions for actions. Some people think this teaches children to be violent, but when the alternative is for your child to keep running into the street, I take my chances.

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[–] Tat_Tvam_Asi 7 points 1 point (+8|-7) ago 

No, it means the parent cant figure out how to outsmart the situation and resorts to violence. That is the message passed to the child as well. Can't figure it out? Beat on it. This is what animals do.

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[–] Crawdadie17 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

This is why kids are fit throwing faggots. I hope your sterile.

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[–] armday2day 0 points 7 points (+7|-0) ago 

You're attempting to reason with a child. You can do your best but how do you expect to reason with someone who has limited intelligence and reasoning. "Don't do or a or b because it can lead to x or y, and that's a bad outcome" doesn't always get the point across.

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