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Guynemer, this is not some clear-cut thing and has generated controversy precisely because millions of Americans do the same thing to their children.
Look at these articles; the titles alone show that corporal punishment is a 'debate', not the clear-cut abuse you believe it to be.
Adrian Peterson case brings scrutiny to child spanking
A good whuppin: Adrian Peterson child abuse case raises old debate
Look at these articles; the titles alone show that corporal punishment is a 'debate', not the clear-cut abuse you believe it to be.
Adrian Peterson case brings scrutiny to child spanking
A good whuppin: Adrian Peterson child abuse case raises old debate
There was a ritual to whuppin’s, and many of that generation talk with a kind of bravado about this rite of passage to adulthood. They tell tales of out-of-body experiences, of spiritual epiphanies, of praying to God, of the art of tearful fakery, of agonizing defiance against belts, of loyalty among siblings and not breaking rank, of the time so bad a parent broke a switch on a child’s soft flesh. And they speak always of the wrong they committed and why they deserved it.
Spankings make up neighborhood legends and family folklore, comical and sincere. They connect folks, haunt them, set them up to wrestle over what they will do with their own children.
Spankings make up neighborhood legends and family folklore, comical and sincere. They connect folks, haunt them, set them up to wrestle over what they will do with their own children.
"By the the time they reach adolescence, 85 percent of the nation's children will have been, at one point or another, spanked," Dr. Alan Kazdin, a psychologist at Yale University told ABC News. The figure comes from a 2003 study in which Kazdin investigated the use of spanking in disciplining children.
And between 70 percent and 90 percent of Americans admit to using some form of physical force when disciplining their kids, according to Southern Methodist University psychology professor George Holden.
And between 70 percent and 90 percent of Americans admit to using some form of physical force when disciplining their kids, according to Southern Methodist University psychology professor George Holden.
Parents in every state can legally hit their child as long as the force is "reasonable."
Coporal punishment is also allowed in schools in 19 states, including Texas, according to the Center for Effective Discipline.
Coporal punishment is also allowed in schools in 19 states, including Texas, according to the Center for Effective Discipline.
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