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THE PENETRATOR
Jul 27, 2014

by Lowtax

olin posted:

Parents discipline their kids so they won't take drugs and have sex. But why does it even matter if their kids end up doing these things?

i dont want to be embarrassed by sue at the next pta meeting when she brings up how my 13 yr old daughter is pregnant

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ColdReaches
Oct 12, 2013

Place : Detroit
Date : 4031 A.D.

THE PENETRATOR posted:

i dont want to be embarrassed by sue at the next pta meeting when she brings up how my 13 yr old daughter is pregnant

alaska

Cnut the Great
Mar 30, 2014

yoder00 posted:

What's funny about this statement is that every time my dad spanked me I didn't repeat the action. Once again it was the last resort when every other parenting handbook bullshit suggestion didn't work. Every once is a while you need to give the kid a couple swats on the rear end.

this sounds less like spanking is justified and more like you were a singularly unmanageable, devil-child trollspawn from hell who should have been forcibly put down in the first year of your life when these traits undoubtedly first made themselves evident

Workaday Wizard
Oct 23, 2009

by Pragmatica
*smacks sons' soft rear end with manly callused hand*

*three years later*

"why son gay?"

Das Boo
Jun 9, 2011

There was a GHOST here.
It's gone now.

yoder00 posted:

What's funny about this statement is that every time my dad spanked me I didn't repeat the action. Once again it was the last resort when every other parenting handbook bullshit suggestion didn't work. Every once is a while you need to give the kid a couple swats on the rear end.

Most parents are not stable enough or good enough parents to know when to spank, which is why my state doesn't allow it. I've only ever spanked my son once and my daughter none, and we lived in Texas for a long time where they let you smack your kid around as long as the mark is gone in 24 hours.

Pretty much this. I was spanked once in my life, for the incredibly stupid decision to wander off to the highway.
I never did it again and I don't hate my mom. S'weird.

Aves Maria!
Jul 26, 2008

Maybe I'll drown

Das Boo posted:

It's contextual. To a parent, you're protecting the child from harm.
To the child, the doctor is trying to murder them.

So reality, no, mentally, yes.

what harm are you protecting the child from when you hit them? like, can't you just sit your kid down and explain to them why they shouldn't play with sharp things?

am i missing something here

Workaday Wizard
Oct 23, 2009

by Pragmatica
spanking is sexual abuse. think of the self conscious boys

The Taint Reaper
Sep 4, 2012

by Shine
One time I caught my kids trying to drink a can of PBR.

I made them finish it and watched their disgusted expressions as I forced them to each ingest an entire can.

Both of them threw up within minutes, puking their little eyes out.


Now they know not to drink such swill and to spend the extra money on craft beer instead

THE PENETRATOR
Jul 27, 2014

by Lowtax

420DD Butts posted:

what harm are you protecting the child from when you hit them? like, can't you just sit your kid down and explain to them why they shouldn't play with sharp things?

am i missing something here

youre missing the fact that kids will only understand the consequences of their actions if they either complete them, and get owned, or get punished for attempting to complete them

Qvark
May 4, 2010
Soiled Meat
Where I'm from the police will take your children and probably gently caress you up good if you hit your children. Makes u think

OMFG FURRY
Jul 10, 2006

[snarky comment]

420DD Butts posted:

what harm are you protecting the child from when you hit them? like, can't you just sit your kid down and explain to them why they shouldn't play with sharp things?

am i missing something here

children have no intelligence whatsoever and are merely empty husks awaiting instruction

THE PENETRATOR
Jul 27, 2014

by Lowtax

THE PENETRATOR posted:

youre missing the fact that kids will only understand the consequences of their actions if they either complete them, and get owned, or get punished for attempting to complete them

however, corporal punishment is not necessary in many cases, but it can be used as a tool if the other punishments do not work.

pro tip: if ur kid eats peanut butter out of the jar, but double-dips with the same spoon, tell them they have to eat the entire jar. they wont do that poo poo again.

Baku
Aug 20, 2005

by Fluffdaddy

Qvark posted:

Where I'm from the police will take your children and probably gently caress you up good if you hit your children. Makes u think

Spanking being outlawed b/c cops want a monopoly on violence

Aves Maria!
Jul 26, 2008

Maybe I'll drown

THE PENETRATOR posted:

youre missing the fact that kids will only understand the consequences of their actions if they either complete them, and get owned, or get punished for attempting to complete them

so the only reason you aren't going on a jihadist crusade is because your parents hit you for attempting to kill the jews? do I only go to class because my parents hit me as a motivator?

is all of life just the culmination of one long beating? this is p deep

Ebola Roulette
Sep 13, 2010

No matter what you win lose ragepiss.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporal_punishment_in_the_home

"Affluent families at the upper end of the socioeconomic scale spank least; Middle-class parents tend to administer corporal punishment in greater numbers; and lower-class parents tend to do so with still greater frequency. Black families are more likely to practice corporal punishment than white ones."

Das Boo
Jun 9, 2011

There was a GHOST here.
It's gone now.

420DD Butts posted:

what harm are you protecting the child from when you hit them? like, can't you just sit your kid down and explain to them why they shouldn't play with sharp things?

am i missing something here

Yes, you're missing the years when children are highly mobile but don't understand mortality. The literal thought process is, "I won't get hurt" rather than "I could die." They really, really don't get that. You can tell them all about death, but it doesn't really register. It's still a game where losing is bumps and bruises.

ColdReaches
Oct 12, 2013

Place : Detroit
Date : 4031 A.D.
i was only in the casino for 15 minutes

THE PENETRATOR
Jul 27, 2014

by Lowtax

420DD Butts posted:

so the only reason you aren't going on a jihadist crusade is because your parents hit you for attempting to kill the jews? do I only go to class because my parents hit me as a motivator?

is all of life just the culmination of one long beating? this is p deep

good extrapolation A+

OMFG FURRY
Jul 10, 2006

[snarky comment]

420DD Butts posted:

so the only reason you aren't going on a jihadist crusade is because your parents hit you for attempting to kill the jews? do I only go to class because my parents hit me as a motivator?

is all of life just the culmination of one long beating? this is p deep

just imagine a boot stomping a childs face, forever

Aves Maria!
Jul 26, 2008

Maybe I'll drown

Das Boo posted:

Yes, you're missing the years when children are highly mobile but don't understand mortality. The literal thought process is, "I won't get hurt" rather than "I could die." They really, really don't get that. You can tell them all about death, but it doesn't really register. It's still a game where losing is bumps and bruises.

what kind of hosed up parent are you that you'd let your toddler just wander off unattended. you should beat yourself for being a loving moron

AARO
Mar 9, 2005

by Lowtax

THE PENETRATOR posted:

i dont want to be embarrassed by sue at the next pta meeting when she brings up how my 13 yr old daughter is pregnant

I recently heard that american teenagers are less sexually active than other countries yet they have the highest pregnancy rate. If that's true shouldn't their just be more emphasis on talking about condoms to kids?

yoder00
Dec 29, 2008

by Ralp

THE PENETRATOR posted:

however, corporal punishment is not necessary in many cases, but it can be used as a tool if the other punishments do not work.

pro tip: if ur kid eats peanut butter out of the jar, but double-dips with the same spoon, tell them they have to eat the entire jar. they wont do that poo poo again.

My wife and I took a bunch of parenting classes before our kids were born to make sure we didn't gently caress them up and in every class they said spanking can be used as a parenting tool. Not smacking them around for every stupid thing a child will eventually do, but for very serious cases where the kid just has it in there head that they want to be an rear end in a top hat no matter the cost.

My son was eight when I spanked him. He could tell what he did was serious poo poo because that was the first and only time I did it.

Das Boo
Jun 9, 2011

There was a GHOST here.
It's gone now.

420DD Butts posted:

what kind of hosed up parent are you that you'd let your toddler just wander off unattended. you should beat yourself for being a loving moron

Hold on, look at my post again:

Das Boo posted:

Yes, you're missing the years when children are highly mobile but don't understand mortality. The literal thought process is, "I won't get hurt" rather than "I could die." They really, really don't get that. You can tell them all about death, but it doesn't really register. It's still a game where losing is bumps and bruises.

Now please tell me where you got that idea.

THE PENETRATOR
Jul 27, 2014

by Lowtax

olin posted:

I recently heard that american teenagers are less sexually active than other countries yet they have the highest pregnancy rate. If that's true shouldn't their just be more emphasis on talking about condoms to kids?

if you teach your kids about sex that is abuse
- american parents


i had 1 sex ed class in junior high where we learned what puberty was and what it did
then in high school freshman year i had 1 more class where we actually learned about sex

Ebola Roulette
Sep 13, 2010

No matter what you win lose ragepiss.

Das Boo posted:

Yes, you're missing the years when children are highly mobile but don't understand mortality. The literal thought process is, "I won't get hurt" rather than "I could die." They really, really don't get that. You can tell them all about death, but it doesn't really register. It's still a game where losing is bumps and bruises.

Seems to me that if your kid doesn't understand why walking onto a highway is dangerous they probably don't understand why you're spanking them either.

OMFG FURRY
Jul 10, 2006

[snarky comment]

olin posted:

I recently heard that american teenagers are less sexually active than other countries yet they have the highest pregnancy rate. If that's true shouldn't their just be more emphasis on talking about condoms to kids?

ABSTINENCE ONLY EDUCATION

THE PENETRATOR
Jul 27, 2014

by Lowtax

Ebola Roulette posted:

Seems to me that if your kid doesn't understand why walking onto a highway is dangerous they probably don't understand why you're spanking them either.

they understand that youre spanking them because they attempted to walk across the highway but not why that would be bad

Aves Maria!
Jul 26, 2008

Maybe I'll drown

Das Boo posted:

Hold on, look at my post again:


Now please tell me where you got that idea.

if the kid is old enough to be talked to, they're old enough to understand not to do something when it is explained to them. and if they still don't, you could just not hit them and maybe put them in time out? idfk, i'm not your life coach. and if it's a 3-4 year old that you're just not watching then you are a loving idiot and should be spayed/neutered. For humanity.

Ebola Roulette
Sep 13, 2010

No matter what you win lose ragepiss.

THE PENETRATOR posted:

they understand that youre spanking them because they attempted to walk across the highway but not why that would be bad

Exactly. You're only teaching them to not to walk into traffic or they'll get hit. By you, not the car. You're not teaching them the danger of cars, you're teaching them to fear you.

Business Octopus
Jun 27, 2005

Me IRL
if u think spanking is abuse, then you should call CPS about what i was doing to ur mom last night lmao

THE PENETRATOR
Jul 27, 2014

by Lowtax

Ebola Roulette posted:

Exactly. You're only teaching them to not to walk into traffic or they'll get hit. By you, not the car. You're not teaching them the danger of cars, you're teaching them to fear you.

a pro tactic would be to only spank your kid in this situation if they tried to do it multiple times after you have prevented them, and then ask them if they understand why you hit them, and open a dialogue so that they can gain an understanding of the consequences of their actions, which would be, getting hit by a car which hurts more than a spank

Aves Maria!
Jul 26, 2008

Maybe I'll drown

Ebola Roulette posted:

Exactly. You're only teaching them to not to walk into traffic or they'll get hit. By you, not the car. You're not teaching them the danger of cars, you're teaching them to fear you.

this passes for parenting in the US lol

Das Boo
Jun 9, 2011

There was a GHOST here.
It's gone now.

Ebola Roulette posted:

Seems to me that if your kid doesn't understand why walking onto a highway is dangerous they probably don't understand why you're spanking them either.

Children understand they should not go up to the highway because if they do, they get a spanking. If it happened, it's part of their referential memory and they're easily able to recall the information. They cannot imagine, however, getting hit by a car or what that actually entails because they have no referential memory to attribute it to. Children literally do not understand the nature of death for years of earlier development. Hell, object permanence dictates that they don't recognize the world exists outside their immediate vision for the first few years.

yoder00
Dec 29, 2008

by Ralp

THE PENETRATOR posted:

a pro tactic would be to only spank your kid in this situation if they tried to do it multiple times after you have prevented them, and then ask them if they understand why you hit them, and open a dialogue so that they can gain an understanding of the consequences of their actions, which would be, getting hit by a car which hurts more than a spank

This. Or do what I did to my kids to get them to wear a loving bicycle helmet. They wouldn't listen to my story of when I was their age and got hit by a car. So I just had the wife drive slowish and threw a melon in front of the car, that finally got through their little kid head that cars are loving dangerous. We just had the melon in the fridge and obviously you can't come up with a lesson for loving everything a child decides to do, but when you can, that teaches them better than a spanking.

Das Boo
Jun 9, 2011

There was a GHOST here.
It's gone now.

420DD Butts posted:

if the kid is old enough to be talked to, they're old enough to understand not to do something when it is explained to them. and if they still don't, you could just not hit them and maybe put them in time out? idfk, i'm not your life coach. and if it's a 3-4 year old that you're just not watching then you are a loving idiot and should be spayed/neutered. For humanity.

The highway kid was me. I was four. I unlocked the front door and walked up the street to where the highway was. My dad was at work, my mother could have been doing any one thing with my sisters, dinner or just chores. It only took a minute for me to slip out.
A neighborhood kid brought me back, and I got a swat on the butt. The one time in my life. I never walked up to the highway again because I got that if I did, I'd get a swat on the butt.

Aves Maria!
Jul 26, 2008

Maybe I'll drown

Das Boo posted:

The highway kid was me. I was four. I unlocked the front door and walked up the street to where the highway was. My dad was at work, my mother could have been doing any one thing with my sisters, dinner or just chores. It only took a minute for me to slip out.
A neighborhood kid brought me back, and I got a swat on the butt. The one time in my life. I never walked up to the highway again because I got that if I did, I'd get a swat on the butt.

I also escaped once as a child, and never got spanked for it. Somehow I didn't end up dead or fail to learn how to not run off into the street. It just served as a lesson for my parents to keep a better watch on me, which is what the lesson should've been instead of "dumb kid why are you running away? *thwack*"

also lol @ psychological research saying you're dumb and wrong. "Physical punishment can work momentarily to stop problematic behavior because children are afraid of being hit, but it doesn’t work in the long term and can make children more aggressive, Graham-Bermann says."

but nah, spanking is the best way to handle the situation according to dumb goon

Ebola Roulette
Sep 13, 2010

No matter what you win lose ragepiss.

Das Boo posted:

The highway kid was me. I was four. I unlocked the front door and walked up the street to where the highway was. My dad was at work, my mother could have been doing any one thing with my sisters, dinner or just chores. It only took a minute for me to slip out.
A neighborhood kid brought me back, and I got a swat on the butt. The one time in my life. I never walked up to the highway again because I got that if I did, I'd get a swat on the butt.

Did it occur to you that you might not have done it again even if they hadn't spanked you? What if they gave you a time out instead? It's possible that just the other kid talking to you helped you realize why you shouldn't do that, but your parents spanking you upset you so much that that was all you remembered.

Acres of Quakers
May 6, 2006

The Taint Reaper posted:

One time I caught my kids trying to drink a can of PBR.

I made them finish it and watched their disgusted expressions as I forced them to each ingest an entire can.

Both of them threw up within minutes, puking their little eyes out.


Now they know not to drink such swill and to spend the extra money on craft beer instead

I used this parenting technique back before it became popular. I'm using a new technique now. I'd tell you about it but you've never heard of it.

THE PENETRATOR
Jul 27, 2014

by Lowtax
i show my kids pics of hipsters i find on the internet and i tell them, if you do x, you will look like this man, and i bet you dont want that because yourfriends will make fun of you

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Ebola Roulette
Sep 13, 2010

No matter what you win lose ragepiss.
"I expect you to have some self control!"

*loses it and spanks kid*

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