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Originally Posted by Calgaryborn
The benefits of spanking are three fold: Firstly they don't like it. Give them the option of a spanking and sitting in the corner and they will pick the corner. The whole point of punishment is to use something unpleasant to motivate them to change behaviour.
The second benefit of spanking is that it is quick. The loving relationship with your child is restored quickly. Your child doesn't sit in the corner thinking how he should change his ways. He sits there thinking your mean. He hates you until his/her punishment is over. I don't see that as being beneficial.
Lastly spanking is effective. A child will remember the sharpness of a spanking far more that a slower punishment.
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Interesting theories, but do you have any studies and evidence to back any of that up?
I'm seriously asking, I was kind of ok with corporal punishment (the way I was raised) until I actually had a kid, and I'm not so sure it's all that great.
Not all kids respond to it either, when he was younger the spanking the hand stuff didn't end up with better behaviour, and ended up with him thinking hitting is ok.