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Originally Posted by rubecube
It's somewhat interesting to notice how many of the posters in here who claim their parents abused them quickly resort to self-blaming, which is a very common response by victims of abuse.
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While true, there are certainly situations where a kid needs to be punished. Not condoning any sort of corporal punishment, but just as an example, Pylon mentioned a situation where his parents hit him after he was caught throwing things and making fun of a mentally challenged child. Yeah that deserves some serious repercussions in my mind. And while hitting is not the most effective punishment, he's probably lucky that kid's dad didn't beat the living s*** out of him.
To (loosely) quote Bill Burr: "I would never hit a woman, it's dispicable. But to say that
there's no reason to hit a woman is innaccurate. There are plenty of
reasons to hit a woman, it's just that only dirtbags actually do it"
I think the same thing can definitely apply to a-hole kids. Would it be more constructive to apply a loss of privilages and teach tolerance and acceptance of those who are different? Absolutely. But that doesn't mean he didn't
deserve a good smack upside the head.