You considered it wuite cool to speak of the mattewr until I answered a question about the illegality of using an impliment to 'bop' the growing cranium of young children.  The soft spot doesn't even fully harden in the first year or so so we Aussie colonials decided that the soft skulls of our most vulnerable sould be protected from being hit by dead objects. At least if the step mum uses her hand she will have better feed back about the effects of the 'bop'

Stannum

Remaining firmly in the discussion in defence of the voiceless.

Ergo you are not voiceless so I am not in defence of you.

I remain firmly in defence of the voiceless.

Stannum

Not being the voice of an entire generation

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The occasional "bop" in the head or a "minor" beating would land a Spanish parent in jail as fast as lighting.

I am quite surprised such things are not punished by law in GB. However, such information comes in handy for the next time a British Citizen mentions the cruelty that us Spanish people show towards poor bulls.

I agree that physical punishment was usually used by parents of older generations, and that it was accepted everywhere. But so was slavery, Possibly slavery did not cause permanent damage to the people who suffered it either.

Alexa

After having a discussion with an admin and a user over who should or shouldn't lock threads (see Comments), I've decided to unlock this thread so discussions can continue.

Let me summarize what has been discussed.

Arguments brought up:

1. A is okay/not okay because it is legal or illegal in Country Y.  e.g. A is not okay because it's illegal, and one shouldn't break the law. Of course, this argument holds true only in a geographic region. Participants should know why Country Y's law is superior to, say, Country X's.

2. A is effective/ineffective. Support mostly from empirical evidence.

3. A is/is not harmful psychologically or physically. Again, support mostly from personal experience or empirical evidence.

Support used to back up arguments so far -- observations and empirical evidence. While this proves a claim may not be universal, empirical evidence cannot prove universal truths either. (Yes, that includes what I said earlier too)

I don't think anyone has discussed how a certain type of parenting shapes the relationship between a parent and a child.  This is probably a much neglected but very important topic.

If you connect 1, 2, 3 in an argument or try to disprove what another person says, please provide solid reasoning or support for your point.

Please continue, but remember to back up your argument with empirical evidence, research, facts or figures. Mere assertions like "this is better" or "this is bad" or "I do this" or "my parents do that" aren't enough, unless you tell us what the outcome is or isn't.  And please do not antagonize any particular poster for the sake of continuing the discussion to infinity. Once a point is made, there's no need to repeat it multiple times. Move to the next point.

Thank you!

(I've unlocked enough posts for this to continue, but as I find out , it's a nuisance to unlock threads.)