Beat your kids, people.

I'm talking about average kids, not the disabled. I don't have a reference for that.

WAAAA I HAVE NO SENSE OF HUMOUR BECAUSE MY DADDY MOLESTED ME IN THE MOUTH. RONALD RAYGUN IS A HIPPY! PHILOSOPHY IS FOR FAGGOTS! LMAOROFLOLOL!

My mom is very free-thinking/Progressive, She would never hurt me, Although i did Know some of my friends who's parents were abusive, It drove some of them down Dark roads, It's a really sad story.

My father tried to hit me once, but since im like twice the size of him i just held him upside down, that was fun.

This is waaaay too 'After School Special-y.' You aren't teaching them that you solve problems with violence, you're teaching them that if they fuck up there are consequences. Obviously going at your kid with a baseball bat or punching them out is over the line, but spanking and rough handling are not evil and can, like a hot stove, teach children to avoid certain behaviors or actions.

That's an incredibly overblown statistic. Either you define autism incredibly loosely or the sample size is way too small.

Your fucking kidding right?

Shitty cam, but I agree with Louis.

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I HATE "Opie and Anthony", but here's Louis talking about spanking kids.

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LOL I don't need to laugh at something when it isn't funny, your the one who's afraid of life. Also, implying that I would say philosophy is for faggots is a fallacy. Unless of course your suggesting that your personal philosophy is a representation of all philosophy, and I'm somehow barred from thinking your idea's are retarded because then I must think I philosophy is.

It's more like 1 in 150 last I checked. Just something I read at school though didn't really check premise so who knows if it's accurate. In the average high school pretty sure the special ed department is a lot smaller then 1 in 3 though so we can throw that shit out the window.

LOL I don't need to laugh at something when it isn't funny, your the one who's afraid of life. Also, implying that I would say philosophy is for faggots is a fallacy. Unless of course your suggesting that your personal philosophy is a representation of all philosophy, and I'm somehow barred from thinking your idea's are retarded because then I must think I philosophy is.

"Afraid of life" Oh that made me lol

Everyones different people, some people reply positive to spankings or a light tap on the head(not a hard smack across the face), however to re-state to what people said on this thread, there are people with mental disabilities that don't reply well to that type of parenting, and really smacking and spanking is just a method used by lazy parents who aren't willing to use other disciplinary methods.

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I didn't accuse you of having no sense of humour because you didn't laugh, I did it because you threw a tantrum and started insulting me when I made a little crack.
"PHILOSOPHY IS FOR FAGGOTS! LMAOROFLOLOL!" and everything else in that post was in reference to your usual attitude in any given philosophical discussion. Just take this thread as an example, instead of trying to understand where I'm coming from you just accused me of being afraid of life, presumably because you have a bug up your ass.

Notice how the second part of that sentence has no relation to the first one, comes out of the blue and oozes contempt.

[spoiler:1ed9veuh]For the record, you're free to hate me and/or my philosophy all you want but I feel that you have a few things wrong (that or you're deliberately slandering me for teh lulz).

My personal life experience is completely irrelevant to the argument. Whether I've lived a great life or a really shitty life, I don't have to explain myself to you and it wouldn't matter anyway. The basic premise for everything (anti-natalism, veganism, views on suicide and everything else you've heard from me) has to do with the ethics of imposition. It's quite simple actually and we could discuss it sometime if you leave the sensationalist reactionary crap at the door.[/spoiler:1ed9veuh]
Good job on derailing your own thread by the way =P

"Spanking" is a loose term that is frequently lumped together from mild spanking to use of excessive force. When a child misbehaves spanking(mild) should be the last option on a parents mind. Of course, the frequency of the spankings differs from child to child as there are children which are more independent and unruly then others. It should be noted that the child has to be taught to see the connection between what he did and what caused him to get spanked. Spanking doesn't always lead a child to completely understand what he did wrong. Only spanking does not give the child respect for the parent, only fear . Respect comes from the child's love for the parent and his/her accepting the parents judgement above all others whether right or wrong through understanding and appreciation. Children should never be used to ventilate anger and anger should never be used when disciplining a child. In these matters the parent has to have a clear mind in order not to go overboard. Besides discipline, the child must also be taught how to properly behave. Hopefully none of you here have to resort to spanking(mildly) your kids.

Just diagnose a misbehaving child with ADD or bi-polar disorder and start them on heave medication, it's the American way.

but hey it's another "beating your kids" thread. So just to recap: yes I was beaten as a child (there is a dent on the fridge from one time), no nothing is wrong with me because of it, and parenting advice from 15 year olds is always good.

I recommend that you read some articles about it. Can you please clarify "beaten" because you give me the impression that you were abused as a child in more ways than just a mild spanking. If so, then there is a high possibility that you have suffered some long term consequence from it, but I'll leave that up to someone who knows more about the subject.

How old are you? You don't seem to be a day past twenty considering that most people on these forums are in their mid to late teens.

I mean, don't like kick the s*** out of your kid, but as a last resort, the idea of 'spanking' or some other thing isn't bad. My mom wasn't really like that, she used guilt bombs. No matter how justified you felt, you felt bad. Really bad.

Actually I had a discussion with a friend which was worse: emotion or physical abuse?

By long term consequence do you mean my drinking problem?
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Because I can't think of anything that puts me out of the ordinary except my refusal to date white women (only Asians and Hispanics for me). But I did have a tiger mother

I'm 19 but I'm not handing out parenting advice

All that I said was regurgitated information from two opposing sides that I found a median between; parents go to these sites for info on parenting. They are written by experienced parents for parents, so your argument of a 15 year old given parenting advice, while clever, is utterly useless given the current situation.

Drinking problems usually begin with a need. I wonder what that would be? :roll:

My girlfriend Elaine wants to move on after a disastrous choice I made in the war lead to the death of most of my squadmates. She's my only connection to my life before that day I can't deal with losing her.

I don't like those i perceve as unqualified getting on a soapbox and acting morally superior. A website made by parents while nice is not a cure all. A doctorate in psychology is good enough for me. I'm normal (much to your displeasure it would seem as you keep trying to convince me something is wrong with me), I just get turned on by car accidents.

Well aren't you a big boy :lol:
I have never even remotely suggested any morale high ground and have only expressed genuine concern over your health. What else would you expect when someone posts that their parents once hit his head against a fridge and dented it?