And it's people who didn't get beat who deal with the same issues...so what exactly is your point here?

Man what the f*** are you even saying All I said was that I haven't seen any research supporting corporal punishment while I have seen research not supporting corporal punishment

Cookies is the arbiter of objectivity

You making assumptions that she hasn’t tried to confront her in private though. Why y’all always assume the worst for victims?

so you dont think getting beat as a child will more likely lead to mental health problems?

I think we can at least all agree on this

We all stuck in the house. Just talk to one another. Better yet y'all got money! Go to therapy about it

Could never do it when I become a parent and could never advocate for it

Not necessarily
Parenting is not black and white

Our society needs revamping

"People driving wrecklessly leads to deaths but other things also lead to deaths so what's your point here?"

Why we arguing about beating a kid bro. Like really?

“This is just the liberal agenda in full force. God I wish I could just whoop my kids ass like back in the day”

Raising a child is difficult

The smallest changes can change how they grow up radically no matter how positive or negative it is

If I’m mentally ill and get physically abused (not just whoopings) that won’t worsen things?

just fully read OP and the way Lauryn went off on this whole tangent talking about her life and duality

b**** just admit you f***ed up your kid

That saying a person was beaten as a child and “turned out just fine” while not actually being just fine isn’t the best argument

These year 2000 kids really something else lmfao nigga we all got beat wtf. My grandma once whooped me with the switch you close the blinds with like shut yo weak ass up. Hate this attention seeking s*** the f*** you want sympathy? Your mom is f***ing Lauryn hill and your father is a Marley. Niggas out here got it it way worse shut the f*** up

Can’t wait for my kid to be tough

physical punishment is a net negative in the vast majority of cases. you didn't gain more respect for others or character by being beaten, you just survived it.

your kid will be bullied bruh

this post

My trauma stems from actual abuse and neglect, being the only black kid in a school filled with white people, witnessing people get killed and/or brutalized as a child, and many other things.

Physical discipline I received for the bad things I have done is the one thing that I can say did not bring me trauma, and if anything I learned and grew from them.

I'd say bring it up if it's weighing on your mind still, that sounds traumatic

Yeah we don't all have the privilege of attending family counselling with compliant parents

Try to use their wording. Politely ask them to justify it, what exactly did they suppose it would lead to, then counteract that with how you feel (the reality)

It's hard, so hard with parents, but it's not fair to carry this alone. It doesn't need to be an aggressive conversation. You just want answers, I'm empathetic

Are you receiving counselling?

That tells me a lot of what I need to know about who I'm engaging with.

*grabs switch