Post by @letsnotpolarize@piefed.social

2026-10-04 04:06 UTC

Levels of support for legislative bans to end physical punishment in schools and homes in a national sample Legislative universal bans of physical punishment have been implemented in 65 countries across the world. America’s attitude toward spanking in the school is very different than spanking in the home. 55% of Americans believe a child does need a good spanking sometimes. According to experts the 80%-90% of Americans are a dysfunctional home. According to Whitfield M.D. about 90% of families are dysfunctional, dysfunctional families have a high prevalence of PTSD. PTSD is likely to cause children to have bad grades. Children are likely to be spanked in American homes for poor academic performance. This points to a circular problem. Spanking has shown to alter the brain in ways similar to severe maltreatment. My solution was getting rid of spanking and adopt a method that Europe is already doing. The law holds parents as authority on education, health, and daily routines but the law treats the child as an individual citizen with the same basic rights as an adult. The child has a right to a non-violent upbringing; even psychological injuries are not allowed. I posted something similar on Reddit and I am pretty sure someone was threatening death to anyone who thinks we should get rid of parental autonomy. Do people really feel that strongly about parental autonomy? This article shows America is in the majority favor of spanking just not in schools. I am not sure why. Do we not trust the teachers to administer spankings correctly?

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@unitedwithme@lemmy.today 2026-10-04 15:16

My solution was getting rid of spanking and adopt a method that Europe is already doing. Which is?.. I don’t want someone else laying hands on my child, because who knows how it’ll be handled or if handled appropriately. At least it I were to, it’d not go too far because I still love them. If I discipline at home, it’s because asking calmly or raising my voice to show seriousness wasn’t effective. If I then send them to their room and they’re argumentative it might get more serious. I don’t just go “spanking” for no reason, and it’s definitely not a beating, either. I can’t recall the last time either kid received a spank. Meanwhile, there were times when my sister and I got out of hand and misbehaved at the store and I’d be spanked right there in public. Or I’d be hit with the belt, or even a wooden spoon at home. I still joke with my parents I have the Betty Crocker logo imprinted on my left cheek! I think within reason is OK to do because kids learn, “I don’t want to receive this punishment” and so if they get a spanking and are faced with it in the future for acting out or messing up, it’s a known “label” of punishment they want to avoid. I NEVER was punished for poor academics by being spanked. Usually just grounded from electronics or riding bikes with friends. My parents would day, “let the punishment fit the crime”

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@Corvidae@lemmy.world 2026-10-04 18:10

Gonna be kinda hard to implement bans when the bible says to beat the crap out of your kids to save their souls from Sheol. Proverbs 13:24, 20:30, 23:13-14, (and more!). … America’s attitude toward spanking in the school is very different than spanking in the home. 55% of Americans believe a child does need a good spanking sometimes. …

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@LilB0kChoy@reddthat.com 2026-10-05 01:03

According to experts the 80%-90% of Americans are a dysfunctional home. According to Whitfield M.D. about 90% of families are dysfunctional, dysfunctional families have a high prevalence of PTSD. PTSD is likely to cause children to have bad grades. Children are likely to be spanked in American homes for poor academic performance. None of this is from the page you linked.

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@Modern_medicine_isnt@lemmy.world 2026-10-05 02:39

I think it is easy to say, noone should ever spank their child. But when you talk to doctors and ask, so what are the alternatives, they give out a lot of often very vague stuff. We don’t spank our kids, but we also have very little control over our youngest. The doctors and lots of other experts simply don’t have answers. I believe that physical punishment would probably get my son under control. But I also belive he wouldn’t be the same person. And likely he would be a much worse adult than if we suffered through his youth with little control of what he says and does.

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