New research shows one in four Australians think physical punishment is necessary to properly raise children. And one in two parents (across all age groups) reported smacking their children.
I was a spanked kid. I had a violent and easily angered parents. Getting hit never worked, it just made me cover things up.
One thing dear old dad didn’t anticipate, though: spankings made me vindictive. I started to retaliate in creative and expensive ways, and when you have a kid who starts showing signs of being mechanically inclined at six months of age, you really don’t want them to be a vindictive teenager.
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I was a spanked kid. I had a violent and easily angered parents. Getting hit never worked, it just made me cover things up.
One thing dear old dad didn’t anticipate, though: spankings made me vindictive. I started to retaliate in creative and expensive ways, and when you have a kid who starts showing signs of being mechanically inclined at six months of age, you really don’t want them to be a vindictive teenager.
Ooo. Malicious compliance and Home Alone rolled into one?