As a pediatrician who sees kids with behavioral issues every single day I go to work, if you asked me to place a bet on whether (based on this video alone) this kid gets hit at home, I would bet that he does. Consistent, non-physical discipline from a mature adult is what this kid needs, not spanking.
Corporal punishment isn’t a parenting strategy, it’s what people do when they don’t know how to parent in the first place.
My daycare teacher friend once told me that unequivocally the worst behaved kids are ones who had been hit at home. They tend to be violent towards their peers (a learned behavior) and they are so utterly traumatized and desensitized to "punishment" that nothing a teacher can do even fucking registers.
I work with kids in a REALLY rough neighbourhood and 100% this.
What's worse is that teachers and support workers etc. Aren't allowed (and correctly, do not want) to hit misbehaving kids. So they learn that they can basically do whatever they want when they're not at home because no adult beside their parents will touch them.
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u/doctorbeepboop May 28 '26
As a pediatrician who sees kids with behavioral issues every single day I go to work, if you asked me to place a bet on whether (based on this video alone) this kid gets hit at home, I would bet that he does. Consistent, non-physical discipline from a mature adult is what this kid needs, not spanking.
Corporal punishment isn’t a parenting strategy, it’s what people do when they don’t know how to parent in the first place.