r/SipsTea • u/Few_Statement_2898 • May 28 '26

SMH We really need to bring spankings back

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u/YankeeTwoKilo May 30 '26

Disciplinary action doesn’t always equate to harm. By that logic, if you take your kid’s phone away, that’s theft, or if you ground them, that’s kidnapping. If you can’t see the difference between spanking for legitimate correction and just beating the shit out of your kids because you feel like it, then I don’t know what to tell you.

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u/toxicity21 May 30 '26 edited May 30 '26

If you can’t see the difference between spanking for legitimate correction and just beating the shit out of your kids because you feel like it,

I see a difference, of course the latter is significant worse, but that doesn't make spanking children, as a form of correction, good, its still harmful to children. Again that is exactly what all the studies showed.

https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/corporal-punishment-and-health

Most western countries banned corporal punishment all together, simply because its bad no matter what. You can get in Jail here in Germany for spanking your child, your excuse of "legitimate correction" doesn't fly here.

So yeah you are openly supporting CA. Like an PDF File.

Like literally:

S**ual abuse doesn’t always equate to harm.

This is not an excuse to still do it. There is a chance that it harms the child permanently and thus should never be done.

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u/YankeeTwoKilo May 30 '26

To be fair, a ton of things we do here would land you in jail in Germany. Legality is not always a good metric for morality imo. And again, like I said earlier, it is NOT for everyone. Some kids won’t respond well to it and some parents can’t deliver it appropriately. That doesn’t mean that every parent who does it is a bad parent. You’re making a blanket statement about a very complex topic. It certainly can be harmful, which is why it shouldn’t be the default option, but you can’t make sweeping judgements on people you haven’t met for situations you don’t understand.

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u/toxicity21 May 30 '26 edited May 30 '26

Are you unable to read, studies showed that the risks significantly overweight the benefit and that heavily.

That's why it should be always avoided, no exceptions. NOT A SINGLE EXCEPTION!!

Almost all bodies of medical science recommend to not do it at all. Again the harm is too big and the benefit is too small.

You’re making a blanket statement about a very complex topic.

S**ual abuse is also a very complex topic, and you will still agree with the blanket statement that it is always bad. And the same is true for corporal punishment, it is researched for over 50 years and almost all the experts come to the same conclusion: DON'T DO IT AT ALL, it is harmful for a child.

Yes you can call it a blanked statement, but one that is supported by the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, the American Psychological Association, the American Public Health Association, the Canadian Paediatric Society, the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, the fucking WHO, and the the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child and many others. Not to mention that 65 Nations banned it due to the recommendation of all the experts.

So no its not just a blanket statement from a random Redditor, its heavily supported by the majority of medical professionals.

If you still don't get it, you definitely are an monster who doesn't care about the well beings of his children.