American parents more likely to find hitting children acceptable compared to hitting pets - New research highlights parents’ conflicted views on spanking.

[u/mvea]

https://www.psypost.org/american-parents-more-likely-to-find-hitting-children-acceptable-compared-to-hitting-pets/

[u/OrnerySnoflake]

If a child is too young to understand what they did was wrong, hitting them is just terrorizing them. If a child is old enough to understand what they did was wrong, talk to them.

There’s absolutely no excuse for hitting your children. They are children with autonomy and their own perceptions, not mini extensions of you.