RE: Religion and Spanking
July 22, 2016 at 12:57 pm
(This post was last modified: July 22, 2016 at 1:10 pm by Vincent.)
(July 22, 2016 at 3:15 am)Godschild Wrote:(July 21, 2016 at 6:28 pm)Vincent Wrote: I understand your opinions on this matter are different from mine.... but I'm sorry that you had to go through that.
And to hear you say that you deserved more, makes me a bit sick to my stomach.
Why it's the truth, I did many things I should have been punished for and wasn't caught. If it were not for the spankings I probably would have wound up in jail for a long time, I could be an unruly kid. Don't feel sorry for me, feel sorry for the ones who didn't have parents who cared enough to punish for wrong doings, many of them are in jail. I learned from my mistakes and now live a peaceful good life.
GC
Spoken like a true victim of childhood physical mistreatment.
People like you often rationalize what they experienced by saying they deserved it. But there is a world of difference between being disciplined and taught right from wrong, and being abused. In fact, did you know that according to statistics, individuals who are hit/spanked in childhood are several times more likely to end up in prison? More of the prison population in this country are filled with criminals who had similar experiences to yours. Being hit (especially with objects) can lead to higher levels of anger and aggression when the kid grows up, and it teaches them to use violence to solve problems.
If you think that punishing a kid with a belt or a switch or making them feel pain is the most effective way to teach them and raise them, then I'm sorry. Because if you honestly believe that, it means that you were negatively effected by your parent's treatment; you have been taught that it's okay to abuse children..... and that is the greatest misfortune of all.
