Children and punishments

[Ben Davis]

In the hot stove scenario, why not teach them by letting them burn their hand???

That's what I'm talking about. You let them burn themselves and they learn not to touch anything hot again.

Many activities carry the risk of serious injury, disfigurement or even death therefore it's irresponsible of parents to deliberately put the child through harmful experiences as an educational tool, generally (I'm aware that there are situations where you do have to allow children to make their own mistakes). Obviously we can't prevent every mishap/mistake, in spite of our best efforts, but there are more preventative methods of ensuring survival & survivability; to me, a blanket approach that harms children is tantamount to negligence. That includes corporal punishment.