Poll: Do you think spanking is wrong?

[TheLaofKazi]

Be careful about studies. If you take statistics in college, like i did, it shows you that you can make almost any study say exactly what you want it to say. with a study, in my opinion, if you want an unbiased truth, look at who funded it, look at how it was conducted, and most important, look at the data, not the published results, and come to your own conclusions. also, make sure to look for studies with published results that have the opposite results (they always exist) and do the same with them.

Woah... this is an old post lol.

You are absolutely right, although I did sort of say what you said:

look at how they were conducted as well.

However, you added more detail and things to be wary of when looking at studies, and I vaguely recall being a bit pissed when I wrote that post, so I probably posted those studies without giving them much thought. Attitudes like his get on my nerves. I still hold the firm opinion that spanking or hitting your child isn't a good way to parent them, and it can be harmful.

I wouldn't say it's necessarily wrong though, because that would be vastly simplifying the issue. It's not like parents that spank their kids are these malicious assholes that want to harm children, it's either the stress of parenting that makes them resort to it, or they actually believe that spanking is an effective way to discipline their children, or other reasons. It's the result of a misunderstanding of the way a child learns and grows.