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How do you define a “smack” versus a “hit”?
by bradknowles 9y ago
How do you define a “smack” versus a “hit”?
- stordoff 9y agoYou probably also need to consider things like how often is physical discipline being used, and is it actual discipline or just an excuse for abuse.
- ygaf 9y agoWhat is more wrong - a parent physically abusing their child when they feel like it (bear in mind the parent is also taking care of said child)? a parent bound by society reduced to moaning at their child (think kids under 10) hoping to control them? I know which is more perverse.
- DanBC 9y agoYou don't. All forms of hitting children are abusive.
- dane-pgp 9y agoShouting at, or ignoring, children is also (emotionally) abusive. Should we lock up parents who ever act in one of those ways towards their children? Also, what about when children hit their siblings, or their parents, or their class mates? I don't think that locking these children up is conducive to their welfare either.
- lostlogin 9y agoIf one does neither it doesn’t matter.