Corporal punishment doesn't exactly prevent teens hating their parents, either. The most violent instance I've seen (as opposed to experienced) was within a cu

Corporal punishment doesn't exactly prevent teens hating their parents, either. The most violent instance I've seen (as opposed to experienced) was within a culture that has very high respect for elders. A 20-something guy's dad beat him repeatedly with a log (3" diameter with the rough bark on doesn't really count as a stick) because the 20-something said something mean to his (the 20-something's) wife. The 20-something needed some kind of reprimand, but I wouldn't accept that kind of violence in trade for higher "respect" for elders.