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Child abuse is any physical, emotional, or sexual mistreatment or neglect of a child. Corporal punishment can be harmful to children and may lead to long-term
by eh9 4y ago
Child abuse is any physical, emotional, or sexual mistreatment or neglect of a child.
Corporal punishment can be harmful to children and may lead to long-term negative outcomes, such as increased aggression, mental health problems, and poor academic performance.
That’s not to speak to who’s enforcing it and on who.
- slibhb 4y agoParents are always experimenting on their children. Faddish observational studies reflect the biases of the researchers. Also, there are legal and cultural definitions of child abuse and, at least where I'm from, corporeal punishment isn't necessarily abusive.
- eh9 4y agoRegardless of cultural norms or what parents might try, it’s violence against people who can’t consent. Violence is always abuse.
- slibhb 4y agoDid God deliver you this information?
- zaphirplane 4y agoStatement of absolute are always wrong What!
- Erem 4y agoBy this definition, depending on who gets to define "mistreatment", any negative reinforcement at all would count as abuse, not just corporal punishment.
- eh9 4y agoYes. Physical, emotional, or sexual mistreatment. Why would anyone need to engage in that kind of “negative reinforcement”?
- Erem 4y agoWhy? Because "emotional mistreatment" is a catch-all term. For example, it's easy to make the argument that time-out, a common negative reinforcement strategy among parents, constitutes emotional mistreatment. After all it is just a form of solitary confident, and solitary is known for how it emotionally wrecks adults.