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> There is a rational argument for corporal punishment of kids. A human brain isn’t fully developed until age 25. You can’t reason with kids. There is a place f
by tveita 4y ago
> There is a rational argument for corporal punishment of kids. A human brain isn’t fully developed until age 25. You can’t reason with kids. There is a place for physical consequences that kids can understand with their limited cognitive capabilities.
Grounding and taking away their computer is a physical consequence that kids can understand with their limited cognitive capabilities. It's not clear to me why their still-developing brains would be an argument for inflicting violence on them. Is there any level at all of physical abuse you couldn't support with this logic?
> In rich country, you can put up with poorly behaved kids because you just have so much margin.
A self-sustaining long-term advantage.
- rayiner 4y ago“Abuse” is an emotive term you’re applying to punishment. My two year old smacks my four year old when he gets in his face. Neither kid is going to be permanently traumatized by that. > A self-sustaining long-term advantage. The empirical evidence is the opposite: developed countries became rich under one kind of culture, and due to social changes in the last half century their social capital is crumbling. On myriad indicators, from loneliness to birth rates to social trust, these countries are on an unsustainable path. Literally: they have been reduced to importing people from countries with “backwards” (but perhaps, if we are honest, more viable) cultures.