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We don’t allow adults to strike one another in anger or as punishment for a mistake or wrongdoing. We don’t allow children to hit each other — indeed, we active
by ethnt 13y ago
We don’t allow adults to strike one another in anger or as punishment for a mistake or wrongdoing. We don’t allow children to hit each other — indeed, we actively discourage it. Then why is it okay for an adult to hit a child?
- olympus 13y agoYours is perhaps the best argument I've ever heard against corporal punishment. I've never accepted the "spanking causes trauma" argument since any form of discipline will do that if administered inappropriately. I do have a vendetta against double standards though, and I appreciate you changing my perspective.
- scott_karana 13y agoI agree with you, but what alternatives does that leave us with? Economic or "jail" punishments aren't suitable in many cases when it comes to kids.
- tom_b 13y agoTo answer your question, in some training/reinforcement circles, the answer to the question of what to do when what behavior you are seeking doesn't occur is nothing at all. You might be interested in checking out: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reinforcement https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reinforcement It covers the types of operant conditioning with definitions. From this article, you can blast off into tons of reading. Read carefully - these are holy topics to some writers and they will carefully shape their message to support their viewpoints.
- scott_karana 13y agoI'm not entirely sure how that relates to the grandparent's comment about treating children like adults. ;)