Clearly, you are not into history.

I would never judge you. My niece has one of those and it is AWESOME.

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I so agree. I LOVE that she takes on that role, and she's the best part of the show.

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I see where you're coming from. I'm cool with a blanket rule about not hitting any living things (unless it's actual self defense or survival). Let's not hit kids, or animals, or adults.

And it's rare to find kids who've only been spanked once or twice. That's why it would be difficult to study them. Most toddlers are spanked more than that each week.

I didn't say that you should treat children like adults. In fact, I specifically said that you meet kids where they are at, since their brains are not as developed. But you treat them with the same respect as adults. And that means not assaulting them.

Would you think it was okay of your husband/wife/partner punched you once or twice? Or if your daughter's future husband hit her once or twice? That's why we need it off the table entirely. Children deserve the same rights.

Then you need to take another look at the research — because your colleagues with more experience and expertise disagree with your assessment. There's a 93% agreement in the research, covering hundreds of studies, and you should know that's really high for parenting studies. They say that the science is…

You are simply wrong about the research. You are misinformed about what levels of hitting researchers have evaluated. Experts — people who are qualified to make the call — disagree with your statements. One study in particular covered only open-handed, infrequent swats. It found that alone lowered IQ. Hitting children…

I disagree with your thinking, as do many experts. As humans, we have the right to live without harm. Hitting people of any size harms them, and it especially harms a developing brain. We also want people to work with us on our level. Children don't have the judgment capacity of adults, they simply don't yet, but that…

Oh I've done so research. And more importantly, I've considered the opinions and recommendations of people more qualified to evaluate the research scientifically. The science says — clearly and overwhelmingly — that spanking harms kids and doesn't work. Experts are nearly unanimous on that. There's a 93% agreement in…

Nope, you can't read. 100 years ago people said women can't learn or stay in line unless you hit them. Some people use the same justification to hit their children today. Both are harmful. Both are domestic abuse.

I want you to look at the science before you recommend domestic abuse as punishment. That's what I want you to do, because you just advocated harming children. People like you are why legions of people like me are fighting to make spanking illegal like it is in 42 countries and Delaware.

In 42 countries, all hitting of kids including spanking in the home is banned, so it is legally considered domestic abuse there. Delaware has a ban. Sweden has had a ban since 1979. Many, many experts call any hitting of children or corporal punishment abuse. I'm going to stick with their opinions, seeing as they have…

42 countries have banned all hitting of kids — including spanking in the home — exactly because people say unfounded stuff like that. The science is clear, and the actual experts are unanimous: hitting kids harms them. 100 years ago husbands justified hitting their wives with exactly the same arguments. It was both…

Then you needed more tools, and it was your duty to develop skills before things got to that point. Your failure, not theirs.

Check out the stats on spanking. People who were spanked as children are actually more likely to go to jail and less likely to respect authority. The science has overwhelmingly shown that hitting kids does not work and causes harm. Not that we should even need science to respect a child's right not to be hit — like we…

100 years ago it was both legal and socially acceptable to hit your wife for exactly the same reasons. How do you justify hitting a child?