# Children of Parents Who Didn't Use Corporal Punishment. **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [August 8, 2017, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/children-of-parents-who-didnt-use-corporal-punishment/793095 "2017-08-08T14:59:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Fotheringay-Phipps](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/d9b06d/32.png) [@Fotheringay-Phipps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fotheringay-Phipps)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2017, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/children-of-parents-who-didnt-use-corporal-punishment/793095/81 "2017-08-15T21:30:05Z")
I’ll tell you what - you keep your posts at the level of those articles and we’re good. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2017, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/children-of-parents-who-didnt-use-corporal-punishment/793095/82 "2017-08-15T21:33:08Z")
> [@Fotheringay-Phipps](#): > > I’ll tell you what - you keep your posts at the level of those articles and we’re good. I’ll tell you what-You edit your own posts to your satisfaction, and I’ll do the same. ---
**Author:** ![Fotheringay-Phipps](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/d9b06d/32.png) [@Fotheringay-Phipps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fotheringay-Phipps)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2017, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/children-of-parents-who-didnt-use-corporal-punishment/793095/83 "2017-08-15T21:35:46Z")
That’s perfectly fine. But that attitude on your part seems incompatible with your apparent sensitivity to me pointing out that your posts have been highly simplistic. Either you care or you don’t. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2017, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/children-of-parents-who-didnt-use-corporal-punishment/793095/84 "2017-08-15T21:38:21Z")
> [@Fotheringay-Phipps](#): > > That’s perfectly fine. > > But that attitude on your part seems incompatible with your apparent sensitivity to me pointing out that your posts have been highly simplistic. Either you care or you don’t. Thank you for the psychological analysis-it’s worth every penny I paid for it. ---
**Author:** ![Fotheringay-Phipps](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/d9b06d/32.png) [@Fotheringay-Phipps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fotheringay-Phipps)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2017, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/children-of-parents-who-didnt-use-corporal-punishment/793095/85 "2017-08-15T21:39:20Z")
You’re welcome. Need anything else along these lines, just let me know. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2017, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/children-of-parents-who-didnt-use-corporal-punishment/793095/86 "2017-08-15T21:44:53Z")
> [@Fotheringay-Phipps](#): > > You’re welcome. Need anything else along these lines, just let me know. Did you happen to glance at the articles I linked to? ---
**Author:** ![Pippers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b5a626/32.png) [@Pippers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pippers)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2017, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/children-of-parents-who-didnt-use-corporal-punishment/793095/87 "2017-08-15T21:49:02Z")
Hitting kids makes as much sense as hitting dogs. Proper training/teaching with rewards is better. I was “spanked” as a child and it was never a learning opportunity, and yes, I grew up resenting my father because of it. ---
**Author:** ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2017, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/children-of-parents-who-didnt-use-corporal-punishment/793095/88 "2017-08-16T13:50:54Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > I see nothing complicated about not hitting young children. QFT. (I hope this isn’t too simple) :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2017, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/children-of-parents-who-didnt-use-corporal-punishment/793095/89 "2017-08-16T13:53:15Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Did you happen to glance at the articles I linked to? Maybe he will respond with better studies that prove the efficacy of hitting young children? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/children-of-parents-who-didnt-use-corporal-punishment/793095.md?page=4)