Smacking your child to be banned in Scotland

This is the reason kids and teens these days have come up with a million genders and identities and have become so ridiculously sensitive.Stupidity knows no bounds.

What's better: A child who no longer screams because they understand it's disturbing to others (and perhaps futile), or a child who no longer screams because they are scared of their parent's palm?

Scared to rep in case this isn't actually facetiousness

This is the reason kids and teens these days have come up with a million genders and identities and have become so ridiculously sensitive.Stupidity knows no bounds.

How’s this gonna be enforced? Video cameras in every room in the entire country?

That's not the outcome that comes out of smacking. It teaches the child that the reason they got the smack is because they did something wrong, therefore they fear doing something wrong.

Okay, so let's say you have a son, and you hit him from time to time when he does something you think warrants punishment. He might know that the reason he was hit was because it had done 'something wrong'.. but he's also learned that it's acceptable to deal with people doing 'something wrong' by hitting them.

Let's say he then grows up, and one of his parents does something he perceives as 'wrong'. Is it okay for him to hit that parent?

So many hippies here when it comes to raising kids 😂

No, he wouldn't. Why does every "anti smacking" argument stem from the idea that it'll ingrain this idea that they'll perceive the whole thing irrationally?

They're children not apes or animals, they understand that it's a parent-child thing.

Actually, there's quite a lot of documented evidence regarding behaviours children learn from their parents/other influential adults.

Besides which, you've not explained why it's acceptable as a parent-child thing but not as a child-parent thing.

Actually, there's quite a lot of documented evidence regarding behaviours children learn from their parents/other influential adults.

Besides which, you've not explained why it's acceptable as a parent-child thing but not as a child-parent thing.

We're talking about kids here. What of the claim they make is false? Do you really want some poor mother fined or arrested just because she slapped a child that was behaving poorly? Living in constant fear of being reported to the police by your kids.

Snowflake generation never fails to disappoint.

Anyway I don't agree with child abuse. Why is this an argument. How can you look yourself in the mirror after hurting a child? Do you not know how to raise your voice or explain and be stern?? Or ignore a bratty child? You continue disgusting ancient "culture" arbitrarily when it clearly doesn't even work?? Humanity has issues.

How do you know it "clearly doesn't work" in my opinion it does work in some cases but you can't just say it clearly doesn't work without doing the proper research. It worked for me. You're confusing actual child abuse with disciplining when a child actually does something wrong. Ignoring a bratty child (I'm talking about if you're the parent and your child is the bratty one - if they're not your child and you don't know them then I don't agree with it) wouldn't be such a good thing, i surely wouldn't want my child to be bratty and spoilt.

That's like saying boxing and martial arts are abusive. It isn't if you have a valid reason.

That's not the outcome that comes out of smacking. It teaches the child that the reason they got the smack is because they did something wrong, therefore they fear doing something wrong.

I disagree with it, parents should be able to discipline their children using reasonable physical force such as slapping. It's a time-tested traditional way of enforcing control over the child.