The premise is that it is both possible and morally necessary for parents to “train” their children into absolute, instant, and unquestioning obedience, using operant-conditioning methods based on physical pain. I suppose it works fairly well with some children who have compliant natures.
However, it seems, from the reports that come out when the MSM finds it useful, that some parents, faced with a child who is determined not to surrender, will escalate the physical force until they kill the child. People who aren’t insane don’t even think of a cat ‘o nine tails!
“The premise is that it is both possible and morally necessary for parents to “train” their children into absolute, instant, and unquestioning obedience, using operant-conditioning methods based on physical pain. I suppose it works fairly well with some children who have compliant natures.”
You have no argument with me there it is just the cat o’ nine tail really threw me. Yea no sane parent would think of using it. Which makes me wonder what did they read that it got distorted? “Spare the rod” can mean swat them with your hand, not go to your local S & M supply shop and get the goods.