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France Bans Spanking
YouTube ^ | January 4, 2017 | Stefan Molyneux

Posted on 01/04/2017 8:45:04 PM PST by Arthur McGowan

France has joined the ranks of the fifty plus other countries which have banned corporal punishment or the spanking of children. As a longtime advocate of peaceful parenting, Stefan Molyneux responds to this news and the reaction it has received online.

52 Countries Now Ban Spanking http://www.livescience.com/57373-52-c...

Why Spanking Does Not Work with Elizabeth Gershoff https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBm8i...

Peaceful Parenting Series Playlist https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list...

Parent Effectiveness Training http://www.fdrurl.com/Parent-Effectiv...

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TOPICS: Education; Health/Medicine; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: bullies; morons; neanderthals; spanking
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To: Arthur McGowan

“If you are spanking your children, you have been too lazy to learn how to be a parent. “

I saw the exact opposite. Spare the rod spoil the child.


61 posted on 01/05/2017 6:22:52 AM PST by CodeToad (If it weren't for physics and law enforcement, I'd be unstoppable!)
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To: Arthur McGowan

“When you are in a restaurant, and the waiter fails to bring what you ordered, you punch him, right? Or do you just slap him? After all, you have to get his attention, right?”

She’s not a two year old. She understands English and logic and reason and adult matters. Bad analogy.


62 posted on 01/05/2017 6:23:38 AM PST by CodeToad (If it weren't for physics and law enforcement, I'd be unstoppable!)
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To: Arthur McGowan

“When you are in a restaurant, and the waiter fails to bring what you ordered, you punch him, right? Or do you just slap him? After all, you have to get his attention, right”

P.S. If the little idiot started acting like a two year old and throwing a temper tantrum he just might get punched in the face and he knows it. His spankings taught him that.


63 posted on 01/05/2017 6:26:07 AM PST by CodeToad (If it weren't for physics and law enforcement, I'd be unstoppable!)
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To: oldplayer

Oh, Yes. My Dad, too. We learned quickly that life was SO much easier if you just did what he told you to do the minute he told you to do it! ;)

I cannot STAND mouthy or disobedient kids. I watched an Aunt raise three of the most amazing brats you’d ever see. But then, one is now an FBI Agent, and the other two are in the trades. All are married with families and are hard-working taxpayers.

So, who knows? *SHRUG*


64 posted on 01/05/2017 12:22:02 PM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set!)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

One thing that is interesting in this thread is the number of posts where it is assumed the spanking was done because the PARENT lost their temper, lost their patience or other wise beat their child while angry.

None of those applied when I spanked my kids. I did it only because it was my duty under the circumstances and as a father as I see them. I certainly didn’t enjoy it and always shook my head to myself because the little dickens insisted in getting the spanking in the first place by his/her actions.


65 posted on 01/05/2017 12:56:33 PM PST by oldplayer
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To: oldplayer

Exactly. I can honestly say that neither of my parents EVER spanked Sis or me in anger.

Of course, when we were moody, impossible TEENAGERS, I’m sure they had their moments, LOL!

I’m gonna go call my Dad... :)


66 posted on 01/05/2017 5:16:52 PM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set!)
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To: SarahPalin2012
Does anybody care that the Bible is clear on this issue?

This isn't the religion forum.

67 posted on 01/05/2017 5:19:45 PM PST by southern rock
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To: Arthur McGowan

I swatted a few butts——note I said swat,not beat.

How did you discipline your kids?

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68 posted on 01/05/2017 5:29:34 PM PST by Mears
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To: Yaelle
Three out of four of my kids did need it. Still have one kid under 6 but haven’t spanked her much at all.

No kids "need" it. It is what you choose to do as a parent. Just be clear on that.

69 posted on 01/05/2017 5:48:20 PM PST by southern rock
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To: CodeToad

Thanks for exposing his strawman ILLOGICAL argument.


70 posted on 01/05/2017 6:00:15 PM PST by apostoli ("When people get used to preferential treatment, equal treatment seems like discrimination." - Sowel)
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To: southern rock
This isn't the religion forum.

If you go to the Title Page, it says "Welcome to Free Republic / Conservatives for God, Family and Country" -- I'm certain that Jim meant that to be in that specific order.

So it looks like you're the one who's lost. Go back to Democratic Underground where they have Safe Spaces and Cookies for those that can't handle the election results.

71 posted on 01/05/2017 7:28:17 PM PST by SarahPalin2012
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To: southern rock

Ok, fine. They didn’t “need” the slap on the hand or soft butt swat but it helped keep them alive. One stopped dangerous behavior just from a stern voice. The other three didn’t.


72 posted on 01/05/2017 10:07:57 PM PST by Yaelle
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To: SarahPalin2012

No, I like The election results just fine, thanks .You’re the one who went completely off topic.


73 posted on 01/05/2017 10:47:38 PM PST by southern rock
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To: deadrock

Take care, FRiend..... :)


74 posted on 01/05/2017 10:52:02 PM PST by proud American in Canada (May God Bless the U.S.A. (Trump: I will bear the slings and arrows for you, the American people))
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To: deadrock

Take care, FRiend..... :)


75 posted on 01/05/2017 10:52:09 PM PST by proud American in Canada (May God Bless the U.S.A. (Trump: I will bear the slings and arrows for you, the American people))
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To: Arthur McGowan

Children should absolutely be protected.

This a complicated debate and now I am exhausted... Waiting for my 17 year old daughter to come back from a party, now that she has her actual license.

Take care and Happy New Year, FRiend!


76 posted on 01/05/2017 10:58:24 PM PST by proud American in Canada (May God Bless the U.S.A. (Trump: I will bear the slings and arrows for you, the American people))
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To: Mears

Exactly. Not necessary to beat a child up to make a point.

I can still remember my mother getting very mad when I was not able to get toilet trained.

She was a sad woman and she took out her anger at me my sister. When I came home from college one time, my father actually get mad at me. And he was upset at my sister. My sister was in the cross country team. And I told her to run like hell.

He was about to beat her up. She was a skinny 16year old. He was strong, about 6’3”... I later picked up my sister I knew she would run.


77 posted on 01/05/2017 11:12:32 PM PST by proud American in Canada (May God Bless the U.S.A. (Trump: I will bear the slings and arrows for you, the American people))
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To: All

Where she would run.


78 posted on 01/05/2017 11:14:26 PM PST by proud American in Canada (May God Bless the U.S.A. (Trump: I will bear the slings and arrows for you, the American people))
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To: proud American in Canada

If you watch the video, and then read the comments on this thread, you will see that Stefan predicts all the stupid comments people will make. They make utterly gratuitous assertions like, “The studies about Global Warming are rigged, so all the studies about spanking are rigged.”

The fundamental reason people make these stupid comments is that they fear examining the trauma they experienced. One of the ways they hide from the suffering and rage—and ALIENATION from their parents—they experienced as a child is beating their own children. “If I beat my children, that proves that my father and mother were right to beat me.”


79 posted on 01/05/2017 11:22:39 PM PST by Arthur McGowan (https://youtu.be/IYUYya6bPGw)
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To: mountn man

Thanks
I was wondering how I would introduce THAT side of the argument.....<: <: <:


80 posted on 01/05/2017 11:24:21 PM PST by xrmusn ((6/98)" "If you see a civilian in cammies -- bump into him")
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