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Originally Posted by NaNaJennifer
I believe that a swat here and there can escalate into this kind of behavior and is best to avoid physical punishments. I also know that there is overwhelming evidence and expert opinions that agree with me.
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I've been the the park, or the mall, and have seen a parent more than once smacking a child around with significant force. "
If you don't stop crying, I'll just give you more"....
smack, smack, smack. I can only imagine what happens behind closed doors back at home.
And as I have pointed out before, when kids end up in the emergency room as result of punishment gone to far with a broken arm, or dislocated shoulder, more often than not, it is an average parent, with a steady job, from stable family, who went too far one afternoon. It's just not the stereo typical low income, single parent, from a dysfunctional home. 30+ years ago, doctors might have looked the other way when a parent said "He fell off the swing set" but they are much more knowledgeable about how to detect physical injury that has been inflicted by an adult as opposed to how kids normally get injured in non life threatening ways.