Disgusting - Encourges Child Abuse
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By mrfrizzle9
From the synopsis:
“…to the contrary, they have expanded and strengthened their arguments for traditional, biblical child training”
These are not baseless “media attacks” as these authors purport. There is OVERWHELMING EVIDENCE from HUNDREDS of well-caried-out SCIENTIFIC STUDIES & RESEARCH which essentially PROVE, without any doubt, that spanking/hitting children is not just ineffective in the long run, but is counterproductive, and that CHILDREN WHO ARE SPANKED/HIT as a routine form of discipline have the same outcomes as children who are victims of any other kind of CHILD ABUSE (sexual, emotional, or physical), plus tend to experience violence in their adult relationships, often being the perpetrators. Perhaps in the past we didn’t know better, but now the data is clear: CORPORAL PUNISHMENT IS CHILD ABUSE. And common sense ought to tell us that if we decided to hit another adult because they did something wrong, we’d be charged with ASSAULT and taken to JAIL - so how, in any sane person, can one suggest it’s ok to do to something that is illegal/CRIMINAL to do to an adult and do it to a CHILD?!? These people claim to be Christians - I am of the impression that Jesus Christ wanted us to be instruments of God’s LOVE, he us to be free of evil/our demons, and he wanted healing for all people. I’m pretty sure that if Jesus were here today, he wouldn’t advocate smacking/physically abusing/violence against children. Anyone who still today continues to push corporal punishment as a means of discipline/behavior correction is totally and completely wrong, and has absolutely ZERO credibility, is clearly not knowledgeable or capable enough to be giving any parenting advice on anything, or even they suffer from serious mental disorders (possibly were abused themselves - and anyone who thinks that because they suffered traumas that they should inflict harm on their children is unfit and should not even be allowed to be around any child). Or, they’re so close-minded and self-righteous that they refuse to change their minds about it, even when presented with irrefutable, definitive proof of their practices being harmful, in which case, again, they should not be listened to about anything. It would be one thing if this was published 50 years ago, but this was published only several years ago - there is no excuse for this today, and the authors ought to feel embarrassed and ashamed of themselves.
I cannot believe that Apple even allows this inaccurate, dangerous, harmful material, which could lead to the actual harming of children, on their platform.