I was spanked as a child and I grew up to respect the law. My cousin was spanked as a child and he grew up not to respect the law. Children are individuals and have their own personalities, too, though we often don't realize it, as though the child were a complete creation of the parent.
No, I am not a parent (and no my major was not psych
), but I don't think I should have been spanked as a child. I was and still am too smart for that. In fact, I think it may have had some negative effects. And before anyone says that I blame some negative things on spanking and that's illogical, think about how some of the positive things on this board have been attributed to spanking and if that's really logical.
Let me ask you a question. Should adults who break the law be spanked? Or rather, Asia-style, should they be caned? They, like children, obviously haven't learned the difference between right and wrong and have probably been warned several times before. While we're at it, I think, after two speeding ticket warnings and one hasn't learned his lesson, the police should pull him out and spank him. (oh wait, it does go down like that, doesn't it . ..)