Do you think that corporal punishment being used on children should be made illegal in the USA?

@JRVanguard RIGHT

@whowasthatmaskedman Couldn't agree more.

@MrsPeterEvans eh. I don't particularly agree with that one, since when I have kids they're mine just as much as they're my husband's,and it is also up to me how they are raised and punished. And if I say nobody is putting their hands on them, that inckudes my husband😂 in general I think it should come down to The parents, not the government, but the government should clarify what is or isn't abuse so you don't see as many parents taking it too far. It's a very gray area as to what is or isn't okay.

@CM440 I've heard a lot of similar things from my Godmom, who went to school on england and saw a lot of abuse as a result of corporal punishment being used. I don't see any need for it in schools tbh. Like in high school, there were definitely teachers who GRADED with bias, or called kids out with bias. Can't imagine if that bias was being addressed physically.

@HairbrushDiva No, it couldn’t, because under this administration it [b]won’t [/b] be.
People are protesting [b]now[/b] because they don’t want to stay inside, they don’t want to wear masks, they want to go back to work, to the beach, to their hairstylists, to parties and crowded worship services, just as if the first 5 months of 2020 never happened. And right now our president is so concerned about being re-elected, he’s passing on misinformation that is giving these people hope that they’re free to do this—in spite of the fact that the deaths continue.
This is what we’re dealing with right now.

@bijouxbroussard I was talking about life before the virus, not life during it.

@HairbrushDiva It doesn’t exist in a vacuum. Two words:
“States’ Rights”.

@TryingtoLava I think it's a fair question when the majority of people in the USA say that they've used corporal punishment at some point tbh. And it obviously varies based on where you live, because in Texas I literally net NOBODY against it. Then we get to Washington and people so against to it primarily. Obviously opinions vary a lot

@Lucyy and even in WA it varies a lot honestly. It's mainly cities that are against it. But suburban areas are divided, and farmland areas tend to be all for it.

@AmmieBell I feel like some states have to disagree way more. Like parents still openly will smack their kids here sometimes and I low-key feel like that would lead to an arrest in super liberal states? But I have no idea really since I've basically only been to Washington and Texas

@Harriet03 you realize that this is a genuine thing that happens right? It's even a thing in some schools in the US still. The fact that it comes up doesn't automatically make someone a "spanko", because it's an actual topic that people don't agree on. And frankly in a house with MY cultural background, whether or not it's okay wouldn't even come up, because the idea as to whether or not it's okay is based on cultural, regional, and generational influences. So the fact that something that actually exists and is still widely used comes up doesn't make someone a "spanko", even if you can't get past connecting it to a "kink" in your mind lmao

@Lucyy [b]That’s[/b] mostly who discusses the topic on this site. Even people supposedly “sharing parenting tips” describe in cringeworthy detail that make it clear they’re getting off on it. 😒

@bijouxbroussard can I ask (and genuinely, I'm not trying to be sarcastic at all lol) if you think it's abuse, why are you conflicted? Wouldn't you just naturally say then that it should be banned?

@Lucyy In your survey, I chose the third option. I know how I feel about it, but swatting a child who’s not listening, without feeling the need to [b]undress[/b] or humiliate them, or doing it while you’re angry, might be appropriate. No one but a sexual predator would undress and beat their [b]teenager[/b], though. As someone else pointed out, people grow up and this becomes a sexual fetish, which is kind of sick.