It's a blood drop for the blood drive. That's my school Oo

Nope, but there's no point now. And it's never your fault that anyone abuses you in any way, but no matter what it is, you think that, because you know them and some part of your brain tells you that they wouldn't hurt you without a reason. And the problem with most abuse is that it's never a clear line. What may not damage one person could ruin another. Yeah, you can call it punishment, but I'm sure so does the parent who holds her kid's hand on the stove top. So where are you drawing that line? Do you know what effect your punishment is going to have on your kid? Because I've found that most of the time, parents who use it as a 'last resort' get frustrated and think they don't have any options left when they really do.

Except words take on meanings based on our use of them. Gay didn't even originally mean homosexual.

That's what makes it so terrible, because even though I hate my family, I do love them, too. That's what makes abuse such a big deal - it's mostly because the love that holds you to them makes it so you don't want to turn them in, so you let them keep doing it, because you can't stop them. I still can't stand being hugged because it makes me feel uncomfortable - especially by older people, because my grandfather sexually abused me for years. It is /terrifying/, and you don't do anything because most of the time they're good and nice, and maybe you deserved it. Maybe it was your fault.

Exactly.

Because a lot of people are sick of this generation getting insulted by the majority because of the minority.

Physical punishment isn't the only way to do that, and most people I know who spank their kids have disrespectful ignorant children, so explain how spanking equals respect.

Victor?

I can't drive, thanks, though for making assumptions about what I can afford and what I can do. *thumbs up* People can sit somewhere the fuck else or ask to sit next to me, it's polite anyway.

There have been studies, and rapists cannot even say what their victims were wearing after the fact. They don't even care if the woman is attractive or not. The youngest person raped in my state was a week old - are you saying that the baby was wearing slutty clothes, the rapist was drunk, and how the fuck does television even factor into that? The oldest was 93. It doesn't matter what the woman looks like or is wearing, it's about power, and the only thing wrong with that is the rapist's mind.
EDIT: I also wanted to add that most people watch the same TV and plenty of people get drunk around girls with slutty clothes without committing rape.

they're doing something else, or another kid does something they care about more, or it's towards a specific person, or the parent finds it funny, or 'I'll let you off this time' for whatever reason, that's when the most problems occur, because the parents aren't being leaders/alphas/whathaveyou and they don't enforce rules consistently.

You wouldn't spank a teenager, you spank little kids, and that mostly just teaches them to respond with violence (among hiding things to avoid being spanked and fearing the consequences). I admit it may just be because I've never seen just "spanking" but I don't really think that responding to bad behavior with a behavior you don't want your child to learn is a good thing to do.
Which is why I think that life in prison is a completely different thing. That's the equivalent of grounding a kid (but in a more adult form), whereas similarly the equivalent to spanking would be beating the shit out of someone (which you might notice is not generally done by official order).
Yes, some kids definitely need to be taught better, but in my experience (which is drawing from seeing my family, my mom's friend's families, and kids I've babysat), is that the main problem isn't that they never once got spanked, it's that the parents only parent part of the time. They aren't consistent and when

Lots of people say that, but most use mainly punishment. Rewarding is simply a much more effective thing.

Doesn't mean it ever is.

There are also alternatives to spanking.

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It's an unfortunate statistic that it's much harder for people who were abused to not treat their children the same way, because it's the only way they know how to deal with it. When I see families that honestly don't have that in them, it still shocks me because I've come to think of it as normal, even though it definitely isn't and I know that. For me to not react violently towards people, I have to sit back and think about how terrified it made me. Because I was never taught a better way. Yet another reason being hit is not the answer. Everyone (at least in my family) seems to think that you can beat the violence out of kids, but the only way to have a kind and compassionate kid by your hand is to treat them that way, and teach them that.

Punishment has been proven to be much less effective than rewarding if you are only doing one or the other. Both would be great.

Did you look at its legs? It looks extremely underweight. :|