Matt⚕️ @Matt⚕️ - 6mo
All hitting a child does is teach them that violence is the best way to encourage compliance. My father spanked me once as a young child and never did again. He later told me it made him cry when I cried and he decided he wouldn't do it again. And he never had to. His presence and disappointment always cut deeper. My mother took the opposite approach and it never worked. My school paddled me and it never worked. Funny enough, sitting me down and reasoning with me so that I understood the request almost always did. I needed the opportunity to be guided rather than forced. I'm still that way. You don't have to hit children. The bigger problem is that many parents have basically handed parenting (to any degree) over to state schools and mobile devices, which is a disastrous recipe.
