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RE: Stop the Spanking: Physical Punishment of Children is Detrimental to Their Development
Spanking is totally ineffective. Control through violence has way to many adverse affects to be considered the proper thing to do. This is pretty fucked up when you consider global politics. How much better off would we be if we had better systems of government and control?
The hard truth is that parents that use spanking as a form of control are basically letting a child outsmart them. I suggest using your fully formed cranium to show children that actions have consequences outside the realm of physical threat.
Is this really such a stretch? We do it everyday in the real world with other people without getting into physical fights every time a disagreement happens. Why would it be any different for children?
Indeed. Removing of things is better. We can remove support from people in life. Children can understand when they don't get things they are used to getting. Not to starve them, but play time, or other removals of things they like as a consequence. No need for physical abuse.
Or even back to the food thing. You could say, "Well we were going to get McDonald's chicken nuggets," or whatever food they like, "But instead it's fish and broccoli."
I'm told positive reinforcement works even better. Sometimes it's better to simply ignore bad behavior and reward the good.