While my father occasionally refused to spare the rod, I did notice as a child that the folks who used to FREQUENTLY beat their kids in public weren’t exactly the classiest folks and were usually from the shallower end of the gene pool.
I did notice as a child that the folks who used to FREQUENTLY beat their kids in public weren’t exactly the classiest folks and were usually from the shallower end of the gene pool.
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We used to call them ‘K-Mart Kids’ in these parts. However.......I found out (in public) when dealing with an ‘unruly child’ that the ‘Spock Death Grip’, with a stern look, works pretty well....and SILENTLY to boot. That ‘brachial nerve’ is sensitive, ya’ know. ;-)
>>I did notice as a child that the folks who used to FREQUENTLY beat their kids in public weren’t exactly the classiest folks and were usually from the shallower end of the gene pool.<<
I fully agree with you.
If you can’t think of any other form of punishment and beat on your kid in public constantly, you may not have the highest IQ.
And some kids learn quicker than others. That’s all there is to it.
And spanking children frequently is part and parcel of the culture at the lower end of the socioeconomic spectrum, where IQ is statistically lower as well.
My father used to quote Machiavelli at us “Terror is cheaper than Force.”
We lived in absolute dread when we messed up remembering those two times we got it, and hoping there would never be a third. There never was.