“People who physically abuse their kids can do it for all sorts of reasonings.”
Let me just say that I used to abuse my kids, by today’s standards... They got a spanking when they misbehaved.
They were abused in school to. The nuns used to whack them with a ruler.
Fortunately they both turned out OK in spite of it. One’s the CEO of a smallish company, and the other is a corporate vice president for a large company.
Physical punishment vs physical abuse are two different things, babygene. I have the feeling that you never slammed one of your kid’s heads into a table for getting a homework problem wrong. I also have the feeling you never beat them black and blue over a C in math. A smack on the tush is far different than losing control and taking out frustrations on a little kid.