We spanked. Have the best kids ever. Never an adolescent incident. A neuro radiologist, mechanical engineer, law student, and finance major. Two were National Merit scholars. Articulate, confident, and all said at high school graduation, “ I want to be like my dad “. It’s why they call it, “ rearing children “.
“My kids turned out great” is NOT a response, certainly not a rebuttal, of the research. It’s like saying, “Economists say that the minimum wage destroys jobs. But that’s bunk, because I have a job.”