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France Bans Spanking
YouTube ^ | January 4, 2017 | Stefan Molyneux

Posted on 01/04/2017 8:45:04 PM PST by Arthur McGowan

France has joined the ranks of the fifty plus other countries which have banned corporal punishment or the spanking of children. As a longtime advocate of peaceful parenting, Stefan Molyneux responds to this news and the reaction it has received online.

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Why Spanking Does Not Work with Elizabeth Gershoff https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBm8i...

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TOPICS: Education; Health/Medicine; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: bullies; morons; neanderthals; spanking
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If you are spanking your children, you have been too lazy to learn how to be a parent.
1 posted on 01/04/2017 8:45:04 PM PST by Arthur McGowan
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To: Arthur McGowan

Mooslims excepted, of course.


2 posted on 01/04/2017 8:48:40 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (President Trump is coming, and the rule of law is coming with him.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

I also think it’s worth granting an exception for French maids!


3 posted on 01/04/2017 8:50:48 PM PST by delete306
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

but I guess raping infidels and setting cars on fire are just dandy...


4 posted on 01/04/2017 8:51:21 PM PST by cherry
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To: Arthur McGowan

Got to get their attention before you can reasonably and logically point out the errors in their ways.


5 posted on 01/04/2017 8:52:58 PM PST by Garth Tater (What's mine is mine.)
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To: Arthur McGowan

Before children hit The Age of Reason - about age 3, I think a swat to the buttocks to get their attention is warranted. Same goes for dog training and breaking horses.

I can remember the TWO times my Dad ever hit me. Both were warranted and both saved me from bodily harm.

Thanks, Dad! I’m so GLAD you didn’t go to the Arthur McGowan School for Loser Parents, LOL! ;)

Just yankin’ your chain. But, I think you’re painting with too broad a brush.


6 posted on 01/04/2017 8:58:35 PM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set!)
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To: Garth Tater

When you are in a restaurant, and the waiter fails to bring what you ordered, you punch him, right? Or do you just slap him? After all, you have to get his attention, right?

When your elderly mother gets forgetful, you slap her, right? So your children can see that you treat them with the SAME respect you show to your mother, right? You wouldn’t want your children to see that you respect your mother, but don’t respect them, right?


7 posted on 01/04/2017 9:02:06 PM PST by Arthur McGowan (https://youtu.be/IYUYya6bPGw)
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To: delete306

Oui Oui


8 posted on 01/04/2017 9:03:11 PM PST by Eddie01 (Tagline Removed by Moderator)
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To: Arthur McGowan

If spanking is used for anything more than getting the child’s attention, you have failed to learn parenting. Spanking is not a useful first resort. It is only useful if used judiciously when the child’s “shell” has to be penetrated to get the disciplinary message through.


9 posted on 01/04/2017 9:04:08 PM PST by MortMan (The white board is a remarkable invention. Chalk one up for creativity!)
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To: Arthur McGowan

Post-election, the streets were full of spoiled brats who were spared the rod.


10 posted on 01/04/2017 9:04:22 PM PST by meyer (The Constitution says what it says, and it doesn't say what it doesn't say.)
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To: Arthur McGowan; Pelham

Yankees know everything

If you don’t believe me just ask

Right Arthur?


11 posted on 01/04/2017 9:04:45 PM PST by wardaddy (trump is a great tourniquet but that's all folks.......)
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To: Arthur McGowan

You do straw man fallacies quite well, FRiend.


12 posted on 01/04/2017 9:06:33 PM PST by MortMan (The white board is a remarkable invention. Chalk one up for creativity!)
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To: Arthur McGowan

Spanking reinforces the point that there is a time when you can lose your patience and it is warranted.

That doesn’t promote self-control which is what your child needs to know.


13 posted on 01/04/2017 9:07:51 PM PST by Bayard
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To: Arthur McGowan

Wow, there’s a great step toward world peace!


14 posted on 01/04/2017 9:08:28 PM PST by gspurlock (http://www.backyardfence.wordpress.com)
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To: Arthur McGowan
You tell the waiter the steak is over cooked and it is understood and remedied.

Instructing a three yr. old to not smear peanut butter on the living room curtains, maybe not so much. Apples and oranges.

15 posted on 01/04/2017 9:09:19 PM PST by deadrock (I is someone else.)
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To: Arthur McGowan

Spanking has its place.

God’s Word says so and I’ll go with it rather than your opinion.

And for the record with four children three probably only had 3-4 spankings between them. The youngest however had a few more. He liked to do the in your face direct disobedience type stuff.


16 posted on 01/04/2017 9:10:28 PM PST by Romans Nine
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To: meyer; Pelham; Travis McGee; Black Agnes

Exactly

Kids raised the Arthur who knows best how to raise kids way

Some you have to spank

Some you don’t

I’ve got two who needed spankings bad

I’ve got two who are sensitive and my growl was holy plenty

I’ve got one who needed a wee bit but not much

I got a lot of spanking mostly unneeded but I still admire my dad more than any man ever lived

Some snowflakes just can’t handle

But it’s funny how they run that mouth

Obviously never having to back it up

Where I was raised till aged 15 when dad hit the chips

Blue collar Deep South semi urban white

You ran that mouth and challenged or belittled folks you could get hurt unless you could back it up

This forum is replete with those who never cashed that check


17 posted on 01/04/2017 9:11:06 PM PST by wardaddy (trump is a great tourniquet but that's all folks.......)
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To: Arthur McGowan

You are putting everyone’s perception, cognition, logical skills, etc. on the same plane regardless of age or developmental level.

You are also conflating absurd, dramatic hypotheticals with everyday childrearing situations.

You may have strong feelings about the matter but fallacies and sophistry only detract from your argument.


18 posted on 01/04/2017 9:12:48 PM PST by relictele (Principiis obsta & Finem respice - Resist The Beginnings & Consider The Ends.)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Between the ages of 3 and 6. No instruments, just a hand on the butt, only for serious not thinking offenses. Some never need it. Three out of four of my kids did need it. Still have one kid under 6 but haven’t spanked her much at all.

There is no need to spank a kid after 6 or after they reach the intellectual age of 6. I have one special needs child who wasn’t “six-ish” until about 9-10.

I’m glad the gendarmes now have another great excuse to stay out of the no go zones.


19 posted on 01/04/2017 9:18:47 PM PST by Yaelle
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To: Arthur McGowan

Does anybody care that the Bible is clear on this issue?


20 posted on 01/04/2017 9:22:33 PM PST by SarahPalin2012
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