Exactly. Not necessary to beat a child up to make a point.
I can still remember my mother getting very mad when I was not able to get toilet trained.
She was a sad woman and she took out her anger at me my sister. When I came home from college one time, my father actually get mad at me. And he was upset at my sister. My sister was in the cross country team. And I told her to run like hell.
He was about to beat her up. She was a skinny 16year old. He was strong, about 6’3”... I later picked up my sister I knew she would run.
Where she would run.