I dunno...but when I was about 10..my grandpa would grab an electric fence wire...and then grab me. Was not that big a deal.
My Dad playfully zapped me with one once, plus I got the electric fence accidentally a couple times curry-combing my horse. Not a big deal, but I wasn’t 12 either.
Not so the neighbor boy, when I challenged him to pee on the electric fence.
His Dad came after me.🤣
I don’t condone it for punishment, however. That is wrong.
Reminds me of the time we got my little brother to pee on an electric pig fence. Funny but mostly harmless. As for the cattle prod used on children. Yeah, I'd like to give the bastard a little dose of his own medicine.