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From: charli@cylixd.UUCP (Charli Phillips)
Newsgroups: net.kids
Subject: Re: corporal punishment
Message-ID: <254@cylixd.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 6-Sep-85 09:02:16 EDT
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Posted: Fri Sep  6 09:02:16 1985
Date-Received: Sun, 8-Sep-85 04:44:29 EDT
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Reply-To: charli@cylixd.UUCP (Charli Phillips)
Organization: RCA Cylix Communications , Memphis, TN
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Summary: 

>"Spare the rod --> spoil the child" is
>completely wrong but many parents still accept it.  One of the
>problems with raising a child this way is that the child, when he or
>she grows up, tends to become an adult whose inability to empathize
>with feelings of weakness and helplessness . . .
>
>Rather than blaming Mr. Henning for
>his lack of sympathy I would attribute it to his childhood
>experiences, since his attitude as expressed above is typical of
>those who received corporal punishment.  
>
>Extreme examples of this kind of personality can be found in many of
>the Nazis, nearly all of whom received "strict" upbringings complete
>with corporal punishment.  
>
>Richard Carnes, ihnp4!gargoyle!carnes

Isn't this a bit strong, Richard?  I would hardly say the "inability to
empathize with feelings of weakness and helplessness" is "typical" of my
family or friends, although most of us "received 'strict' upbringings
complete with corporal punishment."  It sounds to me like you are
confusing discipline that includes occasional spankings with child
abuse.

		charli