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Advocates for it could at least stop being cowards and call it inflicting physical pain on children.
(lemmy.world)
The usual suspects: Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Wyoming
"Corporal Punishment," what a lovely, soft language term to legitimize literally terrorizing children through violence.
We can all think of at least five little shits from our early education who absolutely needed an age-appropriate beating to make them into people fit for society
I never beat my children but I did use open hand spanking with my children if they refused other forms of punishment like timeouts, restriction of privileges, etc. always with an explanation beforehand that if they continued they would receive a spanking.
"I never beat my children but I did beat my children"