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Childhood Stress Leaves Genetic Scars
sciencehabit writes "Traumatic experiences in early life can leave emotional scars. But a new study suggests that violence in childhood may leave a genetic mark as well. Researchers have found that children who are physically abused and bullied tend to have shorter telomeres — structures at the tips of chromosomes whose shrinkage has been linked to aging and disease."
Spanking is child abuse. IN what way is hitting a child 1/10 your weight to provoke a fear response that will traumatize future relationships not child abuse?
And that's not even getting into the fact that 'spanking' is a vague term.
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Spanking can also help stop a kid from doing something that ends up being even more traumatic.
Yes, because there are no options other than (a) doing nothing and letting the kid hurt himself, or (b) thrashing him unconscious to teach him a lesson.
I hope you don't have any kids.
To have a right to do a thing is not at all the same as to be right in doing it