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Funkydog posted...

It's not "dismissing" it, but far too often parents will go "well I've RAISED children" in response to any criticism, like it has any actual meaning. Yes, raising children isn't easy, but doesn't mean just because you've done it you've done it well. Are we going to take the advice of all the shitty parents, just because they've raised a child? I think we'd all agree it'd be absurd to take the advice of a negligent parent, for example.

Can you raise a children with the occasional smack? Obviously, given 99% of the current population has been raised that way. But it doesn't mean we need to keep doing it, when studies show it has very little positive outcome. When it doesn't actually have a beneficial effect, and does worse at teaching children over other methods, why carry on with it? Sure, it works, but not well.

It's more so that you're coming off like being a parent gives no extra insight at all. If you're being dramatic and actually mean that it just doesn't mean you know better than anyone without a kid, Ill agree.

Also, I feel like Id need to read into these studies. A study is worth nothing if you do no research to how it was conducted. Just saying "This study" means nothing to me. If you had information about the study, I could actually take it serious. But anyone just using numbers and don't care to look any further into it obviously is just looking for numbers to support their beliefs. You don't care where or how those numbers actually came about. And if you do, show your work.

This is literally the tactic white people use to claim black people are way bigger criminals. When we all know that's manufactured by arrest rates and targeting.

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That's an example, not a redirect. Please don't go into it further than it's use as an example

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