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H2O Man

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15. I figured that

Tue Sep 16, 2014, 02:53 PM

Sep 2014

you were making a tongue-in-cheek observation, and wouldn't mind if I used it to raise a corresponding point. I am confident that we know each other well enough to know there's no disrespect, ever, in such comments.

The other person, I don't know. But I have noted an expressed discomfort with discussions about child abuse. And repeated reference to his/her family as a closed system. Maybe it's just a general belief, or it might be rooted in either childhood or recent experience. I'm not interested in putting any one on the "hot seat," but it is an attitude that is all too common in abusive households.

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Spanking is linked to changes in brain chemistry [View all] cali Sep 2014 OP

stress, the fear damages people. adults too and animals.hardest on the young, they're growing. Sunlei Sep 2014 #1

Kicking. Thank you. nt littlemissmartypants Sep 2014 #2

It is my opinion that centuries of slavery, then Jim Crow duhneece Sep 2014 #3

Actively teaching children starting early in school compassion, kindness, Dont call me Shirley Sep 2014 #7

Yes, yes, yes duhneece Sep 2014 #20

Flattered. Married. Dont call me Shirley Sep 2014 #22

Curses. duhneece Sep 2014 #25

And drats! Dont call me Shirley Sep 2014 #28

Daily spanking a child creates a traumatized nonfunctional adult. Dont call me Shirley Sep 2014 #4

It doesn't need to be daily to damage. cali Sep 2014 #5

Correct cali. And generally the spanking is an adjunct to other damaging parenting behaviors. Dont call me Shirley Sep 2014 #8

Sweden outlawed spanking in 1979 Ichingcarpenter Sep 2014 #6

the research on people intruding into other's private lives is clear Android3.14 Sep 2014 #9

Yet ... because of the behavior igonarnce of the parents Ichingcarpenter Sep 2014 #10

"family secrets" H2O Man Sep 2014 #11

I have a sardonic sense of irony Ichingcarpenter Sep 2014 #12

I figured that H2O Man Sep 2014 #15

+1 far too many parents view children as a disposable piece of property.... LiberalLoner Sep 2014 #18

I imagine many half-wits believe empirical research is also intrusive... LanternWaste Sep 2014 #13

Well it is an interesting debate on Ichingcarpenter Sep 2014 #16

It's already been tried kcr Sep 2014 #24

Here's a thought, though. Verbal assault does the same thing. nolabear Sep 2014 #17

Given all the evidence why is it so easy for some experts to appear on TV Johonny Sep 2014 #14

K&R Terra Alta Sep 2014 #19

What about emotional/psychological abuse? oberliner Sep 2014 #21

It can be. laundry_queen Sep 2014 #23

absolutely. cali Sep 2014 #26

it is a shame that this sort of information has to keep being niyad Sep 2014 #27