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Originally Posted by Dr Noodle
She's obviously not 'subconsciously' pro smacking as she's admitted (consciously) that she is...
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The reasons why she thinks its appropriate are subconcious. Not evidence based of course.. but rather based on the subconcious feeling that children are too stupid to make decisions or to comprehend their own actions. All they understand is cause and effect. Bad thing... whack!
I'm glad that this type of psychological analysis is largely isolated to animal psychology these days.. unfortunately it still is used with some parents. Never in adult psychology though; we never suggest that we should cause physical pain to adults who don't do as they're told.