Corporal Punishment

When I was in the 11th grade, I had to write an assignment on Corporal Punishment. I failed that assignment horribly, because I misunderstood 'corporal' as 'capital' and wrote about death sentences, instead of parents hitting their children.
Today, I know exactly what corporal punishment is.

The reason for this topic, is because last night, I saw something, that I honestly wished I hadn't seen. My crazy lady neighbour hit her 16 year old son, with her slippers in front of us, because he missed his 11:30pm curfew and came home at 1 am.
He was late, and he should have called- Agreed. BUT, do you beat up the kid, who's a boy and who's old enough to take care of himself, in front of the neighbours?
She didn't just hit him with her slippers, she whacked him and threw her chunk of keys at him as well. If all this wasn't enough, she called him a 'bastard' repeatedly. Even after she shut the door behind her, we could hear her cursing him and still throwing things, presumably at him.

It was sad, shocking and pathetic on her part.

Now, I know this is a controversial topic, because a lot of my friends today told me that they were hit badly as children but they don't see anything wrong with it and neither do they hold any grudges against their parents. Some also see it as necessary and more appropriate that a mother should hit her 16 year old son rather than her 6 year old son.

I personally think it's disgusting, that parents hit their children. When I use the word 'hit' I don't mean a slap on the face once in a while, because I feel that is necessary 'once in a while' and 'once in a while only' to get some order around. Even a hit on the bum, or a knock on the head is understandable. Especially when your child is young, it makes more sense to hit them (once in a while), if they're disobedient.
But to hit an old enough kid, again and again, irrespective of who is around is disgusting. Parents like that should learn to control themselves and more importantly should know their limits. The question of using a belt, cane, stick or anything that is traditionally used to bruise a child, doesn't even arise as being logical because it's just a form of abuse, under the cover-up title of 'Parents punishing their children'.

Corporal punishment is a DAM NO NO NO because there are kids who haven't been hit and have come out better than those that are, so what the 'f' is the point really?
Order, peace, obedience?
No...more like fear instead of actual respect.
When your 16, you should be grounded...hell, you shouldn't be hit once your old enough to understand certain things. Its insulting and demeaning and not at all necessary...because a serious talk to a 16 year old can get you the same benefit as 'f-ing' hitting them.

I apologize to those who have been hit and who understand why they have been hit and like that form of punishment and feel that they have grown up to be better people because of it, incase I offended you'll.
But I know a friend, who when he was 16, pushed his mom back, because she was repeatedly hitting him, because he FAILED an exam. Seriously, because it's not human to fail right?
I salute you, seriously.

And I just want to tell my parents that I thank them for using words instead of weapons...
I love them.


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