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Meh, he skirts around the edges of the truth on a bunch of topics, but has some pretty absurd opinions related to spanking children - and places too much Freudian emphasis on people's formative years as being responsible for their sorry adult state. Like anything else it can give you a rougher start, but that's about it.

When I was a kid I was so hard headed only force could make me comply - and I loathe to think of what a shitty human being I'd have ended up being if my parent's handed occasionally broken down and physically forced me to stop being an asshole.

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When I was a kid I was so hard headed only force could make me comply - and I loathe to think of what a shitty human being I'd have ended up being if my parent's handed occasionally broken down and physically forced me to stop being an asshole.

I don't like hurting kids, but I don't want to neglect disciplining them either if that's what will help... you feel this helped you? what happened?

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I don't like hurting kids, but I don't want to neglect disciplining them either if that's what will help... you feel this helped you? what happened?

Hah, I have always had problems with authority that I didn't choose. If I was told me to go to my room, I'd say no. If I was told I was grounded, I'd say, "Yeah, and what's keeping me here exactly?". If I was told to stop doing something by a teacher, I'd ask why. If I didn't approve of the rationale, I simply wouldn't follow orders.

At the end of the day force is the only thing that actually keeps people in line. I understood that innately from a young age. My siblings never once got a spanking - I got them about monthly, because of said personality trait. It truly was the only way to get me to stop, short of locking me in some sort of adolescent bondage gear in a closet somewhere - which frankly would have been far creepier than just getting whacked with a belt by an unhappy parent.

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Interesting. I was mostly a pretty obedient kid, maybe even to the point of not sticking up for myself quite as much as I should have. Thanks for sharing your perspective.