i would hardly call it violence.
it's teaching your children to be held accountable for their actions.
they do something wrong- they must be punished.
in my opinion, that's what's wrong with society. a majority of people in todays world don't want to accept the things they do as wrong. they think they can do anything they wish- rob, kill, rape- call a lawyer, walk away and do it again.
i firmly believe there is a direct relation between those people and how they were raised.
Then Sweden, where any physical punishment is illegal, would be a very fcuked up country.
But it's not. Not according to the stats, anyway.
If you look at crime rate, poverty, average level of education and compares it to countries where physical punishment is allowed, such as the USA eg, Sweden doesn't lag behind.
On the contrary.
I can understand the liberal viewpoint that the government shouldn't interfer with parenting.
The argument against that, is usually that banning violence in parenting, is to further protect the childs status.
The argument against this usually is, that it limits the power or the control of the parent, it will make the kids unruly.
The argument against this is to point to Sweden, where a ban of violence in parenting hasn't resulted in any negative effects.
The only argument I can see is the liberal argument, that it should be allowed because it's the parents call.
Then again, why allow it when it's been proven to not be necessary?
-Hedge