Is everybody insane?

[Stormhowl]

Originally Posted by Goofier [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Not at all, because you're still trying to equate abuse with reasonable. I've been trying to point out that the two are different all this time, and that I'm on the reasonable side. You keep trying to put me on the abuse side.

If you want to say that any form of physically touching a child in any way is 'abuse', then you're still a complete idiot.

To elaborate on this further, "abuse" as defined by a professional refers to a PATTERN of violent physical and emotional abuse with the aim to control a person. A pattern of demeaning a spouse and using intimidation to keep them away from their friends and family is abuse. Spanking a child when they get impossibly unruly is not abuse.

Children cannot reason until the age of 11. And until they are fully developed, they react emotionally rather than rationally. If you think you can "hugs and kisses" and talk your kids down when they're throwing a temper tantrum in McDonalds? You're kidding yourself.