I don’t want to speak to your personal trauma, but child abuse is never an effective tool.
So any form of self defense is abuse? I'm not sure you've thought this through. Trivializing complex issues is the kneejerk response for many, but there isn't a simple moral line of thinking that billions of people have overlooked.
It doesn't make it good; it makes it necessary, and for that reason we often consider it legitimate.
If an adult tried to assault my son, and he hit back, I wouldn't consider it good, but I would be proud he felt able to defend himself against a violent attacker. Even if that attacker was a teacher.
> > So any form of self defense is abuse?
> Yes, it's abusive
Abuse is a term used to describe impropriety of action. The idea that impropriety is used to counter impropriety is not coherent. Self-defense is proper (suitable, appropriate, etc) use of force, insofar as an individual values safety of their person. Self-defense is necessarily not abuse. I dont think any amount of rewording will change this.
If we restrict it to the impropriety of action, then I agree it does not apply to self defence, but that was not the meaning of my reply. I of course can't speak to the poster of the original statement, so if we interpret it as impropriety of action, I agree with you; in the broader sense allowed by the other dictionaries I stand by what I wrote.
If society creates an unsafe environment, then sometimes violence is necessary as a means to fight an abusive regime and cause change. That does not mean it's a nice thing - last resorts seldom are.
That you think I'm the "kinder, gentler" crowd is your mistake. I just don't like injustice, and punching down against someone unable to defend themselves is one of the worst forms of injustice.
Corporal punishment can be harmful to children and may lead to long-term negative outcomes, such as increased aggression, mental health problems, and poor academic performance.
That’s not to speak to who’s enforcing it and on who.
Also, there are legal and cultural definitions of child abuse and, at least where I'm from, corporeal punishment isn't necessarily abusive.
What!
For example, it's easy to make the argument that time-out, a common negative reinforcement strategy among parents, constitutes emotional mistreatment. After all it is just a form of solitary confident, and solitary is known for how it emotionally wrecks adults.