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Originally posted by Lauren:
Although I know why you would want to hit a child (mostly influenced from you brother...lol  ).... but I disagree with hitting children. Yes it does tell them that they did something wrong and they shouldn't do it again, but sometimes hitting a child can get out of hand, sometimes even dangerous..... believe me I know, from own personal experience 
I'm not typing this to change anyones mind, just stating something that I see as wrong and traumatising for a child, just like everyone else is stating here.
But yes I have nothing against it, as long as the parent does not get out of hand and eventually hurts the child really bad.
I would never hit a child myself though.
Anyways everyone has a different opinion and I am not objective to that.
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Punishment is subject to the law of diminishing returns, the more it's used the less effective it becomes. Reinforcing methods don't seem to have that drawback, and thus they are far more effective over the long haul... however, I believe punishment when used sparingly is very effective.