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Originally Posted by Xurtio
Standing in the corner is not comparable to causing physical pain, particularly by a primary caretaker. Siblings are already competitive, by nature, especially the closer in age they get, but primary caretakers reserve a special place in a child's life and their interactions will form the basis of their attachment methods with other people as adults.
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When they're old enough to tell the difference. They have to understand that first.
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There's a clear mechanism for causation from physical pain to anxiety disorders and statistical correlation in the population. What more do you need? Some abused kids don't stop misbehaving, they just stop misbehaving in front of their abusers, others stop misbehaving, but also stop thinking for themselves or feeling safe to explore and be curious about their environment (which stunts emotional and cognitive development).
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If a child is abused that is one thing. Firm slaps to the bottom are another thing. You can't rope them into the same category. All of my family has been spanked by our parents at one point or another and none of us developed PTSD from it. Sorry I meant anxiety disorders. Anxiety Disorders are also dependent upon the person. They develop in different ways in different people. To blame it on one thing is ludicrous.