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Originally Posted by Lateralus
Physical discipline to children just takes the focus away from reflecting and learning from their mistakes and instead just concentrates on pain and punishment. This doesn't reflect what the real world is like for adults at all.
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Isn't that what war is all about?
To put is simply, physical punishment shows children that hurting another physically is an acceptable method of resolving conflict. This can in turn aid in creating a violent society.
Anyways, anytime you physically/mentally hurt a child and it is considered acceptable by your area, that technically breaks Article 19 of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child which also requires States to protect children from "all forms of physical or mental violence" while in the care of parents or others. Unless of course you are in the US or Somalia which has not ratified it yet.